Lindenhurst, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1743770, place: Lindenhurst village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,788 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 514 (13.57%)
Kindergarten: 257 (6.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,560 (41.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 689 (18.19%)
College or graduate school: 768 (20.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,177 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 133 (1.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 372 (4.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,652 (20.2%)
Some college, no degree: 2,344 (28.67%)
Associate degree: 585 (7.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,311 (28.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 780 (9.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,391 (100%)
Never married: 1,820 (19.38%)
Now married, except separated: 6,665 (70.97%)
Separated: 64 (0.68%)
Total Widowed: 295 (3.14%)
Widowed Female: 259 (2.76%)
Total Divorced: 547 (5.82%)
Divorced Female: 316 (3.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 179 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (26.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,838 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 944 (10.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,954 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (5.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,568 (100%)
--With a disability: 578 (7.64%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 6,990 (92.36%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 812 (100%)
--With a disability: 253 (31.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,464 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,358 (46.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,007 (52.4%)
--Same county: 2,839 (24.76%)
--Different county: 3,168 (27.63%)
----Same state: 1,921 (16.76%)
----Different state: 1,247 (10.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 99 (0.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,645 (100%)
Native: 11,973 (94.69%)
--Born in United States: 11,850 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,489 (67.13%)
----Different state: 3,361 (26.58%)
--Born outside United States: 123 (0.97%)
Foreign born: 672 (5.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 173 (1.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 335 (2.65%)
--Not a citizen: 337 (2.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 672 (100%)
Europe: 262 (38.99%)
Asia: 243 (36.16%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 137 (20.39%)
Northern America: 30 (4.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,464 (100%)
English only: 10,354 (90.32%)
Language other than English: 1,110 (9.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 311 (2.71%)
--Spanish: 442 (3.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 418 (3.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (1.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 217 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,645 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,885% (125.62%)
Arab: 8 (0.06%)
Czech: 269 (2.13%)
Danish: 230 (1.82%)
Dutch: 365 (2.89%)
English: 1,149 (9.09%)
French (except Basque): 364 (2.88%)
French Canadian: 82 (0.65%)
German: 3,843 (30.39%)
Greek: 215 (1.7%)
Hungarian: 136 (1.08%)
Irish: 2,282 (18.05%)
Italian: 902 (7.13%)
Lithuanian: 100 (0.79%)
Norwegian: 469 (3.71%)
Polish: 1,734 (13.71%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.13%)
Russian: 155 (1.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 81 (0.64%)
Scottish: 237 (1.87%)
Slovak: 56 (0.44%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.02%)
Swedish: 513 (4.06%)
Swiss: 27 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 51 (0.4%)
United States or American: 580 (4.59%)
Welsh: 60 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 23 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 1,935 (15.3%)

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