Macon County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Macon county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	29,235	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,027	6.9
Kindergarten	1,649	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	13,210	45.2
High school (grades 9-12)	5,854	20.0
College or graduate school	6,495	22.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	75,195	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,256	4.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,396	12.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	28,611	38.0
Some college, no degree	17,047	22.7
Associate degree	4,163	5.5
Bachelor's degree	8,548	11.4
Graduate or professional degree	4,174	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	91,278	100.0
Never married	21,831	23.9
Now married, except separated	50,600	55.4
Separated	1,418	1.6
Widowed	6,729	7.4
Female	5,684	6.2
Divorced	10,700	11.7
Female	5,970	6.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,888	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	906	48.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	86,487	100.0
Civilian veterans	12,982	15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	25,930	100.0
With a disability	2,398	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	63,046	100.0
With a disability	11,552	18.3
Percent employed	57.7	(X)
No disability	51,494	81.7
Percent employed	77.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	16,627	100.0
With a disability	6,369	38.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	107,397	100.0
Same house in 1995	59,892	55.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	46,842	43.6
Same county	31,944	29.7
Different county	14,898	13.9
Same state	8,960	8.3
Different state	5,938	5.5
Elsewhere in 1995	663	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	114,706	100.0
Native	113,135	98.6
Born in United States	112,731	98.3
State of residence	90,052	78.5
Different state	22,679	19.8
Born outside United States	404	0.4
Foreign born	1,571	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	568	0.5
Naturalized citizen	753	0.7
Not a citizen	818	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,571	100.0
Europe	443	28.2
Asia	627	39.9
Africa	90	5.7
Oceania	13	0.8
Latin America	312	19.9
Northern America	86	5.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	107,397	100.0
English only	103,871	96.7
Language other than English	3,526	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,070	1.0
Spanish	1,741	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	586	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,295	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	263	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	400	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	196	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	114,706	100.0
Total ancestries reported	103,728	90.4
Arab	88	0.1
Czech¹	389	0.3
Danish	246	0.2
Dutch	2,297	2.0
English	12,128	10.6
French (except Basque)¹	2,840	2.5
French Canadian¹	398	0.3
German	24,672	21.5
Greek	222	0.2
Hungarian	223	0.2
Irish¹	13,176	11.5
Italian	1,920	1.7
Lithuanian	121	0.1
Norwegian	913	0.8
Polish	1,922	1.7
Portuguese	36	0.0
Russian	174	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,860	1.6
Scottish	1,674	1.5
Slovak	89	0.1
Subsaharan African	644	0.6
Swedish	1,172	1.0
Swiss	336	0.3
Ukrainian	50	0.0
United States or American	12,790	11.2
Welsh	723	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	67	0.1
Other ancestries	22,558	19.7

(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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