Kendall County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Kendall county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,369	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,207	7.9
Kindergarten	1,052	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,147	46.5
High school (grades 9-12)	3,408	22.2
College or graduate school	2,555	16.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,362	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,148	3.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,332	6.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,335	30.1
Some college, no degree	8,996	26.2
Associate degree	2,873	8.4
Bachelor's degree	6,191	18.0
Graduate or professional degree	2,487	7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	41,044	100.0
Never married	8,770	21.4
Now married, except separated	27,066	65.9
Separated	357	0.9
Widowed	1,927	4.7
Female	1,663	4.1
Divorced	2,924	7.1
Female	1,549	3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	692	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	235	34.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	38,452	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,735	12.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,676	100.0
With a disability	1,015	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	31,875	100.0
With a disability	3,524	11.1
Percent employed	71.4	(X)
No disability	28,351	88.9
Percent employed	82.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,455	100.0
With a disability	1,581	35.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	50,195	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,277	54.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	22,516	44.9
Same county	7,324	14.6
Different county	15,192	30.3
Same state	12,383	24.7
Different state	2,809	5.6
Elsewhere in 1995	402	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	54,544	100.0
Native	51,645	94.7
Born in United States	51,362	94.2
State of residence	41,339	75.8
Different state	10,023	18.4
Born outside United States	283	0.5
Foreign born	2,899	5.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	967	1.8
Naturalized citizen	1,451	2.7
Not a citizen	1,448	2.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,899	100.0
Europe	690	23.8
Asia	432	14.9
Africa	2	0.1
Oceania	7	0.2
Latin America	1,627	56.1
Northern America	141	4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	50,195	100.0
English only	45,461	90.6
Language other than English	4,734	9.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,603	3.2
Spanish	3,239	6.5
Speak English less than "very well"	1,214	2.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,106	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	315	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	235	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	54,544	100.0
Total ancestries reported	67,525	123.8
Arab	84	0.2
Czech¹	1,221	2.2
Danish	597	1.1
Dutch	1,290	2.4
English	5,809	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,862	3.4
French Canadian¹	299	0.5
German	17,727	32.5
Greek	253	0.5
Hungarian	442	0.8
Irish¹	9,185	16.8
Italian	3,309	6.1
Lithuanian	512	0.9
Norwegian	3,674	6.7
Polish	4,083	7.5
Portuguese	69	0.1
Russian	296	0.5
Scotch-Irish	784	1.4
Scottish	858	1.6
Slovak	202	0.4
Subsaharan African	61	0.1
Swedish	2,415	4.4
Swiss	231	0.4
Ukrainian	88	0.2
United States or American	2,346	4.3
Welsh	266	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	47	0.1
Other ancestries	9,515	17.4

(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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