General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1730575, place: Goreville village, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 212 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (4.72%)
Kindergarten: 7 (3.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 100 (47.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 40 (18.87%)
College or graduate school: 55 (25.94%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 722 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 65 (9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (10.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 260 (36.01%)
Some college, no degree: 186 (25.76%)
Associate degree: 62 (8.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 44 (6.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 32 (4.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 827 (100%)
Never married: 129 (15.6%)
Now married, except separated: 517 (62.52%)
Separated: 2 (0.24%)
Total Widowed: 86 (10.4%)
Widowed Female: 64 (7.74%)
Total Divorced: 93 (11.25%)
Divorced Female: 58 (7.01%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (30%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 795 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 150 (18.87%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 171 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (12.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 578 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (17.99%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 474 (82.01%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 197 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (36.04%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 946 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 586 (61.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 360 (38.05%)
--Same county: 155 (16.38%)
--Different county: 205 (21.67%)
----Same state: 155 (16.38%)
----Different state: 50 (5.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 992 (100%)
Native: 988 (99.6%)
--Born in United States: 988 (100%)
----State of residence: 804 (81.05%)
----Different state: 184 (18.55%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 2 (50%)
Asia: 2 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 946 (100%)
English only: 941 (99.47%)
Language other than English: 5 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 992 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 742% (74.8%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.4%)
Dutch: 8 (0.81%)
English: 125 (12.6%)
French (except Basque): 17 (1.71%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 120 (12.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 108 (10.89%)
Italian: 11 (1.11%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.3%)
Polish: 31 (3.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.6%)
Scottish: 8 (0.81%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (1.01%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.4%)
United States or American: 203 (20.46%)
Welsh: 9 (0.91%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 75 (7.56%)
Return to Goreville,IL.