South Holland, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1770850, place: South Holland village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,209 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 365 (5.88%)
Kindergarten: 324 (5.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,809 (45.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,371 (22.08%)
College or graduate school: 1,340 (21.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,106 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 689 (4.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,144 (7.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,162 (27.55%)
Some college, no degree: 4,148 (27.46%)
Associate degree: 1,101 (7.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,432 (16.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,430 (9.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,514 (100%)
Never married: 4,054 (23.15%)
Now married, except separated: 10,586 (60.44%)
Separated: 201 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 1,499 (8.56%)
Widowed Female: 1,198 (6.84%)
Total Divorced: 1,174 (6.7%)
Divorced Female: 728 (4.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 543 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 221 (40.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,528 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,239 (13.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,097 (100%)
--With a disability: 342 (6.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,030 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,991 (16.55%)
----Percent employed: 63.9%
--No disability: 10,039 (83.45%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 3,393 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,094 (32.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,976 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,317 (63.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,537 (35.93%)
--Same county: 6,924 (33.01%)
--Different county: 613 (2.92%)
----Same state: 158 (0.75%)
----Different state: 455 (2.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 122 (0.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,278 (100%)
Native: 21,136 (94.87%)
--Born in United States: 21,039 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,439 (73.79%)
----Different state: 4,600 (20.65%)
--Born outside United States: 97 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 1,142 (5.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 222 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 778 (3.49%)
--Not a citizen: 364 (1.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,142 (100%)
Europe: 317 (27.76%)
Asia: 182 (15.94%)
Africa: 119 (10.42%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 488 (42.73%)
Northern America: 36 (3.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,976 (100%)
English only: 18,996 (90.56%)
Language other than English: 1,980 (9.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 593 (2.83%)
--Spanish: 835 (3.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 296 (1.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 836 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 231 (1.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 198 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,278 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,190% (104.09%)
Arab: 33 (0.15%)
Czech: 115 (0.52%)
Danish: 98 (0.44%)
Dutch: 2,718 (12.2%)
English: 642 (2.88%)
French (except Basque): 186 (0.83%)
French Canadian: 103 (0.46%)
German: 1,927 (8.65%)
Greek: 65 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 147 (0.66%)
Irish: 1,417 (6.36%)
Italian: 906 (4.07%)
Lithuanian: 122 (0.55%)
Norwegian: 89 (0.4%)
Polish: 1,403 (6.3%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.02%)
Russian: 72 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 120 (0.54%)
Scottish: 127 (0.57%)
Slovak: 76 (0.34%)
Subsaharan African: 543 (2.44%)
Swedish: 510 (2.29%)
Swiss: 9 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 70 (0.31%)
United States or American: 117 (0.53%)
Welsh: 40 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 237 (1.06%)
Other ancestries: 11,293 (50.69%)

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