General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1773495, place: Sullivan city, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 876 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 78 (8.9%)
Kindergarten: 67 (7.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 407 (46.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 212 (24.2%)
College or graduate school: 112 (12.79%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,989 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 265 (8.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 382 (12.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,140 (38.14%)
Some college, no degree: 502 (16.79%)
Associate degree: 214 (7.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 331 (11.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 155 (5.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 3,507 (100%)
Never married: 606 (17.28%)
Now married, except separated: 1,995 (56.89%)
Separated: 36 (1.03%)
Total Widowed: 466 (13.29%)
Widowed Female: 374 (10.66%)
Total Divorced: 404 (11.52%)
Divorced Female: 226 (6.44%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 77 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (67.53%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 3,347 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 509 (15.21%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 847 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (12.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,266 (100%)
--With a disability: 345 (15.23%)
----Percent employed: 47.5%
--No disability: 1,921 (84.77%)
----Percent employed: 87.3%
Population 65 years and over: 807 (100%)
--With a disability: 335 (41.51%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 4,043 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,343 (57.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,686 (41.7%)
--Same county: 1,078 (26.66%)
--Different county: 608 (15.04%)
----Same state: 397 (9.82%)
----Different state: 211 (5.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.35%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 4,317 (100%)
Native: 4,295 (99.49%)
--Born in United States: 4,295 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,573 (82.77%)
----Different state: 722 (16.72%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 22 (0.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.25%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 22 (100%)
Europe: 6 (27.27%)
Asia: 11 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (22.73%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 4,043 (100%)
English only: 4,001 (98.96%)
Language other than English: 42 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.74%)
--Spanish: 29 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 4,317 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,362% (77.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 17 (0.39%)
Danish: 18 (0.42%)
Dutch: 93 (2.15%)
English: 342 (7.92%)
French (except Basque): 35 (0.81%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.21%)
German: 798 (18.49%)
Greek: 23 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 466 (10.79%)
Italian: 84 (1.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 35 (0.81%)
Polish: 62 (1.44%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.25%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 60 (1.39%)
Scottish: 22 (0.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 14 (0.32%)
Swiss: 10 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,030 (23.86%)
Welsh: 14 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 219 (5.07%)
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