Riverdale, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1764278, place: Riverdale village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,576 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 596 (10.69%)
Kindergarten: 294 (5.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,654 (47.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,172 (21.02%)
College or graduate school: 860 (15.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,127 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 278 (3.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,161 (14.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,306 (28.37%)
Some college, no degree: 2,853 (35.11%)
Associate degree: 577 (7.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 778 (9.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 174 (2.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,274 (100%)
Never married: 3,991 (38.85%)
Now married, except separated: 3,976 (38.7%)
Separated: 635 (6.18%)
Total Widowed: 550 (5.35%)
Widowed Female: 449 (4.37%)
Total Divorced: 1,122 (10.92%)
Divorced Female: 805 (7.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 816 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 377 (46.2%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,455 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 930 (9.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,694 (100%)
--With a disability: 480 (10.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,842 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,657 (21.13%)
----Percent employed: 46.9%
--No disability: 6,185 (78.87%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 994 (100%)
--With a disability: 461 (46.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,530 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,950 (51.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,461 (47.75%)
--Same county: 5,687 (42.03%)
--Different county: 774 (5.72%)
----Same state: 234 (1.73%)
----Different state: 540 (3.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 119 (0.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,002 (100%)
Native: 14,503 (96.67%)
--Born in United States: 14,428 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,942 (79.6%)
----Different state: 2,486 (16.57%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 499 (3.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 181 (1.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 216 (1.44%)
--Not a citizen: 283 (1.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 499 (100%)
Europe: 106 (21.24%)
Asia: 65 (13.03%)
Africa: 128 (25.65%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 188 (37.68%)
Northern America: 12 (2.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,530 (100%)
English only: 12,584 (93.01%)
Language other than English: 946 (6.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 335 (2.48%)
--Spanish: 558 (4.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 223 (1.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 223 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 42 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,002 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,094% (93.95%)
Arab: 33 (0.22%)
Czech: 78 (0.52%)
Danish: 21 (0.14%)
Dutch: 34 (0.23%)
English: 159 (1.06%)
French (except Basque): 26 (0.17%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 410 (2.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.17%)
Irish: 220 (1.47%)
Italian: 156 (1.04%)
Lithuanian: 69 (0.46%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.05%)
Polish: 343 (2.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (0.13%)
Scottish: 16 (0.11%)
Slovak: 16 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 406 (2.71%)
Swedish: 118 (0.79%)
Swiss: 9 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.13%)
United States or American: 78 (0.52%)
Welsh: 6 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 80 (0.53%)
Other ancestries: 11,742 (78.27%)

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