Woodridge, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1783245, place: Woodridge village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,818 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 754 (8.55%)
Kindergarten: 402 (4.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,786 (42.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,830 (20.75%)
College or graduate school: 2,046 (23.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,894 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 712 (3.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,274 (6.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,968 (19.95%)
Some college, no degree: 4,748 (23.87%)
Associate degree: 1,426 (7.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,286 (26.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,480 (12.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 24,104 (100%)
Never married: 6,808 (28.24%)
Now married, except separated: 13,819 (57.33%)
Separated: 485 (2.01%)
Total Widowed: 872 (3.62%)
Widowed Female: 734 (3.05%)
Total Divorced: 2,120 (8.8%)
Divorced Female: 1,369 (5.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 562 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 128 (22.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,764 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,953 (8.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,273 (100%)
--With a disability: 528 (7.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,751 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,342 (11.86%)
----Percent employed: 53.4%
--No disability: 17,409 (88.14%)
----Percent employed: 82.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,812 (100%)
--With a disability: 747 (41.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,836 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,498 (53.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,861 (41.13%)
--Same county: 5,551 (19.25%)
--Different county: 6,310 (21.88%)
----Same state: 4,621 (16.03%)
----Different state: 1,689 (5.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,477 (5.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31,075 (100%)
Native: 25,688 (82.66%)
--Born in United States: 25,401 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,965 (64.25%)
----Different state: 5,436 (17.49%)
--Born outside United States: 287 (0.92%)
Foreign born: 5,387 (17.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,943 (9.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,264 (7.29%)
--Not a citizen: 3,123 (10.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,387 (100%)
Europe: 925 (17.17%)
Asia: 2,772 (51.46%)
Africa: 146 (2.71%)
Oceania: 25 (0.46%)
Latin America: 1,459 (27.08%)
Northern America: 60 (1.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,836 (100%)
English only: 22,307 (77.36%)
Language other than English: 6,529 (22.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,397 (8.31%)
--Spanish: 2,297 (7.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,076 (3.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,154 (7.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 695 (2.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,762 (6.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 559 (1.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 31,075 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 38,810% (124.89%)
Arab: 220 (0.71%)
Czech: 1,539 (4.95%)
Danish: 133 (0.43%)
Dutch: 487 (1.57%)
English: 1,980 (6.37%)
French (except Basque): 712 (2.29%)
French Canadian: 146 (0.47%)
German: 6,718 (21.62%)
Greek: 223 (0.72%)
Hungarian: 233 (0.75%)
Irish: 5,402 (17.38%)
Italian: 3,114 (10.02%)
Lithuanian: 654 (2.1%)
Norwegian: 497 (1.6%)
Polish: 3,743 (12.05%)
Portuguese: 38 (0.12%)
Russian: 169 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 312 (1%)
Scottish: 272 (0.88%)
Slovak: 298 (0.96%)
Subsaharan African: 226 (0.73%)
Swedish: 749 (2.41%)
Swiss: 93 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 138 (0.44%)
United States or American: 573 (1.84%)
Welsh: 146 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 28 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 9,967 (32.07%)

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