U.S. Beacon February 11, 2025

New Athens, IL

Saint Clair County, Illinois

Latitude: 38.322660     Longitude: -89.874811
Population 2,011 (2005)
Elevation of New Athens, Illinois: 429 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1752116, place: New Athens village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 529 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (6.62%)
Kindergarten: 24 (4.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 243 (45.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 137 (25.9%)
College or graduate school: 90 (17.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,296 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 106 (8.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 157 (12.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 447 (34.49%)
Some college, no degree: 350 (27.01%)
Associate degree: 86 (6.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 110 (8.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 40 (3.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,555 (100%)
Never married: 335 (21.54%)
Now married, except separated: 907 (58.33%)
Separated: 14 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 159 (10.23%)
Widowed Female: 138 (8.87%)
Total Divorced: 140 (9%)
Divorced Female: 64 (4.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 52 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (32.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,469 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 218 (14.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 472 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (8.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,046 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (15.58%)
----Percent employed: 51.5%
--No disability: 883 (84.42%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 283 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (44.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,858 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,257 (67.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 601 (32.35%)
--Same county: 481 (25.89%)
--Different county: 120 (6.46%)
----Same state: 81 (4.36%)
----Different state: 39 (2.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,994 (100%)
Native: 1,985 (99.55%)
--Born in United States: 1,969 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,664 (83.45%)
----Different state: 305 (15.3%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 8 (88.89%)
Asia: 1 (11.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,858 (100%)
English only: 1,811 (97.47%)
Language other than English: 47 (2.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.86%)
--Spanish: 15 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,994 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,060% (103.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (1%)
Danish: 3 (0.15%)
Dutch: 25 (1.25%)
English: 177 (8.88%)
French (except Basque): 92 (4.61%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.2%)
German: 987 (49.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.1%)
Irish: 260 (13.04%)
Italian: 75 (3.76%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.2%)
Polish: 35 (1.76%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (1.86%)
Scottish: 12 (0.6%)
Slovak: 1 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.1%)
Swedish: 2 (0.1%)
Swiss: 2 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.25%)
United States or American: 177 (8.88%)
Welsh: 20 (1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 106 (5.32%)

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