Rock Island, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1765078, place: Rock Island city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,337 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 803 (7.08%)
Kindergarten: 485 (4.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,284 (37.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,044 (18.03%)
College or graduate school: 3,721 (32.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,161 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,259 (5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,055 (12.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,205 (32.61%)
Some college, no degree: 6,240 (24.8%)
Associate degree: 1,707 (6.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,117 (12.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,578 (6.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 32,012 (100%)
Never married: 9,901 (30.93%)
Now married, except separated: 14,994 (46.84%)
Separated: 499 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 2,950 (9.22%)
Widowed Female: 2,286 (7.14%)
Total Divorced: 3,668 (11.46%)
Divorced Female: 2,057 (6.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 736 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 400 (54.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 30,549 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,332 (14.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,582 (100%)
--With a disability: 756 (7.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20,844 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,722 (17.86%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 17,122 (82.14%)
----Percent employed: 79.6%
Population 65 years and over: 6,105 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,514 (41.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 37,185 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,229 (57.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,588 (41.92%)
--Same county: 9,893 (26.6%)
--Different county: 5,695 (15.32%)
----Same state: 2,518 (6.77%)
----Different state: 3,177 (8.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 368 (0.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 39,723 (100%)
Native: 38,438 (96.77%)
--Born in United States: 38,266 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,478 (64.14%)
----Different state: 12,788 (32.19%)
--Born outside United States: 172 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 1,285 (3.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 434 (1.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 747 (1.88%)
--Not a citizen: 538 (1.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,285 (100%)
Europe: 344 (26.77%)
Asia: 172 (13.39%)
Africa: 28 (2.18%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 655 (50.97%)
Northern America: 86 (6.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 37,185 (100%)
English only: 34,950 (93.99%)
Language other than English: 2,235 (6.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 815 (2.19%)
--Spanish: 1,400 (3.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 617 (1.66%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 600 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 118 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 225 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 39,723 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 41,817% (105.27%)
Arab: 49 (0.12%)
Czech: 280 (0.7%)
Danish: 305 (0.77%)
Dutch: 735 (1.85%)
English: 3,257 (8.2%)
French (except Basque): 735 (1.85%)
French Canadian: 124 (0.31%)
German: 9,282 (23.37%)
Greek: 182 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 127 (0.32%)
Irish: 5,266 (13.26%)
Italian: 1,178 (2.97%)
Lithuanian: 89 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 633 (1.59%)
Polish: 711 (1.79%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.04%)
Russian: 129 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 465 (1.17%)
Scottish: 667 (1.68%)
Slovak: 35 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 221 (0.56%)
Swedish: 2,309 (5.81%)
Swiss: 95 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 52 (0.13%)
United States or American: 2,702 (6.8%)
Welsh: 314 (0.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 11,842 (29.81%)

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