Lewistown, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1743055, place: Lewistown city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 552 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (7.61%)
Kindergarten: 43 (7.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 256 (46.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 151 (27.36%)
College or graduate school: 60 (10.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,756 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 146 (8.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 203 (11.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 711 (40.49%)
Some college, no degree: 413 (23.52%)
Associate degree: 78 (4.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 121 (6.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 84 (4.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,055 (100%)
Never married: 384 (18.69%)
Now married, except separated: 1,169 (56.89%)
Separated: 20 (0.97%)
Total Widowed: 248 (12.07%)
Widowed Female: 217 (10.56%)
Total Divorced: 234 (11.39%)
Divorced Female: 131 (6.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (58.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,940 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 331 (17.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 497 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (9.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,238 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (15.27%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 1,049 (84.73%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 543 (100%)
--With a disability: 208 (38.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,370 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,368 (57.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,002 (42.28%)
--Same county: 733 (30.93%)
--Different county: 269 (11.35%)
----Same state: 188 (7.93%)
----Different state: 81 (3.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,497 (100%)
Native: 2,484 (99.48%)
--Born in United States: 2,462 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,145 (85.9%)
----Different state: 317 (12.7%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.88%)
Foreign born: 13 (0.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 11 (84.62%)
Asia: 2 (15.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,370 (100%)
English only: 2,324 (98.06%)
Language other than English: 46 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.46%)
--Spanish: 21 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,497 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,878% (75.21%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.28%)
Danish: 5 (0.2%)
Dutch: 75 (3%)
English: 261 (10.45%)
French (except Basque): 41 (1.64%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 367 (14.7%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 266 (10.65%)
Italian: 55 (2.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.8%)
Polish: 3 (0.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (0.88%)
Scottish: 56 (2.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 49 (1.96%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 371 (14.86%)
Welsh: 49 (1.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.6%)
Other ancestries: 216 (8.65%)

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