Harwood Heights, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1733435, place: Harwood Heights village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,725 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 72 (4.17%)
Kindergarten: 92 (5.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 716 (41.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 369 (21.39%)
College or graduate school: 476 (27.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,131 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 618 (10.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 749 (12.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,182 (35.59%)
Some college, no degree: 1,258 (20.52%)
Associate degree: 299 (4.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 757 (12.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 268 (4.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,963 (100%)
Never married: 1,746 (25.08%)
Now married, except separated: 3,619 (51.97%)
Separated: 103 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 959 (13.77%)
Widowed Female: 782 (11.23%)
Total Divorced: 536 (7.7%)
Divorced Female: 281 (4.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 246 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (23.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,692 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 586 (8.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,346 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (5.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,717 (100%)
--With a disability: 842 (17.85%)
----Percent employed: 67.3%
--No disability: 3,875 (82.15%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 1,763 (100%)
--With a disability: 714 (40.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,826 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,021 (64.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,518 (32.17%)
--Same county: 2,342 (29.93%)
--Different county: 176 (2.25%)
----Same state: 74 (0.95%)
----Different state: 102 (1.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 287 (3.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,226 (100%)
Native: 5,425 (65.95%)
--Born in United States: 5,313 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,715 (57.32%)
----Different state: 598 (7.27%)
--Born outside United States: 112 (1.36%)
Foreign born: 2,801 (34.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 953 (11.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,491 (18.13%)
--Not a citizen: 1,310 (15.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,801 (100%)
Europe: 2,363 (84.36%)
Asia: 311 (11.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 127 (4.53%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,826 (100%)
English only: 4,223 (53.96%)
Language other than English: 3,603 (46.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,801 (23.01%)
--Spanish: 303 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,084 (39.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,643 (20.99%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 200 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (1.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,226 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,478% (115.22%)
Arab: 21 (0.26%)
Czech: 136 (1.65%)
Danish: 28 (0.34%)
Dutch: 75 (0.91%)
English: 156 (1.9%)
French (except Basque): 68 (0.83%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,193 (14.5%)
Greek: 357 (4.34%)
Hungarian: 62 (0.75%)
Irish: 807 (9.81%)
Italian: 1,467 (17.83%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 108 (1.31%)
Polish: 3,079 (37.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 16 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.19%)
Scottish: 51 (0.62%)
Slovak: 33 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.04%)
Swedish: 212 (2.58%)
Swiss: 18 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 118 (1.43%)
United States or American: 141 (1.71%)
Welsh: 7 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,306 (15.88%)

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