Olney, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1755912, place: Olney city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,141 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 154 (7.19%)
Kindergarten: 99 (4.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 911 (42.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 467 (21.81%)
College or graduate school: 510 (23.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,789 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 465 (8.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 511 (8.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,836 (31.72%)
Some college, no degree: 1,382 (23.87%)
Associate degree: 652 (11.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 626 (10.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 317 (5.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,978 (100%)
Never married: 1,613 (23.12%)
Now married, except separated: 3,495 (50.09%)
Separated: 103 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 788 (11.29%)
Widowed Female: 687 (9.85%)
Total Divorced: 979 (14.03%)
Divorced Female: 611 (8.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,580 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 905 (13.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,973 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (6.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,338 (100%)
--With a disability: 815 (18.79%)
----Percent employed: 41.7%
--No disability: 3,523 (81.21%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,668 (100%)
--With a disability: 714 (42.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,103 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,557 (56.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,504 (43.24%)
--Same county: 1,942 (23.97%)
--Different county: 1,562 (19.28%)
----Same state: 791 (9.76%)
----Different state: 771 (9.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 42 (0.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,645 (100%)
Native: 8,566 (99.09%)
--Born in United States: 8,524 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,517 (75.38%)
----Different state: 2,007 (23.22%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 79 (0.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 53 (0.61%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 79 (100%)
Europe: 43 (54.43%)
Asia: 17 (21.52%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (24.05%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,103 (100%)
English only: 7,900 (97.49%)
Language other than English: 203 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 156 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,645 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,134% (82.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.08%)
Danish: 17 (0.2%)
Dutch: 195 (2.26%)
English: 799 (9.24%)
French (except Basque): 247 (2.86%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.27%)
German: 2,151 (24.88%)
Greek: 6 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.07%)
Irish: 665 (7.69%)
Italian: 38 (0.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.21%)
Polish: 79 (0.91%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 102 (1.18%)
Scottish: 197 (2.28%)
Slovak: 5 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 72 (0.83%)
Swiss: 109 (1.26%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,649 (19.07%)
Welsh: 83 (0.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 660 (7.63%)

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