Streator, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1773170, place: Streator city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,335 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 225 (6.75%)
Kindergarten: 273 (8.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,669 (50.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 784 (23.51%)
College or graduate school: 384 (11.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,364 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 972 (10.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,462 (15.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,803 (40.61%)
Some college, no degree: 1,683 (17.97%)
Associate degree: 597 (6.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 528 (5.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 319 (3.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,104 (100%)
Never married: 2,622 (23.61%)
Now married, except separated: 5,797 (52.21%)
Separated: 89 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 1,318 (11.87%)
Widowed Female: 1,070 (9.64%)
Total Divorced: 1,278 (11.51%)
Divorced Female: 690 (6.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 319 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 130 (40.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,492 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,628 (15.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (5.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,208 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,462 (20.28%)
----Percent employed: 53.2%
--No disability: 5,746 (79.72%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,586 (100%)
--With a disability: 996 (38.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,225 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,568 (64.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,489 (33.94%)
--Same county: 3,321 (25.11%)
--Different county: 1,168 (8.83%)
----Same state: 775 (5.86%)
----Different state: 393 (2.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 168 (1.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,129 (100%)
Native: 13,671 (96.76%)
--Born in United States: 13,626 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,342 (87.35%)
----Different state: 1,284 (9.09%)
--Born outside United States: 45 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 458 (3.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 182 (1.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 201 (1.42%)
--Not a citizen: 257 (1.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 458 (100%)
Europe: 104 (22.71%)
Asia: 51 (11.14%)
Africa: 7 (1.53%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 275 (60.04%)
Northern America: 21 (4.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,225 (100%)
English only: 12,406 (93.81%)
Language other than English: 819 (6.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 239 (1.81%)
--Spanish: 551 (4.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 167 (1.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 220 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,129 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,127% (99.99%)
Arab: 85 (0.6%)
Czech: 151 (1.07%)
Danish: 135 (0.96%)
Dutch: 302 (2.14%)
English: 1,104 (7.81%)
French (except Basque): 471 (3.33%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.11%)
German: 3,110 (22.01%)
Greek: 14 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 68 (0.48%)
Irish: 2,095 (14.83%)
Italian: 600 (4.25%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 176 (1.25%)
Polish: 479 (3.39%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.04%)
Russian: 34 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 115 (0.81%)
Scottish: 168 (1.19%)
Slovak: 1,653 (11.7%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 114 (0.81%)
Swiss: 15 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.08%)
United States or American: 1,444 (10.22%)
Welsh: 79 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,672 (11.83%)

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