Marquette Heights, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1747111, place: Marquette Heights city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 843 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 50 (5.93%)
Kindergarten: 52 (6.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 406 (48.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 174 (20.64%)
College or graduate school: 161 (19.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,765 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 42 (2.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 184 (10.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 745 (42.21%)
Some college, no degree: 526 (29.8%)
Associate degree: 100 (5.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 104 (5.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 64 (3.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,143 (100%)
Never married: 483 (22.54%)
Now married, except separated: 1,351 (63.04%)
Separated: 35 (1.63%)
Total Widowed: 111 (5.18%)
Widowed Female: 86 (4.01%)
Total Divorced: 163 (7.61%)
Divorced Female: 88 (4.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (68.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,000 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 328 (16.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 742 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (11.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,659 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (15.61%)
----Percent employed: 57.9%
--No disability: 1,400 (84.39%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 220 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (55.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,625 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,830 (69.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 795 (30.29%)
--Same county: 512 (19.5%)
--Different county: 283 (10.78%)
----Same state: 207 (7.89%)
----Different state: 76 (2.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,803 (100%)
Native: 2,765 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 2,752 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,214 (78.99%)
----Different state: 538 (19.19%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 38 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.96%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 38 (100%)
Europe: 22 (57.89%)
Asia: 9 (23.68%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (10.53%)
Northern America: 3 (7.89%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,625 (100%)
English only: 2,572 (97.98%)
Language other than English: 53 (2.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.3%)
--Spanish: 17 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,803 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,956% (105.46%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.36%)
Danish: 29 (1.03%)
Dutch: 84 (3%)
English: 362 (12.91%)
French (except Basque): 142 (5.07%)
French Canadian: 38 (1.36%)
German: 947 (33.79%)
Greek: 13 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.39%)
Irish: 475 (16.95%)
Italian: 99 (3.53%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.36%)
Polish: 40 (1.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (2.1%)
Scottish: 71 (2.53%)
Slovak: 5 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 81 (2.89%)
Swiss: 10 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 244 (8.7%)
Welsh: 14 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 212 (7.56%)

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