Morton, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1750621, place: Morton village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,891 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 277 (7.12%)
Kindergarten: 174 (4.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,605 (41.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 934 (24%)
College or graduate school: 901 (23.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,353 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 423 (4.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 617 (5.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,426 (23.43%)
Some college, no degree: 2,565 (24.78%)
Associate degree: 772 (7.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,460 (23.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,090 (10.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,233 (100%)
Never married: 2,630 (21.5%)
Now married, except separated: 7,836 (64.06%)
Separated: 68 (0.56%)
Total Widowed: 884 (7.23%)
Widowed Female: 760 (6.21%)
Total Divorced: 815 (6.66%)
Divorced Female: 453 (3.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 134 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 78 (58.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,518 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,733 (15.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,138 (100%)
--With a disability: 181 (5.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,132 (100%)
--With a disability: 856 (10.53%)
----Percent employed: 58.1%
--No disability: 7,276 (89.47%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,509 (100%)
--With a disability: 854 (34.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,152 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,129 (57.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,762 (40.72%)
--Same county: 3,074 (21.72%)
--Different county: 2,688 (18.99%)
----Same state: 1,725 (12.19%)
----Different state: 963 (6.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 261 (1.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,044 (100%)
Native: 14,733 (97.93%)
--Born in United States: 14,656 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,234 (74.67%)
----Different state: 3,422 (22.75%)
--Born outside United States: 77 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 311 (2.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 144 (0.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 148 (0.98%)
--Not a citizen: 163 (1.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 311 (100%)
Europe: 149 (47.91%)
Asia: 67 (21.54%)
Africa: 15 (4.82%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 73 (23.47%)
Northern America: 7 (2.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,152 (100%)
English only: 13,667 (96.57%)
Language other than English: 485 (3.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 187 (1.32%)
--Spanish: 179 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 262 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (0.87%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,044 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,802% (105.04%)
Arab: 40 (0.27%)
Czech: 187 (1.24%)
Danish: 69 (0.46%)
Dutch: 219 (1.46%)
English: 1,985 (13.19%)
French (except Basque): 352 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 43 (0.29%)
German: 6,055 (40.25%)
Greek: 59 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 31 (0.21%)
Irish: 2,030 (13.49%)
Italian: 389 (2.59%)
Lithuanian: 41 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 322 (2.14%)
Polish: 275 (1.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 38 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 187 (1.24%)
Scottish: 330 (2.19%)
Slovak: 46 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.08%)
Swedish: 496 (3.3%)
Swiss: 456 (3.03%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.23%)
United States or American: 874 (5.81%)
Welsh: 151 (1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,080 (7.18%)

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