Washington Park, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1779085, place: Washington Park village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,845 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 91 (4.93%)
Kindergarten: 127 (6.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 935 (50.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 529 (28.67%)
College or graduate school: 163 (8.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,797 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 325 (11.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 722 (25.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,031 (36.86%)
Some college, no degree: 560 (20.02%)
Associate degree: 54 (1.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 80 (2.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (0.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,727 (100%)
Never married: 1,694 (45.45%)
Now married, except separated: 1,161 (31.15%)
Separated: 258 (6.92%)
Total Widowed: 235 (6.31%)
Widowed Female: 189 (5.07%)
Total Divorced: 379 (10.17%)
Divorced Female: 221 (5.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 268 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 130 (48.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,386 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 368 (10.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,746 (100%)
--With a disability: 231 (13.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,823 (100%)
--With a disability: 969 (34.33%)
----Percent employed: 39.4%
--No disability: 1,854 (65.67%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
Population 65 years and over: 310 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (56.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,882 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,118 (63.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,724 (35.31%)
--Same county: 1,492 (30.56%)
--Different county: 232 (4.75%)
----Same state: 120 (2.46%)
----Different state: 112 (2.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,345 (100%)
Native: 5,293 (99.03%)
--Born in United States: 5,256 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,379 (63.22%)
----Different state: 1,877 (35.12%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 52 (0.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 36 (0.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.11%)
--Not a citizen: 46 (0.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 52 (100%)
Europe: 16 (30.77%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 7 (13.46%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (55.77%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,882 (100%)
English only: 4,706 (96.39%)
Language other than English: 176 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (1.52%)
--Spanish: 74 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 67 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,345 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,311% (80.65%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 24 (0.45%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.06%)
German: 34 (0.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.11%)
Irish: 14 (0.26%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 65 (1.22%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.3%)
Scottish: 14 (0.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 90 (1.68%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 72 (1.35%)
Welsh: 11 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,962 (74.13%)

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