Coles County, IL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Coles county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,136	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	846	4.4
Kindergarten	705	3.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,449	23.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,349	12.3
College or graduate school	10,787	56.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	30,326	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,120	7.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,055	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,891	32.6
Some college, no degree	6,463	21.3
Associate degree	2,492	8.2
Bachelor's degree	3,401	11.2
Graduate or professional degree	2,904	9.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	44,632	100.0
Never married	16,239	36.4
Now married, except separated	21,013	47.1
Separated	413	0.9
Widowed	2,832	6.3
Female	2,411	5.4
Divorced	4,135	9.3
Female	2,390	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	538	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	291	54.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	42,676	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,688	11.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,798	100.0
With a disability	986	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	29,194	100.0
With a disability	4,837	16.6
Percent employed	54.8	(X)
No disability	24,357	83.4
Percent employed	78.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,529	100.0
With a disability	2,869	43.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	50,382	100.0
Same house in 1995	24,360	48.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	25,655	50.9
Same county	11,513	22.9
Different county	14,142	28.1
Same state	11,891	23.6
Different state	2,251	4.5
Elsewhere in 1995	367	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	53,196	100.0
Native	52,349	98.4
Born in United States	52,162	98.1
State of residence	43,800	82.3
Different state	8,362	15.7
Born outside United States	187	0.4
Foreign born	847	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	347	0.7
Naturalized citizen	410	0.8
Not a citizen	437	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	847	100.0
Europe	244	28.8
Asia	358	42.3
Africa	11	1.3
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	211	24.9
Northern America	23	2.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	50,382	100.0
English only	48,336	95.9
Language other than English	2,046	4.1
Speak English less than 'very well	663	1.3
Spanish	919	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	339	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	890	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	221	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	171	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	78	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	53,196	100.0
Total ancestries reported	49,167	92.4
Arab	83	0.2
Czech¹	263	0.5
Danish	306	0.6
Dutch	1,043	2.0
English	6,367	12.0
French (except Basque)¹	1,310	2.5
French Canadian¹	97	0.2
German	12,486	23.5
Greek	217	0.4
Hungarian	201	0.4
Irish¹	7,364	13.8
Italian	1,466	2.8
Lithuanian	181	0.3
Norwegian	315	0.6
Polish	1,242	2.3
Portuguese	38	0.1
Russian	193	0.4
Scotch-Irish	1,070	2.0
Scottish	908	1.7
Slovak	71	0.1
Subsaharan African	105	0.2
Swedish	687	1.3
Swiss	176	0.3
Ukrainian	45	0.1
United States or American	6,570	12.4
Welsh	265	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.0
Other ancestries	6,082	11.4

(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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