Watson, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1779241, place: Watson village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 255 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (11.76%)
Kindergarten: 29 (11.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 122 (47.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 47 (18.43%)
College or graduate school: 27 (10.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 413 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 33 (7.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 43 (10.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 194 (46.97%)
Some college, no degree: 80 (19.37%)
Associate degree: 41 (9.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 20 (4.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 514 (100%)
Never married: 114 (22.18%)
Now married, except separated: 307 (59.73%)
Separated: 7 (1.36%)
Total Widowed: 27 (5.25%)
Widowed Female: 20 (3.89%)
Total Divorced: 59 (11.48%)
Divorced Female: 33 (6.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (22.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 475 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (9.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 234 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (3.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 410 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (14.39%)
----Percent employed: 62.7%
--No disability: 351 (85.61%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 41 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (58.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 685 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 430 (62.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 252 (36.79%)
--Same county: 148 (21.61%)
--Different county: 104 (15.18%)
----Same state: 77 (11.24%)
----Different state: 27 (3.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 750 (100%)
Native: 741 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 739 (100%)
----State of residence: 657 (87.6%)
----Different state: 82 (10.93%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 9 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (1.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (66.67%)
Northern America: 3 (33.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 685 (100%)
English only: 662 (96.64%)
Language other than English: 23 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (1.02%)
--Spanish: 17 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 750 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 673% (89.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.27%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (2%)
English: 36 (4.8%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.27%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 238 (31.73%)
Greek: 12 (1.6%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 136 (18.13%)
Italian: 11 (1.47%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 5 (0.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (1.33%)
Swiss: 2 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 97 (12.93%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 107 (14.27%)

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