Mason, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1747449, place: Mason town, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 138 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (4.35%)
Kindergarten: 5 (3.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 68 (49.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 36 (26.09%)
College or graduate school: 23 (16.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 268 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26 (9.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 52 (19.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 126 (47.01%)
Some college, no degree: 37 (13.81%)
Associate degree: 15 (5.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 10 (3.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 326 (100%)
Never married: 64 (19.63%)
Now married, except separated: 193 (59.2%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 21 (6.44%)
Widowed Female: 20 (6.13%)
Total Divorced: 48 (14.72%)
Divorced Female: 17 (5.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (81.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 303 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 45 (14.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 130 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (16.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 236 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (15.68%)
----Percent employed: 35.1%
--No disability: 199 (84.32%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
Population 65 years and over: 41 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (53.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 409 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 284 (69.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 125 (30.56%)
--Same county: 74 (18.09%)
--Different county: 51 (12.47%)
----Same state: 43 (10.51%)
----Different state: 8 (1.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 426 (100%)
Native: 426 (100%)
--Born in United States: 426 (100%)
----State of residence: 385 (90.38%)
----Different state: 41 (9.62%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 409 (100%)
English only: 390 (95.35%)
Language other than English: 19 (4.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.98%)
--Spanish: 8 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (2.69%)
----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: 426 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 313% (73.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (1.41%)
English: 54 (12.68%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.94%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 136 (31.92%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 19 (4.46%)
Italian: 16 (3.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 5 (1.17%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.47%)
Scottish: 5 (1.17%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.47%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 25 (5.87%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 39 (9.15%)

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