Princeton, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1761899, place: Princeton city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,611 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 175 (10.86%)
Kindergarten: 132 (8.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 682 (42.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 486 (30.17%)
College or graduate school: 136 (8.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,424 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 251 (4.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 351 (6.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,985 (36.6%)
Some college, no degree: 1,271 (23.43%)
Associate degree: 404 (7.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 779 (14.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 383 (7.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,318 (100%)
Never married: 1,316 (20.83%)
Now married, except separated: 3,645 (57.69%)
Separated: 38 (0.6%)
Total Widowed: 629 (9.96%)
Widowed Female: 553 (8.75%)
Total Divorced: 690 (10.92%)
Divorced Female: 439 (6.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,947 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 874 (14.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,558 (100%)
--With a disability: 87 (5.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,032 (100%)
--With a disability: 561 (13.91%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 3,471 (86.09%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,459 (100%)
--With a disability: 606 (41.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,272 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,166 (57.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,075 (42.29%)
--Same county: 1,922 (26.43%)
--Different county: 1,153 (15.86%)
----Same state: 719 (9.89%)
----Different state: 434 (5.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (0.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,600 (100%)
Native: 7,463 (98.2%)
--Born in United States: 7,433 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,065 (79.8%)
----Different state: 1,368 (18%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (0.39%)
Foreign born: 137 (1.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 41 (0.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 64 (0.84%)
--Not a citizen: 73 (0.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 137 (100%)
Europe: 60 (43.8%)
Asia: 50 (36.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (13.87%)
Northern America: 8 (5.84%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,272 (100%)
English only: 7,027 (96.63%)
Language other than English: 245 (3.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (1.05%)
--Spanish: 93 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 100 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 45 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,600 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,461% (111.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 53 (0.7%)
Danish: 94 (1.24%)
Dutch: 174 (2.29%)
English: 1,134 (14.92%)
French (except Basque): 228 (3%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.29%)
German: 2,431 (31.99%)
Greek: 28 (0.37%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,097 (14.43%)
Italian: 295 (3.88%)
Lithuanian: 44 (0.58%)
Norwegian: 225 (2.96%)
Polish: 270 (3.55%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 62 (0.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 93 (1.22%)
Scottish: 157 (2.07%)
Slovak: 5 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 729 (9.59%)
Swiss: 22 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.14%)
United States or American: 495 (6.51%)
Welsh: 33 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 752 (9.89%)

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