Rolling Meadows, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1765338, place: Rolling Meadows city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,069 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 505 (8.32%)
Kindergarten: 357 (5.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,636 (43.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,225 (20.18%)
College or graduate school: 1,346 (22.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,274 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,378 (8.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,281 (7.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,878 (23.83%)
Some college, no degree: 3,749 (23.04%)
Associate degree: 946 (5.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,493 (21.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,549 (9.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,424 (100%)
Never married: 5,291 (27.24%)
Now married, except separated: 11,567 (59.55%)
Separated: 140 (0.72%)
Total Widowed: 938 (4.83%)
Widowed Female: 813 (4.19%)
Total Divorced: 1,488 (7.66%)
Divorced Female: 963 (4.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 275 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (15.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,490 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,884 (10.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,227 (100%)
--With a disability: 330 (6.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,064 (13.93%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
--No disability: 12,756 (86.07%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,558 (100%)
--With a disability: 850 (33.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,842 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,375 (54.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,911 (39.01%)
--Same county: 6,572 (28.77%)
--Different county: 2,339 (10.24%)
----Same state: 964 (4.22%)
----Different state: 1,375 (6.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,556 (6.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,618 (100%)
Native: 19,373 (78.69%)
--Born in United States: 19,256 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,954 (60.74%)
----Different state: 4,302 (17.48%)
--Born outside United States: 117 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 5,245 (21.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,885 (11.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,368 (5.56%)
--Not a citizen: 3,877 (15.75%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,245 (100%)
Europe: 840 (16.02%)
Asia: 1,229 (23.43%)
Africa: 38 (0.72%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,073 (58.59%)
Northern America: 65 (1.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,842 (100%)
English only: 16,608 (72.71%)
Language other than English: 6,234 (27.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,581 (15.68%)
--Spanish: 3,873 (16.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,674 (11.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,292 (5.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 428 (1.87%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 890 (3.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 432 (1.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,618 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,609% (124.34%)
Arab: 86 (0.35%)
Czech: 408 (1.66%)
Danish: 175 (0.71%)
Dutch: 320 (1.3%)
English: 1,568 (6.37%)
French (except Basque): 513 (2.08%)
French Canadian: 194 (0.79%)
German: 6,533 (26.54%)
Greek: 459 (1.86%)
Hungarian: 136 (0.55%)
Irish: 3,675 (14.93%)
Italian: 2,319 (9.42%)
Lithuanian: 79 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 572 (2.32%)
Polish: 2,886 (11.72%)
Portuguese: 23 (0.09%)
Russian: 178 (0.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 332 (1.35%)
Scottish: 384 (1.56%)
Slovak: 76 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 62 (0.25%)
Swedish: 931 (3.78%)
Swiss: 103 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 64 (0.26%)
United States or American: 525 (2.13%)
Welsh: 107 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 7,892 (32.06%)

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