La Salle, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1742184, place: La Salle city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,206 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 142 (6.44%)
Kindergarten: 165 (7.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 970 (43.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 529 (23.98%)
College or graduate school: 400 (18.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,646 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 563 (8.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 816 (12.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,336 (35.15%)
Some college, no degree: 1,539 (23.16%)
Associate degree: 559 (8.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 568 (8.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 265 (3.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,972 (100%)
Never married: 2,270 (28.47%)
Now married, except separated: 3,895 (48.86%)
Separated: 160 (2.01%)
Total Widowed: 715 (8.97%)
Widowed Female: 564 (7.07%)
Total Divorced: 932 (11.69%)
Divorced Female: 473 (5.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 95 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 55 (57.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,533 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,251 (16.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,992 (100%)
--With a disability: 201 (10.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,316 (100%)
--With a disability: 892 (16.78%)
----Percent employed: 55.9%
--No disability: 4,424 (83.22%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,617 (100%)
--With a disability: 610 (37.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,182 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,124 (55.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,948 (43%)
--Same county: 2,358 (25.68%)
--Different county: 1,590 (17.32%)
----Same state: 1,106 (12.05%)
----Different state: 484 (5.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 110 (1.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,818 (100%)
Native: 9,495 (96.71%)
--Born in United States: 9,442 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,294 (84.48%)
----Different state: 1,148 (11.69%)
--Born outside United States: 53 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 323 (3.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 152 (1.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 100 (1.02%)
--Not a citizen: 223 (2.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 323 (100%)
Europe: 41 (12.69%)
Asia: 30 (9.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 246 (76.16%)
Northern America: 6 (1.86%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,182 (100%)
English only: 8,519 (92.78%)
Language other than English: 663 (7.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 234 (2.55%)
--Spanish: 496 (5.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 207 (2.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 137 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,818 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,715% (119.32%)
Arab: 6 (0.06%)
Czech: 35 (0.36%)
Danish: 8 (0.08%)
Dutch: 103 (1.05%)
English: 899 (9.16%)
French (except Basque): 283 (2.88%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.21%)
German: 2,735 (27.86%)
Greek: 26 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,511 (15.39%)
Italian: 1,161 (11.83%)
Lithuanian: 124 (1.26%)
Norwegian: 77 (0.78%)
Polish: 1,925 (19.61%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 50 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 65 (0.66%)
Scottish: 162 (1.65%)
Slovak: 63 (0.64%)
Subsaharan African: 63 (0.64%)
Swedish: 247 (2.52%)
Swiss: 18 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 408 (4.16%)
Welsh: 25 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 1,693 (17.24%)

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