Machesney Park, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1745726, place: Machesney Park village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,504 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 481 (8.74%)
Kindergarten: 348 (6.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,577 (46.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,198 (21.77%)
College or graduate school: 900 (16.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,457 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 546 (4.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,088 (15.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,288 (39.3%)
Some college, no degree: 3,212 (23.87%)
Associate degree: 818 (6.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,131 (8.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 374 (2.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,083 (100%)
Never married: 3,615 (22.48%)
Now married, except separated: 9,591 (59.63%)
Separated: 173 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 813 (5.06%)
Widowed Female: 642 (3.99%)
Total Divorced: 1,891 (11.76%)
Divorced Female: 1,005 (6.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 363 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 157 (43.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,154 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,107 (13.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,922 (100%)
--With a disability: 399 (8.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,450 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,874 (15.05%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
--No disability: 10,576 (84.95%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,921 (100%)
--With a disability: 912 (47.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,310 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,541 (59.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,720 (39.98%)
--Same county: 6,074 (31.46%)
--Different county: 1,646 (8.52%)
----Same state: 830 (4.3%)
----Different state: 816 (4.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 49 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,681 (100%)
Native: 20,274 (98.03%)
--Born in United States: 20,195 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,807 (71.6%)
----Different state: 5,388 (26.05%)
--Born outside United States: 79 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 407 (1.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 134 (0.65%)
--Naturalized citizen: 191 (0.92%)
--Not a citizen: 216 (1.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 407 (100%)
Europe: 134 (32.92%)
Asia: 154 (37.84%)
Africa: 25 (6.14%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 84 (20.64%)
Northern America: 10 (2.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,310 (100%)
English only: 18,514 (95.88%)
Language other than English: 796 (4.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 268 (1.39%)
--Spanish: 336 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 257 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 178 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 124 (0.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,681 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,042% (111.42%)
Arab: 7 (0.03%)
Czech: 55 (0.27%)
Danish: 131 (0.63%)
Dutch: 686 (3.32%)
English: 1,947 (9.41%)
French (except Basque): 692 (3.35%)
French Canadian: 115 (0.56%)
German: 5,990 (28.96%)
Greek: 38 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.06%)
Irish: 3,055 (14.77%)
Italian: 1,476 (7.14%)
Lithuanian: 115 (0.56%)
Norwegian: 1,110 (5.37%)
Polish: 773 (3.74%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 24 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 241 (1.17%)
Scottish: 369 (1.78%)
Slovak: 9 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.06%)
Swedish: 1,847 (8.93%)
Swiss: 84 (0.41%)
Ukrainian: 49 (0.24%)
United States or American: 1,369 (6.62%)
Welsh: 52 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,784 (13.46%)

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