Marion County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Marion county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,286	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	773	7.5
Kindergarten	602	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,994	48.6
High school (grades 9-12)	2,426	23.6
College or graduate school	1,491	14.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	27,710	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,475	8.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,310	11.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,942	35.9
Some college, no degree	6,265	22.6
Associate degree	2,360	8.5
Bachelor's degree	2,227	8.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,131	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	32,940	100.0
Never married	6,660	20.2
Now married, except separated	19,266	58.5
Separated	417	1.3
Widowed	2,693	8.2
Female	2,324	7.1
Divorced	3,904	11.9
Female	2,226	6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	774	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	510	65.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,060	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,762	15.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,451	100.0
With a disability	880	9.3

Population 21 to 64 years	22,363	100.0
With a disability	4,500	20.1
Percent employed	49.6	(X)
No disability	17,863	79.9
Percent employed	81.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,279	100.0
With a disability	2,881	45.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	39,029	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,811	61.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,161	38.8
Same county	9,705	24.9
Different county	5,456	14.0
Same state	3,905	10.0
Different state	1,551	4.0
Elsewhere in 1995	57	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	41,691	100.0
Native	41,353	99.2
Born in United States	41,171	98.8
State of residence	34,195	82.0
Different state	6,976	16.7
Born outside United States	182	0.4
Foreign born	338	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	76	0.2
Naturalized citizen	210	0.5
Not a citizen	128	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	338	100.0
Europe	142	42.0
Asia	143	42.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	37	10.9
Northern America	16	4.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	39,029	100.0
English only	37,979	97.3
Language other than English	1,050	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	334	0.9
Spanish	503	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	160	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	415	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	131	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	110	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	41,691	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,564	80.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	131	0.3
Danish	84	0.2
Dutch	963	2.3
English	4,082	9.8
French (except Basque)¹	972	2.3
French Canadian¹	91	0.2
German	8,369	20.1
Greek	13	0.0
Hungarian	35	0.1
Irish¹	4,522	10.8
Italian	975	2.3
Lithuanian	65	0.2
Norwegian	146	0.4
Polish	545	1.3
Portuguese	28	0.1
Russian	66	0.2
Scotch-Irish	640	1.5
Scottish	598	1.4
Slovak	17	0.0
Subsaharan African	33	0.1
Swedish	185	0.4
Swiss	94	0.2
Ukrainian	1	0.0
United States or American	5,999	14.4
Welsh	243	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	4,665	11.2

(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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