Herrin, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1734358, place: Herrin city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,347 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 141 (6.01%)
Kindergarten: 159 (6.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,006 (42.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 584 (24.88%)
College or graduate school: 457 (19.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,691 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 781 (10.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 834 (10.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,448 (31.83%)
Some college, no degree: 1,726 (22.44%)
Associate degree: 586 (7.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 878 (11.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 438 (5.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,101 (100%)
Never married: 1,732 (19.03%)
Now married, except separated: 4,996 (54.9%)
Separated: 152 (1.67%)
Total Widowed: 1,066 (11.71%)
Widowed Female: 881 (9.68%)
Total Divorced: 1,155 (12.69%)
Divorced Female: 719 (7.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 184 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 103 (55.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,666 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,238 (14.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,085 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (8.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,967 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,299 (21.77%)
----Percent employed: 43.4%
--No disability: 4,668 (78.23%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,016 (100%)
--With a disability: 967 (47.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,379 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,132 (59.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,188 (40.35%)
--Same county: 2,654 (25.57%)
--Different county: 1,534 (14.78%)
----Same state: 1,143 (11.01%)
----Different state: 391 (3.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 59 (0.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,089 (100%)
Native: 10,911 (98.39%)
--Born in United States: 10,876 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,124 (82.28%)
----Different state: 1,752 (15.8%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 178 (1.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 85 (0.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 73 (0.66%)
--Not a citizen: 105 (0.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 178 (100%)
Europe: 24 (13.48%)
Asia: 64 (35.96%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 45 (25.28%)
Northern America: 45 (25.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,379 (100%)
English only: 10,102 (97.33%)
Language other than English: 277 (2.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 111 (1.07%)
--Spanish: 110 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 138 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,089 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,954% (89.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 35 (0.32%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 363 (3.27%)
English: 1,293 (11.66%)
French (except Basque): 230 (2.07%)
French Canadian: 51 (0.46%)
German: 1,618 (14.59%)
Greek: 13 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.32%)
Irish: 1,467 (13.23%)
Italian: 979 (8.83%)
Lithuanian: 58 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.14%)
Polish: 136 (1.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 356 (3.21%)
Scottish: 188 (1.7%)
Slovak: 11 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.06%)
Swedish: 71 (0.64%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,449 (13.07%)
Welsh: 96 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,460 (13.17%)

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