Ransom, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1762757, place: Ransom village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 146 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (6.85%)
Kindergarten: 8 (5.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 76 (52.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (21.92%)
College or graduate school: 20 (13.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 285 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3 (1.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 30 (10.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 144 (50.53%)
Some college, no degree: 71 (24.91%)
Associate degree: 10 (3.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (7.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (1.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 333 (100%)
Never married: 63 (18.92%)
Now married, except separated: 210 (63.06%)
Separated: 5 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 29 (8.71%)
Widowed Female: 21 (6.31%)
Total Divorced: 26 (7.81%)
Divorced Female: 16 (4.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 308 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (15.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 134 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (1.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 263 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (17.49%)
----Percent employed: 63%
--No disability: 217 (82.51%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 35 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (31.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 432 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 311 (71.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 119 (27.55%)
--Same county: 73 (16.9%)
--Different county: 46 (10.65%)
----Same state: 39 (9.03%)
----Different state: 7 (1.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 462 (100%)
Native: 462 (100%)
--Born in United States: 462 (100%)
----State of residence: 412 (89.18%)
----Different state: 50 (10.82%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 432 (100%)
English only: 418 (96.76%)
Language other than English: 14 (3.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.69%)
--Spanish: 6 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 462 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 519% (112.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (1.73%)
Danish: 9 (1.95%)
Dutch: 17 (3.68%)
English: 18 (3.9%)
French (except Basque): 7 (1.52%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 184 (39.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 124 (26.84%)
Italian: 10 (2.16%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 22 (4.76%)
Polish: 14 (3.03%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (1.08%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 18 (3.9%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (1.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 41 (8.87%)
Welsh: 2 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 35 (7.58%)

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