Waukegan, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1779293, place: Waukegan city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 24,410 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,445 (5.92%)
Kindergarten: 2,067 (8.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,742 (48.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,975 (20.38%)
College or graduate school: 4,181 (17.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 50,596 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9,082 (17.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,888 (15.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,781 (27.24%)
Some college, no degree: 9,267 (18.32%)
Associate degree: 2,352 (4.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,420 (10.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,806 (5.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 64,784 (100%)
Never married: 20,485 (31.62%)
Now married, except separated: 33,983 (52.46%)
Separated: 1,671 (2.58%)
Total Widowed: 3,134 (4.84%)
Widowed Female: 2,498 (3.86%)
Total Divorced: 5,511 (8.51%)
Divorced Female: 3,255 (5.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,714 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 981 (36.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 60,793 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,119 (10.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 22,596 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,847 (8.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 49,109 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,217 (20.8%)
----Percent employed: 58.4%
--No disability: 38,892 (79.2%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 6,613 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,827 (42.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 79,554 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 37,258 (46.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 35,847 (45.06%)
--Same county: 24,840 (31.22%)
--Different county: 11,007 (13.84%)
----Same state: 5,955 (7.49%)
----Different state: 5,052 (6.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6,449 (8.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 87,969 (100%)
Native: 61,413 (69.81%)
--Born in United States: 59,375 (100%)
----State of residence: 43,043 (48.93%)
----Different state: 16,332 (18.57%)
--Born outside United States: 2,038 (2.32%)
Foreign born: 26,556 (30.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14,478 (16.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,422 (7.3%)
--Not a citizen: 20,134 (22.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26,556 (100%)
Europe: 978 (3.68%)
Asia: 2,583 (9.73%)
Africa: 90 (0.34%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 22,752 (85.68%)
Northern America: 153 (0.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 79,554 (100%)
English only: 43,015 (54.07%)
Language other than English: 36,539 (45.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21,263 (26.73%)
--Spanish: 32,031 (40.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19,632 (24.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,146 (2.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 653 (0.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,999 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 878 (1.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 87,969 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 86,607% (98.45%)
Arab: 181 (0.21%)
Czech: 270 (0.31%)
Danish: 370 (0.42%)
Dutch: 447 (0.51%)
English: 2,885 (3.28%)
French (except Basque): 1,204 (1.37%)
French Canadian: 206 (0.23%)
German: 7,568 (8.6%)
Greek: 456 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 210 (0.24%)
Irish: 4,507 (5.12%)
Italian: 2,113 (2.4%)
Lithuanian: 525 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 838 (0.95%)
Polish: 2,841 (3.23%)
Portuguese: 79 (0.09%)
Russian: 205 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 400 (0.45%)
Scottish: 619 (0.7%)
Slovak: 93 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 827 (0.94%)
Swedish: 1,287 (1.46%)
Swiss: 94 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 78 (0.09%)
United States or American: 1,805 (2.05%)
Welsh: 197 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 722 (0.82%)
Other ancestries: 55,580 (63.18%)

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