Gurnee, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1732018, place: Gurnee village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,769 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,123 (12.81%)
Kindergarten: 578 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,960 (45.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,374 (15.67%)
College or graduate school: 1,734 (19.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,359 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 336 (1.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 743 (4.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,407 (18.56%)
Some college, no degree: 3,914 (21.32%)
Associate degree: 1,188 (6.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,651 (30.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,120 (16.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,902 (100%)
Never married: 4,366 (20.89%)
Now married, except separated: 13,805 (66.05%)
Separated: 189 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 803 (3.84%)
Widowed Female: 681 (3.26%)
Total Divorced: 1,739 (8.32%)
Divorced Female: 1,081 (5.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 267 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 55 (20.6%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,792 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,891 (9.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,677 (100%)
--With a disability: 451 (6.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,166 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,818 (10.59%)
----Percent employed: 77.4%
--No disability: 15,348 (89.41%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,003 (100%)
--With a disability: 672 (33.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,897 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,655 (45.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,770 (53.17%)
--Same county: 7,048 (27.22%)
--Different county: 6,722 (25.96%)
----Same state: 3,106 (11.99%)
----Different state: 3,616 (13.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 472 (1.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 28,615 (100%)
Native: 25,253 (88.25%)
--Born in United States: 24,894 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,337 (57.09%)
----Different state: 8,557 (29.9%)
--Born outside United States: 359 (1.25%)
Foreign born: 3,362 (11.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,240 (4.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,648 (5.76%)
--Not a citizen: 1,714 (5.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,362 (100%)
Europe: 892 (26.53%)
Asia: 1,716 (51.04%)
Africa: 73 (2.17%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 542 (16.12%)
Northern America: 139 (4.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,897 (100%)
English only: 21,536 (83.16%)
Language other than English: 4,361 (16.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,059 (4.09%)
--Spanish: 1,298 (5.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 366 (1.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,653 (6.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 302 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,288 (4.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 379 (1.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 28,615 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 34,891% (121.93%)
Arab: 79 (0.28%)
Czech: 348 (1.22%)
Danish: 328 (1.15%)
Dutch: 548 (1.92%)
English: 2,349 (8.21%)
French (except Basque): 527 (1.84%)
French Canadian: 252 (0.88%)
German: 7,821 (27.33%)
Greek: 363 (1.27%)
Hungarian: 199 (0.7%)
Irish: 4,140 (14.47%)
Italian: 2,468 (8.62%)
Lithuanian: 308 (1.08%)
Norwegian: 902 (3.15%)
Polish: 2,645 (9.24%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.04%)
Russian: 403 (1.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 387 (1.35%)
Scottish: 360 (1.26%)
Slovak: 162 (0.57%)
Subsaharan African: 74 (0.26%)
Swedish: 907 (3.17%)
Swiss: 131 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 112 (0.39%)
United States or American: 737 (2.58%)
Welsh: 105 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 93 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 8,131 (28.42%)

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