Effingham County, IL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Effingham county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,514	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	811	8.5
Kindergarten	526	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,635	48.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,176	22.9
College or graduate school	1,366	14.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,635	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,598	7.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,989	9.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,237	38.1
Some college, no degree	4,795	22.2
Associate degree	1,740	8.0
Bachelor's degree	2,281	10.5
Graduate or professional degree	995	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	26,182	100.0
Never married	5,848	22.3
Now married, except separated	15,719	60.0
Separated	305	1.2
Widowed	2,076	7.9
Female	1,688	6.4
Divorced	2,234	8.5
Female	1,269	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	356	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	143	40.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,465	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,262	13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,657	100.0
With a disability	435	5.0

Population 21 to 64 years	18,334	100.0
With a disability	2,681	14.6
Percent employed	65.6	(X)
No disability	15,653	85.4
Percent employed	84.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,429	100.0
With a disability	1,841	41.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,793	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,423	61.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,238	38.5
Same county	7,664	24.1
Different county	4,574	14.4
Same state	3,362	10.6
Different state	1,212	3.8
Elsewhere in 1995	132	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	34,264	100.0
Native	33,921	99.0
Born in United States	33,815	98.7
State of residence	29,574	86.3
Different state	4,241	12.4
Born outside United States	106	0.3
Foreign born	343	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	146	0.4
Naturalized citizen	122	0.4
Not a citizen	221	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	343	100.0
Europe	55	16.0
Asia	88	25.7
Africa	11	3.2
Oceania	2	0.6
Latin America	172	50.1
Northern America	15	4.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,793	100.0
English only	30,948	97.3
Language other than English	845	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	274	0.9
Spanish	368	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	134	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	392	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	91	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	62	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	44	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	34,264	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,186	88.1
Arab	11	0.0
Czech¹	57	0.2
Danish	41	0.1
Dutch	620	1.8
English	2,731	8.0
French (except Basque)¹	755	2.2
French Canadian¹	131	0.4
German	14,615	42.7
Greek	39	0.1
Hungarian	52	0.2
Irish¹	2,983	8.7
Italian	627	1.8
Lithuanian	64	0.2
Norwegian	156	0.5
Polish	393	1.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	30	0.1
Scotch-Irish	424	1.2
Scottish	273	0.8
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	26	0.1
Swedish	147	0.4
Swiss	74	0.2
Ukrainian	34	0.1
United States or American	3,517	10.3
Welsh	176	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,206	6.4

(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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