Spring Valley, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1772156, place: Spring Valley city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,361 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 85 (6.25%)
Kindergarten: 65 (4.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 630 (46.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 323 (23.73%)
College or graduate school: 258 (18.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,720 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 332 (8.92%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 466 (12.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,110 (29.84%)
Some college, no degree: 896 (24.09%)
Associate degree: 268 (7.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 421 (11.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 227 (6.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,386 (100%)
Never married: 1,000 (22.8%)
Now married, except separated: 2,437 (55.56%)
Separated: 46 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 409 (9.33%)
Widowed Female: 332 (7.57%)
Total Divorced: 494 (11.26%)
Divorced Female: 294 (6.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 81 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (38.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,142 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 576 (13.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,219 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (6.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,891 (100%)
--With a disability: 495 (17.12%)
----Percent employed: 58.4%
--No disability: 2,396 (82.88%)
----Percent employed: 85.9%
Population 65 years and over: 912 (100%)
--With a disability: 462 (50.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,124 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,344 (65.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,767 (34.48%)
--Same county: 803 (15.67%)
--Different county: 964 (18.81%)
----Same state: 709 (13.84%)
----Different state: 255 (4.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,424 (100%)
Native: 5,266 (97.09%)
--Born in United States: 5,248 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,483 (82.65%)
----Different state: 765 (14.1%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 158 (2.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 29 (0.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 90 (1.66%)
--Not a citizen: 68 (1.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 158 (100%)
Europe: 52 (32.91%)
Asia: 10 (6.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 96 (60.76%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,124 (100%)
English only: 4,745 (92.6%)
Language other than English: 379 (7.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 129 (2.52%)
--Spanish: 221 (4.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (1.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 140 (2.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,424 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,531% (120.41%)
Arab: 27 (0.5%)
Czech: 10 (0.18%)
Danish: 19 (0.35%)
Dutch: 40 (0.74%)
English: 344 (6.34%)
French (except Basque): 171 (3.15%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.18%)
German: 1,413 (26.05%)
Greek: 54 (1%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.24%)
Irish: 1,000 (18.44%)
Italian: 1,244 (22.94%)
Lithuanian: 171 (3.15%)
Norwegian: 65 (1.2%)
Polish: 673 (12.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 87 (1.6%)
Scottish: 93 (1.71%)
Slovak: 42 (0.77%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 175 (3.23%)
Swiss: 5 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.33%)
United States or American: 115 (2.12%)
Welsh: 20 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 719 (13.26%)

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