Joliet, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1738570, place: Joliet city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 28,247 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,433 (8.61%)
Kindergarten: 1,873 (6.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,532 (47.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,387 (19.07%)
College or graduate school: 5,022 (17.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 64,520 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,567 (8.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,119 (12.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 19,535 (30.28%)
Some college, no degree: 15,262 (23.65%)
Associate degree: 4,033 (6.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,331 (12.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,673 (5.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 79,411 (100%)
Never married: 22,136 (27.88%)
Now married, except separated: 43,101 (54.28%)
Separated: 1,361 (1.71%)
Total Widowed: 5,562 (7%)
Widowed Female: 4,621 (5.82%)
Total Divorced: 7,251 (9.13%)
Divorced Female: 3,865 (4.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,306 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 988 (42.84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 75,007 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,004 (10.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 25,274 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,627 (6.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 57,140 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,243 (17.93%)
----Percent employed: 62%
--No disability: 46,897 (82.07%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 10,347 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,301 (41.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 96,363 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 46,790 (48.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 46,649 (48.41%)
--Same county: 26,201 (27.19%)
--Different county: 20,448 (21.22%)
----Same state: 15,407 (15.99%)
----Different state: 5,041 (5.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,924 (3.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 106,157 (100%)
Native: 94,591 (89.1%)
--Born in United States: 94,075 (100%)
----State of residence: 77,420 (72.93%)
----Different state: 16,655 (15.69%)
--Born outside United States: 516 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 11,566 (10.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,486 (5.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,407 (3.21%)
--Not a citizen: 8,159 (7.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,566 (100%)
Europe: 1,134 (9.8%)
Asia: 1,106 (9.56%)
Africa: 31 (0.27%)
Oceania: 25 (0.22%)
Latin America: 9,223 (79.74%)
Northern America: 47 (0.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 96,363 (100%)
English only: 78,217 (81.17%)
Language other than English: 18,146 (18.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,287 (9.64%)
--Spanish: 14,764 (15.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,145 (8.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,358 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 767 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 810 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 318 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 106,157 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 118,431% (111.56%)
Arab: 254 (0.24%)
Czech: 1,432 (1.35%)
Danish: 505 (0.48%)
Dutch: 1,254 (1.18%)
English: 4,874 (4.59%)
French (except Basque): 2,207 (2.08%)
French Canadian: 324 (0.31%)
German: 19,079 (17.97%)
Greek: 1,005 (0.95%)
Hungarian: 648 (0.61%)
Irish: 14,616 (13.77%)
Italian: 9,271 (8.73%)
Lithuanian: 749 (0.71%)
Norwegian: 1,186 (1.12%)
Polish: 8,153 (7.68%)
Portuguese: 76 (0.07%)
Russian: 544 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 947 (0.89%)
Scottish: 1,019 (0.96%)
Slovak: 1,456 (1.37%)
Subsaharan African: 572 (0.54%)
Swedish: 2,645 (2.49%)
Swiss: 199 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 282 (0.27%)
United States or American: 2,941 (2.77%)
Welsh: 352 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 147 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 41,694 (39.28%)

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