Westmont, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1780645, place: Westmont village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,627 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 439 (7.8%)
Kindergarten: 344 (6.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,162 (38.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,166 (20.72%)
College or graduate school: 1,516 (26.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,123 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 734 (4.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,562 (9.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,030 (23.54%)
Some college, no degree: 3,744 (21.87%)
Associate degree: 1,062 (6.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,936 (22.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,055 (12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,904 (100%)
Never married: 5,171 (25.98%)
Now married, except separated: 10,803 (54.28%)
Separated: 330 (1.66%)
Total Widowed: 1,626 (8.17%)
Widowed Female: 1,363 (6.85%)
Total Divorced: 1,974 (9.92%)
Divorced Female: 1,188 (5.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 364 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (21.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,054 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,954 (10.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,337 (100%)
--With a disability: 351 (8.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,391 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,919 (13.33%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
--No disability: 12,472 (86.67%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,798 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,264 (45.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,655 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,008 (48.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,182 (44.94%)
--Same county: 4,613 (20.36%)
--Different county: 5,569 (24.58%)
----Same state: 3,936 (17.37%)
----Different state: 1,633 (7.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,465 (6.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,343 (100%)
Native: 19,550 (80.31%)
--Born in United States: 19,435 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,679 (64.41%)
----Different state: 3,756 (15.43%)
--Born outside United States: 115 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 4,793 (19.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,623 (10.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,886 (7.75%)
--Not a citizen: 2,907 (11.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,793 (100%)
Europe: 1,211 (25.27%)
Asia: 2,353 (49.09%)
Africa: 118 (2.46%)
Oceania: 9 (0.19%)
Latin America: 1,032 (21.53%)
Northern America: 70 (1.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,655 (100%)
English only: 16,945 (74.8%)
Language other than English: 5,710 (25.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,302 (10.16%)
--Spanish: 1,548 (6.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 987 (4.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,193 (9.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 695 (3.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,818 (8.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 583 (2.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,343 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,312% (120.41%)
Arab: 195 (0.8%)
Czech: 1,249 (5.13%)
Danish: 190 (0.78%)
Dutch: 463 (1.9%)
English: 1,590 (6.53%)
French (except Basque): 586 (2.41%)
French Canadian: 132 (0.54%)
German: 4,290 (17.62%)
Greek: 338 (1.39%)
Hungarian: 103 (0.42%)
Irish: 3,716 (15.27%)
Italian: 2,121 (8.71%)
Lithuanian: 727 (2.99%)
Norwegian: 207 (0.85%)
Polish: 3,325 (13.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 199 (0.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 166 (0.68%)
Scottish: 270 (1.11%)
Slovak: 256 (1.05%)
Subsaharan African: 250 (1.03%)
Swedish: 558 (2.29%)
Swiss: 17 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 138 (0.57%)
United States or American: 810 (3.33%)
Welsh: 90 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 66 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 7,260 (29.82%)

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