Fayette County, IL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Fayette county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,939	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	368	7.5
Kindergarten	228	4.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,421	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,276	25.8
College or graduate school	646	13.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,611	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,377	9.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,690	18.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,971	40.9
Some college, no degree	2,493	17.1
Associate degree	759	5.2
Bachelor's degree	911	6.2
Graduate or professional degree	410	2.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,567	100.0
Never married	3,306	18.8
Now married, except separated	10,641	60.6
Separated	220	1.3
Widowed	1,398	8.0
Female	1,162	6.6
Divorced	2,002	11.4
Female	860	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	399	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	238	59.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,631	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,203	13.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,587	100.0
With a disability	332	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	10,911	100.0
With a disability	1,992	18.3
Percent employed	51.4	(X)
No disability	8,919	81.7
Percent employed	78.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,229	100.0
With a disability	1,351	41.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,488	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,334	60.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,058	39.3
Same county	4,017	19.6
Different county	4,041	19.7
Same state	3,425	16.7
Different state	616	3.0
Elsewhere in 1995	96	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,802	100.0
Native	21,709	99.6
Born in United States	21,644	99.3
State of residence	18,792	86.2
Different state	2,852	13.1
Born outside United States	65	0.3
Foreign born	93	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	23	0.1
Naturalized citizen	48	0.2
Not a citizen	45	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	93	100.0
Europe	58	62.4
Asia	20	21.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	5	5.4
Latin America	10	10.8
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,488	100.0
English only	20,039	97.8
Language other than English	449	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	134	0.7
Spanish	268	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	84	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	130	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	15	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	8	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,802	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,102	73.9
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	28	0.1
Danish	15	0.1
Dutch	314	1.4
English	2,024	9.3
French (except Basque)¹	413	1.9
French Canadian¹	49	0.2
German	5,354	24.6
Greek	17	0.1
Hungarian	34	0.2
Irish¹	2,022	9.3
Italian	258	1.2
Lithuanian	48	0.2
Norwegian	43	0.2
Polish	150	0.7
Portuguese	19	0.1
Russian	30	0.1
Scotch-Irish	257	1.2
Scottish	231	1.1
Slovak	11	0.1
Subsaharan African	3	0.0
Swedish	79	0.4
Swiss	99	0.5
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,928	13.4
Welsh	95	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,581	7.3

(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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