General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1782725, place: Witt city, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 235 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (7.66%)
Kindergarten: 11 (4.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 131 (55.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 45 (19.15%)
College or graduate school: 30 (12.77%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 665 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 82 (12.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 89 (13.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 285 (42.86%)
Some college, no degree: 140 (21.05%)
Associate degree: 20 (3.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 32 (4.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (2.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 772 (100%)
Never married: 152 (19.69%)
Now married, except separated: 399 (51.68%)
Separated: 15 (1.94%)
Total Widowed: 86 (11.14%)
Widowed Female: 77 (9.97%)
Total Divorced: 120 (15.54%)
Divorced Female: 49 (6.35%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (55.56%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 730 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 118 (16.16%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 213 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (6.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 552 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (21.74%)
----Percent employed: 34.2%
--No disability: 432 (78.26%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
Population 65 years and over: 159 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (54.09%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 924 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 539 (58.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 377 (40.8%)
--Same county: 251 (27.16%)
--Different county: 126 (13.64%)
----Same state: 80 (8.66%)
----Different state: 46 (4.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.87%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 990 (100%)
Native: 990 (100%)
--Born in United States: 985 (100%)
----State of residence: 869 (87.78%)
----Different state: 116 (11.72%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 924 (100%)
English only: 912 (98.7%)
Language other than English: 12 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.43%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 990 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 925% (93.43%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (1.01%)
Danish: 2 (0.2%)
Dutch: 37 (3.74%)
English: 133 (13.43%)
French (except Basque): 20 (2.02%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 235 (23.74%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.2%)
Irish: 94 (9.49%)
Italian: 32 (3.23%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 14 (1.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.2%)
Scottish: 10 (1.01%)
Slovak: 23 (2.32%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 185 (18.69%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 120 (12.12%)
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