Harvey, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1733383, place: Harvey city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,369 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 843 (8.13%)
Kindergarten: 764 (7.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,928 (47.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,370 (22.86%)
College or graduate school: 1,464 (14.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,234 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,707 (10.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,233 (19.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,608 (28.38%)
Some college, no degree: 4,208 (25.92%)
Associate degree: 1,151 (7.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 931 (5.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 396 (2.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,021 (100%)
Never married: 8,150 (38.77%)
Now married, except separated: 8,350 (39.72%)
Separated: 997 (4.74%)
Total Widowed: 1,603 (7.63%)
Widowed Female: 1,258 (5.98%)
Total Divorced: 1,921 (9.14%)
Divorced Female: 1,159 (5.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,714 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 952 (55.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,470 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,204 (11.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,236 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,060 (11.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,199 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,228 (27.82%)
----Percent employed: 49.1%
--No disability: 10,971 (72.18%)
----Percent employed: 64%
Population 65 years and over: 2,635 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,333 (50.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 27,226 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,906 (58.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,643 (39.09%)
--Same county: 9,368 (34.41%)
--Different county: 1,275 (4.68%)
----Same state: 362 (1.33%)
----Different state: 913 (3.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 677 (2.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 30,106 (100%)
Native: 27,628 (91.77%)
--Born in United States: 27,537 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,052 (69.93%)
----Different state: 6,485 (21.54%)
--Born outside United States: 91 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 2,478 (8.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,184 (3.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 547 (1.82%)
--Not a citizen: 1,931 (6.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,478 (100%)
Europe: 48 (1.94%)
Asia: 88 (3.55%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,342 (94.51%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 27,226 (100%)
English only: 22,966 (84.35%)
Language other than English: 4,260 (15.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,380 (8.74%)
--Spanish: 3,767 (13.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,187 (8.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 383 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 159 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 76 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 30,106 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,507% (88.05%)
Arab: 22 (0.07%)
Czech: 38 (0.13%)
Danish: 13 (0.04%)
Dutch: 38 (0.13%)
English: 98 (0.33%)
French (except Basque): 73 (0.24%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.02%)
German: 357 (1.19%)
Greek: 31 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.02%)
Irish: 279 (0.93%)
Italian: 191 (0.63%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.1%)
Polish: 486 (1.61%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (0.09%)
Scottish: 51 (0.17%)
Slovak: 10 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 757 (2.51%)
Swedish: 75 (0.25%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.02%)
United States or American: 318 (1.06%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 176 (0.58%)
Other ancestries: 23,414 (77.77%)

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