Melvin, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1748268, place: Melvin village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 127 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (9.45%)
Kindergarten: 11 (8.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 72 (56.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 29 (22.83%)
College or graduate school: 3 (2.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 294 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12 (4.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 26 (8.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 132 (44.9%)
Some college, no degree: 57 (19.39%)
Associate degree: 23 (7.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 27 (9.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (5.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 343 (100%)
Never married: 63 (18.37%)
Now married, except separated: 207 (60.35%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 37 (10.79%)
Widowed Female: 30 (8.75%)
Total Divorced: 36 (10.5%)
Divorced Female: 17 (4.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (53.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 312 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 61 (19.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 119 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (4.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 222 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (15.77%)
----Percent employed: 45.7%
--No disability: 187 (84.23%)
----Percent employed: 90.9%
Population 65 years and over: 87 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (39.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 430 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 288 (66.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 139 (32.33%)
--Same county: 70 (16.28%)
--Different county: 69 (16.05%)
----Same state: 62 (14.42%)
----Different state: 7 (1.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 473 (100%)
Native: 466 (98.52%)
--Born in United States: 464 (100%)
----State of residence: 400 (84.57%)
----Different state: 64 (13.53%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 7 (1.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 4 (57.14%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (42.86%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 430 (100%)
English only: 415 (96.51%)
Language other than English: 15 (3.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 12 (2.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.7%)
----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: 473 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 443% (93.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.42%)
Dutch: 4 (0.85%)
English: 57 (12.05%)
French (except Basque): 19 (4.02%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.63%)
German: 176 (37.21%)
Greek: 15 (3.17%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.85%)
Irish: 45 (9.51%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.85%)
Polish: 4 (0.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (2.54%)
Scottish: 9 (1.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (0.85%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 38 (8.03%)
Welsh: 4 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 43 (9.09%)

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