Markham, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1747007, place: Markham city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,244 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 304 (7.16%)
Kindergarten: 267 (6.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,908 (44.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 965 (22.74%)
College or graduate school: 800 (18.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,531 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 415 (5.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,255 (16.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,394 (31.79%)
Some college, no degree: 2,111 (28.03%)
Associate degree: 556 (7.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 559 (7.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 241 (3.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,362 (100%)
Never married: 3,359 (35.88%)
Now married, except separated: 3,730 (39.84%)
Separated: 451 (4.82%)
Total Widowed: 844 (9.02%)
Widowed Female: 669 (7.15%)
Total Divorced: 978 (10.45%)
Divorced Female: 639 (6.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 864 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 551 (63.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,651 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,186 (13.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,649 (100%)
--With a disability: 326 (8.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,550 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,857 (28.35%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 4,693 (71.65%)
----Percent employed: 70.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,510 (100%)
--With a disability: 728 (48.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,725 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,577 (64.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,123 (35.16%)
--Same county: 3,684 (31.42%)
--Different county: 439 (3.74%)
----Same state: 203 (1.73%)
----Different state: 236 (2.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,654 (100%)
Native: 12,295 (97.16%)
--Born in United States: 12,256 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,961 (70.82%)
----Different state: 3,295 (26.04%)
--Born outside United States: 39 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 359 (2.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 153 (1.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 206 (1.63%)
--Not a citizen: 153 (1.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 359 (100%)
Europe: 48 (13.37%)
Asia: 147 (40.95%)
Africa: 22 (6.13%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 120 (33.43%)
Northern America: 22 (6.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,725 (100%)
English only: 11,120 (94.84%)
Language other than English: 605 (5.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 199 (1.7%)
--Spanish: 352 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (1.07%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 91 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 148 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,654 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,840% (93.57%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 78 (0.62%)
Danish: 14 (0.11%)
Dutch: 115 (0.91%)
English: 140 (1.11%)
French (except Basque): 77 (0.61%)
French Canadian: 47 (0.37%)
German: 648 (5.12%)
Greek: 18 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 37 (0.29%)
Irish: 690 (5.45%)
Italian: 232 (1.83%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.13%)
Polish: 395 (3.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 43 (0.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 79 (0.62%)
Scottish: 38 (0.3%)
Slovak: 13 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 138 (1.09%)
Swedish: 65 (0.51%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.04%)
United States or American: 117 (0.92%)
Welsh: 4 (0.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 74 (0.58%)
Other ancestries: 8,728 (68.97%)

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