Lincoln, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1743536, place: Lincoln city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,448 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 304 (6.83%)
Kindergarten: 244 (5.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,481 (33.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 859 (19.31%)
College or graduate school: 1,560 (35.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,802 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 822 (8.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 904 (9.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,107 (41.9%)
Some college, no degree: 2,071 (21.13%)
Associate degree: 556 (5.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 908 (9.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 434 (4.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,586 (100%)
Never married: 2,896 (23.01%)
Now married, except separated: 6,931 (55.07%)
Separated: 182 (1.45%)
Total Widowed: 975 (7.75%)
Widowed Female: 811 (6.44%)
Total Divorced: 1,602 (12.73%)
Divorced Female: 956 (7.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 188 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 125 (66.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,992 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,510 (12.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,624 (100%)
--With a disability: 254 (7.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,840 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,517 (19.35%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
--No disability: 6,323 (80.65%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,255 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,001 (44.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,440 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,490 (51.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,857 (47.49%)
--Same county: 3,815 (26.42%)
--Different county: 3,042 (21.07%)
----Same state: 2,116 (14.65%)
----Different state: 926 (6.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 93 (0.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,370 (100%)
Native: 15,134 (98.46%)
--Born in United States: 15,079 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,202 (79.39%)
----Different state: 2,877 (18.72%)
--Born outside United States: 55 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 236 (1.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 144 (0.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 117 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 119 (0.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 236 (100%)
Europe: 18 (7.63%)
Asia: 125 (52.97%)
Africa: 7 (2.97%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 78 (33.05%)
Northern America: 8 (3.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,440 (100%)
English only: 13,754 (95.25%)
Language other than English: 686 (4.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 215 (1.49%)
--Spanish: 305 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 270 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 80 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,370 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,749% (89.45%)
Arab: 6 (0.04%)
Czech: 36 (0.23%)
Danish: 38 (0.25%)
Dutch: 365 (2.37%)
English: 1,541 (10.03%)
French (except Basque): 376 (2.45%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.16%)
German: 4,390 (28.56%)
Greek: 17 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.22%)
Irish: 1,815 (11.81%)
Italian: 318 (2.07%)
Lithuanian: 36 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 98 (0.64%)
Polish: 289 (1.88%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.05%)
Russian: 13 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 289 (1.88%)
Scottish: 213 (1.39%)
Slovak: 8 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 29 (0.19%)
Swedish: 143 (0.93%)
Swiss: 15 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.11%)
United States or American: 1,905 (12.39%)
Welsh: 35 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 40 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 1,650 (10.74%)

Return to Lincoln,IL.