Highwood, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1734865, place: Highwood city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 899 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 59 (6.56%)
Kindergarten: 31 (3.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 401 (44.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 173 (19.24%)
College or graduate school: 235 (26.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,644 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 466 (17.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 307 (11.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 623 (23.56%)
Some college, no degree: 482 (18.23%)
Associate degree: 50 (1.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 418 (15.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 298 (11.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,300 (100%)
Never married: 1,084 (32.85%)
Now married, except separated: 1,629 (49.36%)
Separated: 42 (1.27%)
Total Widowed: 237 (7.18%)
Widowed Female: 206 (6.24%)
Total Divorced: 308 (9.33%)
Divorced Female: 200 (6.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (67.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,152 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 273 (8.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 840 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (11.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,307 (100%)
--With a disability: 361 (15.65%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
--No disability: 1,946 (84.35%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 536 (100%)
--With a disability: 210 (39.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,782 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,474 (38.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,814 (47.96%)
--Same county: 1,188 (31.41%)
--Different county: 626 (16.55%)
----Same state: 353 (9.33%)
----Different state: 273 (7.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 494 (13.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,076 (100%)
Native: 2,503 (61.41%)
--Born in United States: 2,457 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,742 (42.74%)
----Different state: 715 (17.54%)
--Born outside United States: 46 (1.13%)
Foreign born: 1,573 (38.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 842 (20.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 433 (10.62%)
--Not a citizen: 1,140 (27.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,573 (100%)
Europe: 346 (22%)
Asia: 120 (7.63%)
Africa: 16 (1.02%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,091 (69.36%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,782 (100%)
English only: 1,811 (47.88%)
Language other than English: 1,971 (52.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,306 (34.53%)
--Spanish: 1,293 (34.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 977 (25.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 521 (13.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 220 (5.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 106 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (2.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,076 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,169% (102.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 17 (0.42%)
Danish: 6 (0.15%)
Dutch: 39 (0.96%)
English: 143 (3.51%)
French (except Basque): 37 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.56%)
German: 379 (9.3%)
Greek: 20 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 408 (10.01%)
Italian: 922 (22.62%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.22%)
Polish: 135 (3.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 48 (1.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (0.32%)
Scottish: 51 (1.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.59%)
Swedish: 33 (0.81%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.1%)
United States or American: 79 (1.94%)
Welsh: 5 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,766 (43.33%)

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