Western Springs, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1780242, place: Western Springs village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,626 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 479 (13.21%)
Kindergarten: 239 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,764 (48.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 669 (18.45%)
College or graduate school: 475 (13.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,337 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 118 (1.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 112 (1.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 824 (9.88%)
Some college, no degree: 1,389 (16.66%)
Associate degree: 359 (4.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,316 (39.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,219 (26.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 66.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,365 (100%)
Never married: 1,597 (17.05%)
Now married, except separated: 6,771 (72.3%)
Separated: 50 (0.53%)
Total Widowed: 572 (6.11%)
Widowed Female: 460 (4.91%)
Total Divorced: 375 (4%)
Divorced Female: 245 (2.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 71 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (12.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,821 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,154 (13.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,083 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (3.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,643 (100%)
--With a disability: 361 (5.43%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
--No disability: 6,282 (94.57%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,917 (100%)
--With a disability: 508 (26.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,643 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,586 (73.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,036 (26.08%)
--Same county: 2,090 (17.95%)
--Different county: 946 (8.13%)
----Same state: 467 (4.01%)
----Different state: 479 (4.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,621 (100%)
Native: 12,144 (96.22%)
--Born in United States: 12,095 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,616 (76.19%)
----Different state: 2,479 (19.64%)
--Born outside United States: 49 (0.39%)
Foreign born: 477 (3.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 75 (0.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 384 (3.04%)
--Not a citizen: 93 (0.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 477 (100%)
Europe: 299 (62.68%)
Asia: 71 (14.88%)
Africa: 7 (1.47%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 75 (15.72%)
Northern America: 25 (5.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,643 (100%)
English only: 10,754 (92.36%)
Language other than English: 889 (7.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 172 (1.48%)
--Spanish: 177 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 644 (5.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 107 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 57 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,621 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,329% (137.3%)
Arab: 57 (0.45%)
Czech: 649 (5.14%)
Danish: 138 (1.09%)
Dutch: 330 (2.61%)
English: 1,135 (8.99%)
French (except Basque): 336 (2.66%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.13%)
German: 3,504 (27.76%)
Greek: 171 (1.35%)
Hungarian: 39 (0.31%)
Irish: 3,770 (29.87%)
Italian: 1,698 (13.45%)
Lithuanian: 313 (2.48%)
Norwegian: 238 (1.89%)
Polish: 1,746 (13.83%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.1%)
Russian: 112 (0.89%)
Scotch-Irish: 209 (1.66%)
Scottish: 319 (2.53%)
Slovak: 144 (1.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 663 (5.25%)
Swiss: 61 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 57 (0.45%)
United States or American: 341 (2.7%)
Welsh: 53 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 1,195 (9.47%)

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