New Canton, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1752311, place: New Canton town, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 118 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (3.39%)
Kindergarten: 7 (5.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 76 (64.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 22 (18.64%)
College or graduate school: 9 (7.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 286 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (3.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 49 (17.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 136 (47.55%)
Some college, no degree: 59 (20.63%)
Associate degree: 14 (4.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (3.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (2.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 333 (100%)
Never married: 54 (16.22%)
Now married, except separated: 194 (58.26%)
Separated: 1 (0.3%)
Total Widowed: 38 (11.41%)
Widowed Female: 31 (9.31%)
Total Divorced: 46 (13.81%)
Divorced Female: 22 (6.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (91.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 317 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 46 (14.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (12.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 215 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (25.12%)
----Percent employed: 48.1%
--No disability: 161 (74.88%)
----Percent employed: 72%
Population 65 years and over: 77 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (37.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 419 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 296 (70.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 123 (29.36%)
--Same county: 85 (20.29%)
--Different county: 38 (9.07%)
----Same state: 24 (5.73%)
----Different state: 14 (3.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 447 (100%)
Native: 444 (99.33%)
--Born in United States: 444 (100%)
----State of residence: 294 (65.77%)
----Different state: 150 (33.56%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.67%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 1 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (66.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 419 (100%)
English only: 413 (98.57%)
Language other than English: 6 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.72%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.48%)
--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: 357% (79.87%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (3.13%)
English: 48 (10.74%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.45%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.45%)
German: 100 (22.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 55 (12.3%)
Italian: 4 (0.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (2.01%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (2.24%)
Scottish: 2 (0.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 64 (14.32%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 47 (10.51%)

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