Peoria, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1759000, place: Peoria city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 32,737 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,701 (8.25%)
Kindergarten: 1,881 (5.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,283 (40.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,470 (16.71%)
College or graduate school: 9,402 (28.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 70,288 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,376 (6.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,725 (10.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 18,055 (25.69%)
Some college, no degree: 15,611 (22.21%)
Associate degree: 4,809 (6.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 12,393 (17.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,319 (10.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 88,154 (100%)
Never married: 28,508 (32.34%)
Now married, except separated: 41,553 (47.14%)
Separated: 1,736 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 6,685 (7.58%)
Widowed Female: 5,468 (6.2%)
Total Divorced: 9,672 (10.97%)
Divorced Female: 5,836 (6.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,842 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,044 (56.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 83,752 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 10,249 (12.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 26,480 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,393 (9.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 61,319 (100%)
--With a disability: 11,110 (18.12%)
----Percent employed: 50.8%
--No disability: 50,209 (81.88%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
Population 65 years and over: 14,853 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,733 (38.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 104,558 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 51,640 (49.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 51,018 (48.79%)
--Same county: 32,378 (30.97%)
--Different county: 18,640 (17.83%)
----Same state: 11,070 (10.59%)
----Different state: 7,570 (7.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,900 (1.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 112,892 (100%)
Native: 107,914 (95.59%)
--Born in United States: 107,286 (100%)
----State of residence: 81,593 (72.28%)
----Different state: 25,693 (22.76%)
--Born outside United States: 628 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 4,978 (4.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,489 (2.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,173 (1.92%)
--Not a citizen: 2,805 (2.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,978 (100%)
Europe: 938 (18.84%)
Asia: 2,554 (51.31%)
Africa: 241 (4.84%)
Oceania: 4 (0.08%)
Latin America: 1,072 (21.53%)
Northern America: 169 (3.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 104,558 (100%)
English only: 96,641 (92.43%)
Language other than English: 7,917 (7.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,748 (2.63%)
--Spanish: 2,822 (2.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,151 (1.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,652 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 659 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,487 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 709 (0.68%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 112,892 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 115,448% (102.26%)
Arab: 1,576 (1.4%)
Czech: 584 (0.52%)
Danish: 477 (0.42%)
Dutch: 1,821 (1.61%)
English: 9,938 (8.8%)
French (except Basque): 2,443 (2.16%)
French Canadian: 375 (0.33%)
German: 24,774 (21.94%)
Greek: 381 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 386 (0.34%)
Irish: 13,802 (12.23%)
Italian: 3,474 (3.08%)
Lithuanian: 227 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 1,290 (1.14%)
Polish: 2,169 (1.92%)
Portuguese: 135 (0.12%)
Russian: 456 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,547 (1.37%)
Scottish: 1,663 (1.47%)
Slovak: 124 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 1,264 (1.12%)
Swedish: 2,495 (2.21%)
Swiss: 649 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 124 (0.11%)
United States or American: 6,366 (5.64%)
Welsh: 502 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 88 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 36,318 (32.17%)

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