General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1767925, place: Scales Mound village, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 119 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (4.2%)
Kindergarten: 3 (2.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 56 (47.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 33 (27.73%)
College or graduate school: 22 (18.49%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 287 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (6.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 34 (11.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 148 (51.57%)
Some college, no degree: 38 (13.24%)
Associate degree: 24 (8.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 16 (5.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (3.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 352 (100%)
Never married: 100 (28.41%)
Now married, except separated: 165 (46.88%)
Separated: 2 (0.57%)
Total Widowed: 43 (12.22%)
Widowed Female: 32 (9.09%)
Total Divorced: 42 (11.93%)
Divorced Female: 14 (3.98%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (40%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 328 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 51 (15.55%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 108 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (3.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 238 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (20.59%)
----Percent employed: 73.5%
--No disability: 189 (79.41%)
----Percent employed: 92.1%
Population 65 years and over: 72 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (44.44%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 418 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 283 (67.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 134 (32.06%)
--Same county: 104 (24.88%)
--Different county: 30 (7.18%)
----Same state: 16 (3.83%)
----Different state: 14 (3.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.24%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 450 (100%)
Native: 448 (99.56%)
--Born in United States: 448 (100%)
----State of residence: 165 (36.67%)
----Different state: 283 (62.89%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.44%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 418 (100%)
English only: 402 (96.17%)
Language other than English: 16 (3.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (1.44%)
--Spanish: 14 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 450 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 547% (121.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (2.67%)
Danish: 4 (0.89%)
Dutch: 18 (4%)
English: 82 (18.22%)
French (except Basque): 6 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 258 (57.33%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 57 (12.67%)
Italian: 4 (0.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (3.56%)
Polish: 3 (0.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (2.67%)
Scottish: 4 (0.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (1.11%)
Swiss: 3 (0.67%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 34 (7.56%)
Welsh: 1 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 28 (6.22%)
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