Riverton, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1764486, place: Riverton village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 812 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 70 (8.62%)
Kindergarten: 41 (5.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 425 (52.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 160 (19.7%)
College or graduate school: 116 (14.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,910 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 59 (3.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 138 (7.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 738 (38.64%)
Some college, no degree: 471 (24.66%)
Associate degree: 123 (6.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 293 (15.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 88 (4.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,236 (100%)
Never married: 543 (24.28%)
Now married, except separated: 1,272 (56.89%)
Separated: 38 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 155 (6.93%)
Widowed Female: 115 (5.14%)
Total Divorced: 228 (10.2%)
Divorced Female: 122 (5.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,125 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 268 (12.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 712 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (12.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,712 (100%)
--With a disability: 257 (15.01%)
----Percent employed: 72.8%
--No disability: 1,455 (84.99%)
----Percent employed: 87.8%
Population 65 years and over: 316 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (39.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,747 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,607 (58.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,132 (41.21%)
--Same county: 919 (33.45%)
--Different county: 213 (7.75%)
----Same state: 155 (5.64%)
----Different state: 58 (2.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,959 (100%)
Native: 2,954 (99.83%)
--Born in United States: 2,948 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,614 (88.34%)
----Different state: 334 (11.29%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.17%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 2 (40%)
Asia: 2 (40%)
Africa: 1 (20%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,747 (100%)
English only: 2,679 (97.52%)
Language other than English: 68 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.55%)
--Spanish: 12 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 54 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,959 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,886% (97.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (0.61%)
Danish: 22 (0.74%)
Dutch: 71 (2.4%)
English: 424 (14.33%)
French (except Basque): 72 (2.43%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.24%)
German: 773 (26.12%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.34%)
Irish: 445 (15.04%)
Italian: 393 (13.28%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.98%)
Norwegian: 24 (0.81%)
Polish: 52 (1.76%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 92 (3.11%)
Scottish: 57 (1.93%)
Slovak: 11 (0.37%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.03%)
Swedish: 18 (0.61%)
Swiss: 5 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 188 (6.35%)
Welsh: 27 (0.91%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 143 (4.83%)

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