Matteson, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1747540, place: Matteson village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,992 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 355 (8.89%)
Kindergarten: 216 (5.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,648 (41.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 873 (21.87%)
College or graduate school: 900 (22.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,268 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 222 (2.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 658 (7.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,038 (24.65%)
Some college, no degree: 2,597 (31.41%)
Associate degree: 652 (7.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,378 (16.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 723 (8.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,010 (100%)
Never married: 2,779 (27.76%)
Now married, except separated: 5,535 (55.29%)
Separated: 247 (2.47%)
Total Widowed: 576 (5.75%)
Widowed Female: 478 (4.78%)
Total Divorced: 873 (8.72%)
Divorced Female: 639 (6.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 557 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 214 (38.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,304 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,262 (13.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,294 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (5.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,419 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,091 (14.71%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 6,328 (85.29%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 585 (45.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,072 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,306 (60.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,698 (38.92%)
--Same county: 3,926 (32.52%)
--Different county: 772 (6.39%)
----Same state: 481 (3.98%)
----Different state: 291 (2.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 68 (0.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,883 (100%)
Native: 12,383 (96.12%)
--Born in United States: 12,319 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,427 (73.17%)
----Different state: 2,892 (22.45%)
--Born outside United States: 64 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 500 (3.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 102 (0.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 306 (2.38%)
--Not a citizen: 194 (1.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 500 (100%)
Europe: 119 (23.8%)
Asia: 163 (32.6%)
Africa: 35 (7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 183 (36.6%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,072 (100%)
English only: 11,200 (92.78%)
Language other than English: 872 (7.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 292 (2.42%)
--Spanish: 456 (3.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 173 (1.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 216 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 156 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,883 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,875% (107.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 70 (0.54%)
Danish: 103 (0.8%)
Dutch: 219 (1.7%)
English: 378 (2.93%)
French (except Basque): 202 (1.57%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.24%)
German: 1,449 (11.25%)
Greek: 6 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 47 (0.36%)
Irish: 1,065 (8.27%)
Italian: 334 (2.59%)
Lithuanian: 88 (0.68%)
Norwegian: 56 (0.43%)
Polish: 563 (4.37%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.09%)
Russian: 18 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 99 (0.77%)
Scottish: 127 (0.99%)
Slovak: 21 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 303 (2.35%)
Swedish: 239 (1.86%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 43 (0.33%)
United States or American: 291 (2.26%)
Welsh: 23 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 97 (0.75%)
Other ancestries: 7,992 (62.04%)

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