Niles, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1753000, place: Niles village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,298 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 313 (4.97%)
Kindergarten: 258 (4.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,309 (36.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,494 (23.72%)
College or graduate school: 1,924 (30.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,805 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,906 (8.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,336 (10.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,663 (29.22%)
Some college, no degree: 4,947 (21.69%)
Associate degree: 1,286 (5.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,645 (15.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,022 (8.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 26,064 (100%)
Never married: 6,328 (24.28%)
Now married, except separated: 14,296 (54.85%)
Separated: 180 (0.69%)
Total Widowed: 3,393 (13.02%)
Widowed Female: 2,815 (10.8%)
Total Divorced: 1,867 (7.16%)
Divorced Female: 1,110 (4.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 488 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 85 (17.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 25,051 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,577 (10.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,950 (100%)
--With a disability: 237 (4.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,743 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,259 (14.35%)
----Percent employed: 67%
--No disability: 13,484 (85.65%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 7,070 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,506 (35.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,974 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,326 (63.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,198 (31.75%)
--Same county: 8,202 (28.31%)
--Different county: 996 (3.44%)
----Same state: 389 (1.34%)
----Different state: 607 (2.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,450 (5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 30,144 (100%)
Native: 20,000 (66.35%)
--Born in United States: 19,754 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,729 (58.81%)
----Different state: 2,025 (6.72%)
--Born outside United States: 246 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 10,144 (33.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,204 (10.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,401 (21.23%)
--Not a citizen: 3,743 (12.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,144 (100%)
Europe: 6,034 (59.48%)
Asia: 3,304 (32.57%)
Africa: 30 (0.3%)
Oceania: 21 (0.21%)
Latin America: 700 (6.9%)
Northern America: 55 (0.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,974 (100%)
English only: 16,216 (55.97%)
Language other than English: 12,758 (44.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,103 (21.06%)
--Spanish: 1,013 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 451 (1.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9,012 (31.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,345 (15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,856 (6.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 906 (3.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 30,144 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,319% (103.9%)
Arab: 392 (1.3%)
Czech: 201 (0.67%)
Danish: 70 (0.23%)
Dutch: 69 (0.23%)
English: 746 (2.47%)
French (except Basque): 252 (0.84%)
French Canadian: 52 (0.17%)
German: 4,287 (14.22%)
Greek: 990 (3.28%)
Hungarian: 140 (0.46%)
Irish: 2,974 (9.87%)
Italian: 2,686 (8.91%)
Lithuanian: 116 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 224 (0.74%)
Polish: 6,880 (22.82%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.03%)
Russian: 1,133 (3.76%)
Scotch-Irish: 127 (0.42%)
Scottish: 112 (0.37%)
Slovak: 126 (0.42%)
Subsaharan African: 55 (0.18%)
Swedish: 633 (2.1%)
Swiss: 21 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 507 (1.68%)
United States or American: 581 (1.93%)
Welsh: 37 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 80 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 7,819 (25.94%)

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