Mason City, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1747475, place: Mason City city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 602 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (10.13%)
Kindergarten: 48 (7.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 281 (46.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 155 (25.75%)
College or graduate school: 57 (9.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,749 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 144 (8.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 195 (11.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 741 (42.37%)
Some college, no degree: 369 (21.1%)
Associate degree: 104 (5.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 129 (7.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 67 (3.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,056 (100%)
Never married: 458 (22.28%)
Now married, except separated: 1,148 (55.84%)
Separated: 20 (0.97%)
Total Widowed: 259 (12.6%)
Widowed Female: 235 (11.43%)
Total Divorced: 171 (8.32%)
Divorced Female: 90 (4.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (51.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,940 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 294 (15.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 592 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (12.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,253 (100%)
--With a disability: 177 (14.13%)
----Percent employed: 68.4%
--No disability: 1,076 (85.87%)
----Percent employed: 86.2%
Population 65 years and over: 502 (100%)
--With a disability: 203 (40.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,432 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,459 (59.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 973 (40.01%)
--Same county: 648 (26.64%)
--Different county: 325 (13.36%)
----Same state: 257 (10.57%)
----Different state: 68 (2.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,575 (100%)
Native: 2,561 (99.46%)
--Born in United States: 2,550 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,199 (85.4%)
----Different state: 351 (13.63%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 14 (0.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.19%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 14 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,432 (100%)
English only: 2,394 (98.44%)
Language other than English: 38 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.49%)
--Spanish: 17 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,575 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,434% (94.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 66 (2.56%)
English: 319 (12.39%)
French (except Basque): 49 (1.9%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.31%)
German: 792 (30.76%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.16%)
Irish: 286 (11.11%)
Italian: 40 (1.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.82%)
Polish: 52 (2.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 54 (2.1%)
Scottish: 52 (2.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 62 (2.41%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 348 (13.51%)
Welsh: 22 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 255 (9.9%)

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