Wenona, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1779813, place: Wenona city, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 281 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (9.61%)
Kindergarten: 21 (7.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 135 (48.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 54 (19.22%)
College or graduate school: 44 (15.66%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 722 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (6.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 55 (7.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 309 (42.8%)
Some college, no degree: 167 (23.13%)
Associate degree: 57 (7.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 66 (9.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (3.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 844 (100%)
Never married: 205 (24.29%)
Now married, except separated: 470 (55.69%)
Separated: 11 (1.3%)
Total Widowed: 85 (10.07%)
Widowed Female: 68 (8.06%)
Total Divorced: 73 (8.65%)
Divorced Female: 35 (4.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (71.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 798 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 129 (16.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 256 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (9.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 533 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (14.45%)
----Percent employed: 40.3%
--No disability: 456 (85.55%)
----Percent employed: 88.6%
Population 65 years and over: 223 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (34.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,012 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 682 (67.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 330 (32.61%)
--Same county: 136 (13.44%)
--Different county: 194 (19.17%)
----Same state: 176 (17.39%)
----Different state: 18 (1.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,078 (100%)
Native: 1,070 (99.26%)
--Born in United States: 1,068 (100%)
----State of residence: 929 (86.18%)
----Different state: 139 (12.89%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 4 (50%)
Asia: 2 (25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,012 (100%)
English only: 988 (97.63%)
Language other than English: 24 (2.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.99%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,078 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,332% (123.56%)
Arab: 9 (0.83%)
Czech: 8 (0.74%)
Danish: 10 (0.93%)
Dutch: 15 (1.39%)
English: 86 (7.98%)
French (except Basque): 28 (2.6%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 446 (41.37%)
Greek: 6 (0.56%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.19%)
Irish: 190 (17.63%)
Italian: 131 (12.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (1.02%)
Polish: 50 (4.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (1.02%)
Scottish: 4 (0.37%)
Slovak: 15 (1.39%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.37%)
Swedish: 102 (9.46%)
Swiss: 5 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 76 (7.05%)
Welsh: 14 (1.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 109 (10.11%)

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