Hickory Hills, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1734514, place: Hickory Hills city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,704 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 310 (8.37%)
Kindergarten: 132 (3.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,609 (43.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 762 (20.57%)
College or graduate school: 891 (24.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,355 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 559 (5.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,140 (12.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,053 (32.63%)
Some college, no degree: 2,084 (22.28%)
Associate degree: 523 (5.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,451 (15.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 545 (5.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,071 (100%)
Never married: 2,932 (26.48%)
Now married, except separated: 6,143 (55.49%)
Separated: 146 (1.32%)
Total Widowed: 885 (7.99%)
Widowed Female: 752 (6.79%)
Total Divorced: 965 (8.72%)
Divorced Female: 610 (5.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 209 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (15.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,529 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,118 (10.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,929 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (4.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,273 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,304 (15.76%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
--No disability: 6,969 (84.24%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 1,721 (100%)
--With a disability: 583 (33.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,981 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,208 (63.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,470 (34.43%)
--Same county: 3,864 (29.77%)
--Different county: 606 (4.67%)
----Same state: 342 (2.63%)
----Different state: 264 (2.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 303 (2.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,935 (100%)
Native: 11,595 (83.21%)
--Born in United States: 11,496 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,617 (76.19%)
----Different state: 879 (6.31%)
--Born outside United States: 99 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 2,340 (16.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 676 (4.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,225 (8.79%)
--Not a citizen: 1,115 (8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,340 (100%)
Europe: 1,339 (57.22%)
Asia: 643 (27.48%)
Africa: 22 (0.94%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 321 (13.72%)
Northern America: 15 (0.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,981 (100%)
English only: 9,664 (74.45%)
Language other than English: 3,317 (25.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,242 (9.57%)
--Spanish: 692 (5.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 218 (1.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,762 (13.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 761 (5.86%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 207 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,935 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,540% (125.87%)
Arab: 763 (5.48%)
Czech: 511 (3.67%)
Danish: 57 (0.41%)
Dutch: 139 (1%)
English: 654 (4.69%)
French (except Basque): 356 (2.55%)
French Canadian: 75 (0.54%)
German: 2,402 (17.24%)
Greek: 392 (2.81%)
Hungarian: 67 (0.48%)
Irish: 2,768 (19.86%)
Italian: 1,488 (10.68%)
Lithuanian: 685 (4.92%)
Norwegian: 91 (0.65%)
Polish: 3,750 (26.91%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 162 (1.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 92 (0.66%)
Scottish: 92 (0.66%)
Slovak: 94 (0.67%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 340 (2.44%)
Swiss: 19 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 51 (0.37%)
United States or American: 285 (2.05%)
Welsh: 5 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,202 (15.8%)

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