Lerna, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1742938, place: Lerna village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 82 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (2.44%)
Kindergarten: 3 (3.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 27 (32.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 25 (30.49%)
College or graduate school: 25 (30.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 200 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 19 (9.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 35 (17.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 79 (39.5%)
Some college, no degree: 50 (25%)
Associate degree: 5 (2.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 7 (3.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (2.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 273 (100%)
Never married: 61 (22.34%)
Now married, except separated: 150 (54.95%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 25 (9.16%)
Widowed Female: 20 (7.33%)
Total Divorced: 37 (13.55%)
Divorced Female: 17 (6.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 249 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 34 (13.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 78 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (11.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 192 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (27.08%)
----Percent employed: 53.8%
--No disability: 140 (72.92%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 34 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (52.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 304 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 171 (56.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 133 (43.75%)
--Same county: 89 (29.28%)
--Different county: 44 (14.47%)
----Same state: 29 (9.54%)
----Different state: 15 (4.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 322 (100%)
Native: 322 (100%)
--Born in United States: 322 (100%)
----State of residence: 296 (91.93%)
----Different state: 26 (8.07%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 304 (100%)
English only: 295 (97.04%)
Language other than English: 9 (2.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (2.3%)
--Spanish: 7 (2.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (2.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.66%)
----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: 322 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 226% (70.19%)
Arab: 3 (0.93%)
Czech: 2 (0.62%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (1.55%)
English: 32 (9.94%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.62%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.93%)
German: 31 (9.63%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 22 (6.83%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 5 (1.55%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.93%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 4 (1.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 104 (32.3%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 10 (3.11%)

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