General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1759026, place: Peoria Heights village, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,445 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (4.29%)
Kindergarten: 103 (7.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 594 (41.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 308 (21.31%)
College or graduate school: 378 (26.16%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 4,684 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 195 (4.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 510 (10.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,569 (33.5%)
Some college, no degree: 1,331 (28.42%)
Associate degree: 346 (7.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 519 (11.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 214 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 5,537 (100%)
Never married: 1,563 (28.23%)
Now married, except separated: 2,536 (45.8%)
Separated: 111 (2%)
Total Widowed: 477 (8.61%)
Widowed Female: 378 (6.83%)
Total Divorced: 850 (15.35%)
Divorced Female: 445 (8.04%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (27.59%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 5,313 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 866 (16.3%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,229 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (6.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,009 (100%)
--With a disability: 758 (18.91%)
----Percent employed: 55.3%
--No disability: 3,251 (81.09%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,049 (100%)
--With a disability: 521 (49.67%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 6,287 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,502 (55.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,756 (43.84%)
--Same county: 1,856 (29.52%)
--Different county: 900 (14.32%)
----Same state: 547 (8.7%)
----Different state: 353 (5.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.46%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 6,638 (100%)
Native: 6,500 (97.92%)
--Born in United States: 6,462 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,205 (78.41%)
----Different state: 1,257 (18.94%)
--Born outside United States: 38 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 138 (2.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 95 (1.43%)
--Not a citizen: 43 (0.65%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 138 (100%)
Europe: 26 (18.84%)
Asia: 84 (60.87%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 28 (20.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 6,287 (100%)
English only: 5,979 (95.1%)
Language other than English: 308 (4.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (2.4%)
--Spanish: 147 (2.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (1.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 101 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.75%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 55 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.4%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 6,638 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,957% (104.81%)
Arab: 26 (0.39%)
Czech: 11 (0.17%)
Danish: 26 (0.39%)
Dutch: 223 (3.36%)
English: 879 (13.24%)
French (except Basque): 142 (2.14%)
French Canadian: 52 (0.78%)
German: 1,717 (25.87%)
Greek: 60 (0.9%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.39%)
Irish: 1,238 (18.65%)
Italian: 183 (2.76%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 83 (1.25%)
Polish: 98 (1.48%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 62 (0.93%)
Scottish: 181 (2.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.2%)
Swedish: 98 (1.48%)
Swiss: 11 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.21%)
United States or American: 685 (10.32%)
Welsh: 27 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,067 (16.07%)
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