Mechanicsburg, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1748021, place: Mechanicsburg village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 99 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (9.09%)
Kindergarten: 4 (4.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 51 (51.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (24.24%)
College or graduate school: 11 (11.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 288 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (6.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 65 (22.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 106 (36.81%)
Some college, no degree: 76 (26.39%)
Associate degree: 15 (5.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 8 (2.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 349 (100%)
Never married: 88 (25.21%)
Now married, except separated: 181 (51.86%)
Separated: 6 (1.72%)
Total Widowed: 28 (8.02%)
Widowed Female: 26 (7.45%)
Total Divorced: 46 (13.18%)
Divorced Female: 23 (6.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (72.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 332 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 40 (12.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 87 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (16.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 263 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (17.87%)
----Percent employed: 53.2%
--No disability: 216 (82.13%)
----Percent employed: 86.6%
Population 65 years and over: 53 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (41.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 403 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 232 (57.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 171 (42.43%)
--Same county: 143 (35.48%)
--Different county: 28 (6.95%)
----Same state: 28 (6.95%)
----Different state: 0 (0%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 447 (100%)
Native: 447 (100%)
--Born in United States: 445 (100%)
----State of residence: 405 (90.6%)
----Different state: 40 (8.95%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.45%)
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: 403 (100%)
English only: 396 (98.26%)
Language other than English: 7 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 7 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 447 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 436% (97.54%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.67%)
English: 40 (8.95%)
French (except Basque): 25 (5.59%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 147 (32.89%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.67%)
Irish: 84 (18.79%)
Italian: 21 (4.7%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (1.34%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.89%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (4.25%)
Scottish: 12 (2.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (2.24%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 55 (12.3%)
Welsh: 3 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4 (0.89%)

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