Hillsboro, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1735047, place: Hillsboro city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,063 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 99 (9.31%)
Kindergarten: 103 (9.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 457 (42.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 272 (25.59%)
College or graduate school: 132 (12.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,837 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 207 (7.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 286 (10.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,130 (39.83%)
Some college, no degree: 623 (21.96%)
Associate degree: 154 (5.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 282 (9.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 155 (5.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,385 (100%)
Never married: 708 (20.92%)
Now married, except separated: 1,885 (55.69%)
Separated: 55 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 339 (10.01%)
Widowed Female: 308 (9.1%)
Total Divorced: 398 (11.76%)
Divorced Female: 281 (8.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (14.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,187 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 441 (13.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 944 (100%)
--With a disability: 113 (11.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,235 (100%)
--With a disability: 341 (15.26%)
----Percent employed: 37.8%
--No disability: 1,894 (84.74%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 690 (100%)
--With a disability: 255 (36.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,982 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,436 (61.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,514 (38.02%)
--Same county: 1,038 (26.07%)
--Different county: 476 (11.95%)
----Same state: 425 (10.67%)
----Different state: 51 (1.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 32 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,272 (100%)
Native: 4,229 (98.99%)
--Born in United States: 4,223 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,627 (84.9%)
----Different state: 596 (13.95%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 43 (1.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 43 (100%)
Europe: 25 (58.14%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (41.86%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,982 (100%)
English only: 3,850 (96.69%)
Language other than English: 132 (3.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.4%)
--Spanish: 79 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,272 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,614% (84.6%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 70 (1.64%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 112 (2.62%)
English: 496 (11.61%)
French (except Basque): 123 (2.88%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,146 (26.83%)
Greek: 26 (0.61%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 454 (10.63%)
Italian: 212 (4.96%)
Lithuanian: 35 (0.82%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.19%)
Polish: 72 (1.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 87 (2.04%)
Scottish: 46 (1.08%)
Slovak: 22 (0.51%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 32 (0.75%)
Swiss: 20 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.16%)
United States or American: 267 (6.25%)
Welsh: 24 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 355 (8.31%)

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