Park Ridge, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1757875, place: Park Ridge city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,782 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 866 (8.85%)
Kindergarten: 431 (4.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,331 (44.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,097 (21.44%)
College or graduate school: 2,057 (21.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,520 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 749 (2.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,272 (4.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,919 (18.55%)
Some college, no degree: 5,744 (21.66%)
Associate degree: 1,584 (5.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,397 (27.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,855 (18.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 46.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,213 (100%)
Never married: 6,628 (21.94%)
Now married, except separated: 19,001 (62.89%)
Separated: 170 (0.56%)
Total Widowed: 2,655 (8.79%)
Widowed Female: 2,188 (7.24%)
Total Divorced: 1,759 (5.82%)
Divorced Female: 1,153 (3.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 344 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (15.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,651 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,553 (12.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,902 (100%)
--With a disability: 478 (6.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20,269 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,983 (9.78%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
--No disability: 18,286 (90.22%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 6,881 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,047 (29.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 35,555 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 24,684 (69.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,527 (29.61%)
--Same county: 9,155 (25.75%)
--Different county: 1,372 (3.86%)
----Same state: 535 (1.5%)
----Different state: 837 (2.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 344 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 37,735 (100%)
Native: 32,943 (87.3%)
--Born in United States: 32,758 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,432 (75.35%)
----Different state: 4,326 (11.46%)
--Born outside United States: 185 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 4,792 (12.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,065 (2.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,209 (8.5%)
--Not a citizen: 1,583 (4.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,792 (100%)
Europe: 3,189 (66.55%)
Asia: 980 (20.45%)
Africa: 27 (0.56%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 481 (10.04%)
Northern America: 115 (2.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 35,555 (100%)
English only: 29,094 (81.83%)
Language other than English: 6,461 (18.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,203 (6.2%)
--Spanish: 802 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 392 (1.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,835 (13.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,562 (4.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 591 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 173 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 37,735 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 49,097% (130.11%)
Arab: 275 (0.73%)
Czech: 747 (1.98%)
Danish: 365 (0.97%)
Dutch: 324 (0.86%)
English: 2,458 (6.51%)
French (except Basque): 666 (1.76%)
French Canadian: 114 (0.3%)
German: 9,111 (24.14%)
Greek: 1,288 (3.41%)
Hungarian: 296 (0.78%)
Irish: 8,445 (22.38%)
Italian: 6,140 (16.27%)
Lithuanian: 253 (0.67%)
Norwegian: 1,169 (3.1%)
Polish: 7,855 (20.82%)
Portuguese: 55 (0.15%)
Russian: 471 (1.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 432 (1.14%)
Scottish: 417 (1.11%)
Slovak: 318 (0.84%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1,558 (4.13%)
Swiss: 201 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 420 (1.11%)
United States or American: 885 (2.35%)
Welsh: 128 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 4,684 (12.41%)

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