Wilmette, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1782075, place: Wilmette village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,383 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 988 (11.79%)
Kindergarten: 475 (5.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,978 (47.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,848 (22.04%)
College or graduate school: 1,094 (13.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,389 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 278 (1.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 317 (1.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,429 (7.77%)
Some college, no degree: 2,479 (13.48%)
Associate degree: 539 (2.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,263 (34.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,084 (38.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 72.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,726 (100%)
Never married: 3,818 (18.42%)
Now married, except separated: 14,214 (68.58%)
Separated: 185 (0.89%)
Total Widowed: 1,333 (6.43%)
Widowed Female: 1,090 (5.26%)
Total Divorced: 1,176 (5.67%)
Divorced Female: 851 (4.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 195 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 49 (25.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,333 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,199 (11.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,860 (100%)
--With a disability: 319 (4.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,267 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,026 (7.19%)
----Percent employed: 66.6%
--No disability: 13,241 (92.81%)
----Percent employed: 77.5%
Population 65 years and over: 4,461 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,268 (28.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,712 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,637 (64.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,360 (32.51%)
--Same county: 6,523 (25.37%)
--Different county: 1,837 (7.14%)
----Same state: 349 (1.36%)
----Different state: 1,488 (5.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 715 (2.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,684 (100%)
Native: 24,025 (86.78%)
--Born in United States: 23,779 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,370 (59.13%)
----Different state: 7,409 (26.76%)
--Born outside United States: 246 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 3,659 (13.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,169 (4.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,220 (8.02%)
--Not a citizen: 1,439 (5.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,659 (100%)
Europe: 1,443 (39.44%)
Asia: 1,703 (46.54%)
Africa: 22 (0.6%)
Oceania: 17 (0.46%)
Latin America: 371 (10.14%)
Northern America: 103 (2.81%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,712 (100%)
English only: 21,563 (83.86%)
Language other than English: 4,149 (16.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,260 (4.9%)
--Spanish: 693 (2.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 199 (0.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,543 (6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (1.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,779 (6.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 733 (2.85%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,684 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 34,385% (124.21%)
Arab: 60 (0.22%)
Czech: 293 (1.06%)
Danish: 154 (0.56%)
Dutch: 403 (1.46%)
English: 3,193 (11.53%)
French (except Basque): 697 (2.52%)
French Canadian: 132 (0.48%)
German: 5,599 (20.22%)
Greek: 606 (2.19%)
Hungarian: 241 (0.87%)
Irish: 5,376 (19.42%)
Italian: 1,910 (6.9%)
Lithuanian: 281 (1.02%)
Norwegian: 783 (2.83%)
Polish: 1,984 (7.17%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.03%)
Russian: 1,631 (5.89%)
Scotch-Irish: 471 (1.7%)
Scottish: 720 (2.6%)
Slovak: 34 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.02%)
Swedish: 1,129 (4.08%)
Swiss: 121 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 76 (0.27%)
United States or American: 1,630 (5.89%)
Welsh: 221 (0.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 6,623 (23.92%)

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