Oswego, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1756887, place: Oswego village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,799 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 427 (11.24%)
Kindergarten: 413 (10.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,588 (41.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 734 (19.32%)
College or graduate school: 637 (16.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,391 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 157 (1.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 385 (4.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,005 (23.89%)
Some college, no degree: 2,222 (26.48%)
Associate degree: 807 (9.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,920 (22.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 895 (10.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,730 (100%)
Never married: 1,751 (18%)
Now married, except separated: 6,862 (70.52%)
Separated: 73 (0.75%)
Total Widowed: 493 (5.07%)
Widowed Female: 419 (4.31%)
Total Divorced: 551 (5.66%)
Divorced Female: 326 (3.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 120 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (10%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,202 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,072 (11.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,221 (100%)
--With a disability: 229 (7.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,752 (100%)
--With a disability: 621 (8.01%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
--No disability: 7,131 (91.99%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 965 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (30.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,013 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,877 (40.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,988 (58.17%)
--Same county: 1,718 (14.3%)
--Different county: 5,270 (43.87%)
----Same state: 4,352 (36.23%)
----Different state: 918 (7.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 148 (1.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,300 (100%)
Native: 12,675 (95.3%)
--Born in United States: 12,626 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,551 (71.81%)
----Different state: 3,075 (23.12%)
--Born outside United States: 49 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 625 (4.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 213 (1.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 296 (2.23%)
--Not a citizen: 329 (2.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 625 (100%)
Europe: 257 (41.12%)
Asia: 152 (24.32%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 174 (27.84%)
Northern America: 42 (6.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,013 (100%)
English only: 10,950 (91.15%)
Language other than English: 1,063 (8.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 280 (2.33%)
--Spanish: 525 (4.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (1.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 428 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (1.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 103 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,300 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,983% (135.21%)
Arab: 4 (0.03%)
Czech: 493 (3.71%)
Danish: 198 (1.49%)
Dutch: 385 (2.89%)
English: 1,497 (11.26%)
French (except Basque): 431 (3.24%)
French Canadian: 58 (0.44%)
German: 4,504 (33.86%)
Greek: 41 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 71 (0.53%)
Irish: 2,665 (20.04%)
Italian: 1,194 (8.98%)
Lithuanian: 217 (1.63%)
Norwegian: 571 (4.29%)
Polish: 1,508 (11.34%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.06%)
Russian: 84 (0.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 188 (1.41%)
Scottish: 209 (1.57%)
Slovak: 113 (0.85%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.2%)
Swedish: 563 (4.23%)
Swiss: 74 (0.56%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.16%)
United States or American: 411 (3.09%)
Welsh: 59 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 2,380 (17.89%)

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