Clark County, IL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Clark county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,100	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	298	7.3
Kindergarten	263	6.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,007	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	978	23.9
College or graduate school	554	13.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,569	100.0
Less than 9th grade	943	8.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,370	11.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,552	39.3
Some college, no degree	2,302	19.9
Associate degree	827	7.1
Bachelor's degree	1,075	9.3
Graduate or professional degree	500	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,552	100.0
Never married	2,600	19.2
Now married, except separated	8,205	60.5
Separated	112	0.8
Widowed	1,280	9.4
Female	1,039	7.7
Divorced	1,355	10.0
Female	726	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	205	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	100	48.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,782	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,903	14.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,740	100.0
With a disability	325	8.7

Population 21 to 64 years	9,179	100.0
With a disability	1,713	18.7
Percent employed	50.5	(X)
No disability	7,466	81.3
Percent employed	80.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,836	100.0
With a disability	1,303	45.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,997	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,392	65.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,558	34.7
Same county	2,893	18.1
Different county	2,665	16.7
Same state	1,366	8.5
Different state	1,299	8.1
Elsewhere in 1995	47	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,008	100.0
Native	16,898	99.4
Born in United States	16,819	98.9
State of residence	8,672	51.0
Different state	8,147	47.9
Born outside United States	79	0.5
Foreign born	110	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	17	0.1
Naturalized citizen	60	0.4
Not a citizen	50	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	110	100.0
Europe	42	38.2
Asia	14	12.7
Africa	15	13.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	7	6.4
Northern America	32	29.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,997	100.0
English only	15,692	98.1
Language other than English	305	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	116	0.7
Spanish	145	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	52	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	120	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	22	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,008	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,958	82.1
Arab	58	0.3
Czech¹	17	0.1
Danish	62	0.4
Dutch	286	1.7
English	2,210	13.0
French (except Basque)¹	423	2.5
French Canadian¹	17	0.1
German	3,669	21.6
Greek	27	0.2
Hungarian	53	0.3
Irish¹	1,822	10.7
Italian	201	1.2
Lithuanian	13	0.1
Norwegian	69	0.4
Polish	162	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	246	1.4
Scottish	265	1.6
Slovak	12	0.1
Subsaharan African	33	0.2
Swedish	99	0.6
Swiss	22	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,649	15.6
Welsh	78	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,465	8.6

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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