U.S. Beacon February 16, 2025

La Grange, IL

Cook County, Illinois

Latitude: 41.807938     Longitude: -87.873455
Population 15,482 (2005)
Elevation of La Grange, Illinois: 640 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1740767, place: La Grange village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,402 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 493 (11.2%)
Kindergarten: 255 (5.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,939 (44.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 961 (21.83%)
College or graduate school: 754 (17.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,533 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 204 (1.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 570 (5.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,528 (14.51%)
Some college, no degree: 1,896 (18%)
Associate degree: 547 (5.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,607 (34.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,181 (20.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 55%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,945 (100%)
Never married: 2,663 (22.29%)
Now married, except separated: 7,427 (62.18%)
Separated: 96 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 883 (7.39%)
Widowed Female: 730 (6.11%)
Total Divorced: 876 (7.33%)
Divorced Female: 510 (4.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 103 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 53 (51.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,237 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,283 (11.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,451 (100%)
--With a disability: 192 (5.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,729 (100%)
--With a disability: 799 (9.15%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
--No disability: 7,930 (90.85%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,899 (100%)
--With a disability: 545 (28.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,420 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,162 (63.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,100 (35.37%)
--Same county: 3,842 (26.64%)
--Different county: 1,258 (8.72%)
----Same state: 732 (5.08%)
----Different state: 526 (3.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 158 (1.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,724 (100%)
Native: 14,844 (94.4%)
--Born in United States: 14,720 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,610 (73.84%)
----Different state: 3,110 (19.78%)
--Born outside United States: 124 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 880 (5.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 233 (1.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 561 (3.57%)
--Not a citizen: 319 (2.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 880 (100%)
Europe: 559 (63.52%)
Asia: 87 (9.89%)
Africa: 6 (0.68%)
Oceania: 6 (0.68%)
Latin America: 163 (18.52%)
Northern America: 59 (6.7%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,420 (100%)
English only: 13,237 (91.8%)
Language other than English: 1,183 (8.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 412 (2.86%)
--Spanish: 413 (2.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (1.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 689 (4.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 191 (1.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,724 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,492% (130.32%)
Arab: 68 (0.43%)
Czech: 1,012 (6.44%)
Danish: 89 (0.57%)
Dutch: 379 (2.41%)
English: 1,523 (9.69%)
French (except Basque): 510 (3.24%)
French Canadian: 104 (0.66%)
German: 3,907 (24.85%)
Greek: 223 (1.42%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.23%)
Irish: 3,962 (25.2%)
Italian: 1,597 (10.16%)
Lithuanian: 274 (1.74%)
Norwegian: 449 (2.86%)
Polish: 1,651 (10.5%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.04%)
Russian: 178 (1.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 178 (1.13%)
Scottish: 264 (1.68%)
Slovak: 119 (0.76%)
Subsaharan African: 94 (0.6%)
Swedish: 639 (4.06%)
Swiss: 57 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 134 (0.85%)
United States or American: 477 (3.03%)
Welsh: 129 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,433 (15.47%)

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