Winnetka, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1782530, place: Winnetka village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,084 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 572 (14.01%)
Kindergarten: 225 (5.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,163 (52.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 793 (19.42%)
College or graduate school: 331 (8.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,698 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 31 (0.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 47 (0.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 218 (2.83%)
Some college, no degree: 716 (9.3%)
Associate degree: 188 (2.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,103 (40.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,395 (44.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 99%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 84.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,697 (100%)
Never married: 1,314 (15.11%)
Now married, except separated: 6,486 (74.58%)
Separated: 46 (0.53%)
Total Widowed: 372 (4.28%)
Widowed Female: 298 (3.43%)
Total Divorced: 479 (5.51%)
Divorced Female: 389 (4.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 60 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (30%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,095 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 898 (11.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,441 (100%)
--With a disability: 129 (3.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,265 (100%)
--With a disability: 350 (5.59%)
----Percent employed: 80%
--No disability: 5,915 (94.41%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,624 (100%)
--With a disability: 370 (22.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,330 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,043 (62.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,997 (35.28%)
--Same county: 2,749 (24.26%)
--Different county: 1,248 (11.02%)
----Same state: 398 (3.51%)
----Different state: 850 (7.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 290 (2.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,388 (100%)
Native: 11,761 (94.94%)
--Born in United States: 11,600 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,228 (58.35%)
----Different state: 4,372 (35.29%)
--Born outside United States: 161 (1.3%)
Foreign born: 627 (5.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 206 (1.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 336 (2.71%)
--Not a citizen: 291 (2.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 627 (100%)
Europe: 322 (51.36%)
Asia: 185 (29.51%)
Africa: 20 (3.19%)
Oceania: 5 (0.8%)
Latin America: 51 (8.13%)
Northern America: 44 (7.02%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,330 (100%)
English only: 10,544 (93.06%)
Language other than English: 786 (6.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 202 (1.78%)
--Spanish: 143 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 424 (3.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (0.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 198 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,388 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,500% (125.12%)
Arab: 41 (0.33%)
Czech: 149 (1.2%)
Danish: 143 (1.15%)
Dutch: 285 (2.3%)
English: 2,271 (18.33%)
French (except Basque): 394 (3.18%)
French Canadian: 41 (0.33%)
German: 2,859 (23.08%)
Greek: 207 (1.67%)
Hungarian: 60 (0.48%)
Irish: 2,769 (22.35%)
Italian: 705 (5.69%)
Lithuanian: 126 (1.02%)
Norwegian: 249 (2.01%)
Polish: 667 (5.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 459 (3.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 271 (2.19%)
Scottish: 495 (4%)
Slovak: 41 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.1%)
Swedish: 435 (3.51%)
Swiss: 120 (0.97%)
Ukrainian: 41 (0.33%)
United States or American: 400 (3.23%)
Welsh: 144 (1.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 2,110 (17.03%)

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