Lemont, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1742795, place: Lemont village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,600 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 318 (8.83%)
Kindergarten: 265 (7.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,660 (46.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 762 (21.17%)
College or graduate school: 595 (16.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,740 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 501 (5.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 675 (7.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,347 (26.85%)
Some college, no degree: 1,861 (21.29%)
Associate degree: 563 (6.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,842 (21.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 951 (10.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,100 (100%)
Never married: 2,147 (21.26%)
Now married, except separated: 6,413 (63.5%)
Separated: 43 (0.43%)
Total Widowed: 914 (9.05%)
Widowed Female: 793 (7.85%)
Total Divorced: 583 (5.77%)
Divorced Female: 295 (2.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 121 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (27.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,557 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 947 (9.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,082 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (2.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,230 (100%)
--With a disability: 741 (10.25%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
--No disability: 6,489 (89.75%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,659 (100%)
--With a disability: 575 (34.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,241 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,946 (56.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,022 (41.03%)
--Same county: 3,394 (27.73%)
--Different county: 1,628 (13.3%)
----Same state: 1,155 (9.44%)
----Different state: 473 (3.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 273 (2.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,177 (100%)
Native: 11,900 (90.31%)
--Born in United States: 11,877 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,519 (79.83%)
----Different state: 1,358 (10.31%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.17%)
Foreign born: 1,277 (9.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 395 (3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 796 (6.04%)
--Not a citizen: 481 (3.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,277 (100%)
Europe: 1,063 (83.24%)
Asia: 56 (4.39%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (0.47%)
Latin America: 137 (10.73%)
Northern America: 15 (1.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,241 (100%)
English only: 10,103 (82.53%)
Language other than English: 2,138 (17.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 791 (6.46%)
--Spanish: 407 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (0.88%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,671 (13.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 645 (5.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 47 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,177 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,144% (130.11%)
Arab: 16 (0.12%)
Czech: 399 (3.03%)
Danish: 70 (0.53%)
Dutch: 98 (0.74%)
English: 595 (4.52%)
French (except Basque): 443 (3.36%)
French Canadian: 132 (1%)
German: 3,364 (25.53%)
Greek: 304 (2.31%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.21%)
Irish: 2,718 (20.63%)
Italian: 1,588 (12.05%)
Lithuanian: 539 (4.09%)
Norwegian: 82 (0.62%)
Polish: 4,327 (32.84%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 63 (0.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 96 (0.73%)
Scottish: 117 (0.89%)
Slovak: 110 (0.83%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.21%)
Swedish: 400 (3.04%)
Swiss: 30 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 40 (0.3%)
United States or American: 171 (1.3%)
Welsh: 29 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,357 (10.3%)

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