General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1784220, place: Zion city, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,123 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 644 (9.04%)
Kindergarten: 442 (6.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,559 (49.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,368 (19.21%)
College or graduate school: 1,110 (15.58%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 13,215 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,118 (8.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,818 (13.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,998 (30.25%)
Some college, no degree: 3,446 (26.08%)
Associate degree: 764 (5.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,335 (10.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 736 (5.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 16,489 (100%)
Never married: 4,647 (28.18%)
Now married, except separated: 8,583 (52.05%)
Separated: 472 (2.86%)
Total Widowed: 826 (5.01%)
Widowed Female: 698 (4.23%)
Total Divorced: 1,961 (11.89%)
Divorced Female: 1,292 (7.84%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 662 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 368 (55.59%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 15,237 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,117 (13.89%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 6,507 (100%)
--With a disability: 646 (9.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,254 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,801 (22.86%)
----Percent employed: 57%
--No disability: 9,453 (77.14%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,522 (100%)
--With a disability: 626 (41.13%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 20,903 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,388 (49.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,057 (48.11%)
--Same county: 6,618 (31.66%)
--Different county: 3,439 (16.45%)
----Same state: 1,769 (8.46%)
----Different state: 1,670 (7.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 458 (2.19%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 23,050 (100%)
Native: 21,021 (91.2%)
--Born in United States: 20,725 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,841 (60.05%)
----Different state: 6,884 (29.87%)
--Born outside United States: 296 (1.28%)
Foreign born: 2,029 (8.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 789 (3.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 650 (2.82%)
--Not a citizen: 1,379 (5.98%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 2,029 (100%)
Europe: 131 (6.46%)
Asia: 282 (13.9%)
Africa: 70 (3.45%)
Oceania: 7 (0.34%)
Latin America: 1,503 (74.08%)
Northern America: 36 (1.77%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 20,903 (100%)
English only: 17,310 (82.81%)
Language other than English: 3,593 (17.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,487 (7.11%)
--Spanish: 2,843 (13.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,187 (5.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 431 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 178 (0.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 269 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 110 (0.53%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 23,050 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,609% (102.43%)
Arab: 35 (0.15%)
Czech: 115 (0.5%)
Danish: 198 (0.86%)
Dutch: 298 (1.29%)
English: 1,552 (6.73%)
French (except Basque): 440 (1.91%)
French Canadian: 120 (0.52%)
German: 3,688 (16%)
Greek: 23 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.15%)
Irish: 1,829 (7.93%)
Italian: 728 (3.16%)
Lithuanian: 94 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 496 (2.15%)
Polish: 995 (4.32%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.06%)
Russian: 69 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 222 (0.96%)
Scottish: 244 (1.06%)
Slovak: 20 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 309 (1.34%)
Swedish: 424 (1.84%)
Swiss: 73 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,062 (4.61%)
Welsh: 99 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 205 (0.89%)
Other ancestries: 10,223 (44.35%)
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