Mount Sterling, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1751154, place: Mount Sterling city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 465 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (4.95%)
Kindergarten: 23 (4.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 214 (46.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 128 (27.53%)
College or graduate school: 77 (16.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,400 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 140 (10%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 149 (10.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 534 (38.14%)
Some college, no degree: 309 (22.07%)
Associate degree: 82 (5.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 104 (7.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 82 (5.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,690 (100%)
Never married: 397 (23.49%)
Now married, except separated: 897 (53.08%)
Separated: 24 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 196 (11.6%)
Widowed Female: 170 (10.06%)
Total Divorced: 176 (10.41%)
Divorced Female: 84 (4.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,581 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 209 (13.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 439 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (9.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,090 (100%)
--With a disability: 258 (23.67%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
--No disability: 832 (76.33%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 363 (100%)
--With a disability: 166 (45.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,946 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,169 (60.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 773 (39.72%)
--Same county: 434 (22.3%)
--Different county: 339 (17.42%)
----Same state: 286 (14.7%)
----Different state: 53 (2.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,083 (100%)
Native: 2,071 (99.42%)
--Born in United States: 2,068 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,836 (88.14%)
----Different state: 232 (11.14%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.34%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 3 (25%)
Asia: 9 (75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,946 (100%)
English only: 1,919 (98.61%)
Language other than English: 27 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,083 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,924% (92.37%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.14%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 41 (1.97%)
English: 358 (17.19%)
French (except Basque): 56 (2.69%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.29%)
German: 560 (26.88%)
Greek: 3 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 299 (14.35%)
Italian: 7 (0.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.58%)
Polish: 24 (1.15%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.34%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (1.78%)
Scottish: 39 (1.87%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 20 (0.96%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 324 (15.55%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 128 (6.14%)

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