Vandalia, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1777317, place: Vandalia city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,298 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 106 (8.17%)
Kindergarten: 64 (4.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 552 (42.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 412 (31.74%)
College or graduate school: 164 (12.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,848 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 494 (10.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,417 (29.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,499 (30.92%)
Some college, no degree: 738 (15.22%)
Associate degree: 220 (4.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 354 (7.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 126 (2.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,993 (100%)
Never married: 1,148 (19.16%)
Now married, except separated: 3,386 (56.5%)
Separated: 127 (2.12%)
Total Widowed: 463 (7.73%)
Widowed Female: 389 (6.49%)
Total Divorced: 869 (14.5%)
Divorced Female: 337 (5.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (42.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,733 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 658 (11.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,105 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (11.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,829 (100%)
--With a disability: 688 (24.32%)
----Percent employed: 52.3%
--No disability: 2,141 (75.68%)
----Percent employed: 85.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,009 (100%)
--With a disability: 456 (45.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,655 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,697 (40.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,889 (58.44%)
--Same county: 1,505 (22.61%)
--Different county: 2,384 (35.82%)
----Same state: 2,140 (32.16%)
----Different state: 244 (3.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 69 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,020 (100%)
Native: 6,968 (99.26%)
--Born in United States: 6,920 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,996 (85.41%)
----Different state: 924 (13.16%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 52 (0.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 30 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (0.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 52 (100%)
Europe: 36 (69.23%)
Asia: 11 (21.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 5 (9.62%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,655 (100%)
English only: 6,489 (97.51%)
Language other than English: 166 (2.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.8%)
--Spanish: 127 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,020 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,545% (64.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 106 (1.51%)
English: 695 (9.9%)
French (except Basque): 147 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.27%)
German: 1,504 (21.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 521 (7.42%)
Italian: 79 (1.13%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.24%)
Polish: 14 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.13%)
Russian: 22 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 77 (1.1%)
Scottish: 48 (0.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 21 (0.3%)
Swiss: 34 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 722 (10.28%)
Welsh: 10 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 494 (7.04%)

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