Marengo, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1746786, place: Marengo city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,758 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 123 (7%)
Kindergarten: 160 (9.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 851 (48.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 327 (18.6%)
College or graduate school: 297 (16.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,999 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 210 (5.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 360 (9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,532 (38.31%)
Some college, no degree: 1,083 (27.08%)
Associate degree: 255 (6.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 398 (9.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 161 (4.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,646 (100%)
Never married: 914 (19.67%)
Now married, except separated: 2,859 (61.54%)
Separated: 75 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 288 (6.2%)
Widowed Female: 266 (5.73%)
Total Divorced: 510 (10.98%)
Divorced Female: 292 (6.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 49 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (75.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,409 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 588 (13.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,570 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (10.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,406 (100%)
--With a disability: 440 (12.92%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
--No disability: 2,966 (87.08%)
----Percent employed: 86.5%
Population 65 years and over: 742 (100%)
--With a disability: 236 (31.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,775 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,846 (49.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,866 (49.63%)
--Same county: 1,640 (28.4%)
--Different county: 1,226 (21.23%)
----Same state: 946 (16.38%)
----Different state: 280 (4.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 63 (1.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,294 (100%)
Native: 5,846 (92.88%)
--Born in United States: 5,806 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,705 (74.75%)
----Different state: 1,101 (17.49%)
--Born outside United States: 40 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 448 (7.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 140 (2.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 175 (2.78%)
--Not a citizen: 273 (4.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 448 (100%)
Europe: 101 (22.54%)
Asia: 34 (7.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 313 (69.87%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,775 (100%)
English only: 5,127 (88.78%)
Language other than English: 648 (11.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 382 (6.61%)
--Spanish: 499 (8.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 337 (5.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 136 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,294 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,560% (120.11%)
Arab: 6 (0.1%)
Czech: 82 (1.3%)
Danish: 92 (1.46%)
Dutch: 92 (1.46%)
English: 248 (3.94%)
French (except Basque): 185 (2.94%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 2,431 (38.62%)
Greek: 114 (1.81%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.3%)
Irish: 801 (12.73%)
Italian: 567 (9.01%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 164 (2.61%)
Polish: 763 (12.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (0.62%)
Scottish: 60 (0.95%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 322 (5.12%)
Swiss: 32 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 29 (0.46%)
United States or American: 398 (6.32%)
Welsh: 83 (1.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,004 (15.95%)

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