Homer, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1735814, place: Homer village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 297 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (10.77%)
Kindergarten: 28 (9.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 126 (42.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 69 (23.23%)
College or graduate school: 42 (14.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 787 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (3.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 70 (8.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 375 (47.65%)
Some college, no degree: 177 (22.49%)
Associate degree: 44 (5.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 66 (8.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (3.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 907 (100%)
Never married: 158 (17.42%)
Now married, except separated: 542 (59.76%)
Separated: 17 (1.87%)
Total Widowed: 76 (8.38%)
Widowed Female: 63 (6.95%)
Total Divorced: 114 (12.57%)
Divorced Female: 79 (8.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 858 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 109 (12.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 268 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (9.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 639 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (13.3%)
----Percent employed: 62.4%
--No disability: 554 (86.7%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (41.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,096 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 692 (63.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 399 (36.41%)
--Same county: 253 (23.08%)
--Different county: 146 (13.32%)
----Same state: 80 (7.3%)
----Different state: 66 (6.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,187 (100%)
Native: 1,184 (99.75%)
--Born in United States: 1,179 (100%)
----State of residence: 977 (82.31%)
----Different state: 202 (17.02%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 3 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,096 (100%)
English only: 1,066 (97.26%)
Language other than English: 30 (2.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.27%)
--Spanish: 19 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,187 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,131% (95.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.17%)
Danish: 2 (0.17%)
Dutch: 20 (1.68%)
English: 186 (15.67%)
French (except Basque): 23 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.84%)
German: 287 (24.18%)
Greek: 5 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 16 (1.35%)
Irish: 182 (15.33%)
Italian: 19 (1.6%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.25%)
Polish: 4 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 50 (4.21%)
Scottish: 27 (2.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 14 (1.18%)
Swiss: 8 (0.67%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 175 (14.74%)
Welsh: 18 (1.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 75 (6.32%)

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