Tazewell County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Tazewell county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	31,754	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,432	7.7
Kindergarten	1,579	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	14,359	45.2
High school (grades 9-12)	7,478	23.5
College or graduate school	5,906	18.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	86,666	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,094	4.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,919	10.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	29,788	34.4
Some college, no degree	22,030	25.4
Associate degree	6,113	7.1
Bachelor's degree	10,863	12.5
Graduate or professional degree	4,859	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	102,823	100.0
Never married	20,801	20.2
Now married, except separated	63,798	62.0
Separated	966	0.9
Widowed	7,072	6.9
Female	5,832	5.7
Divorced	10,186	9.9
Female	5,583	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,711	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	880	51.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	97,151	100.0
Civilian veterans	14,771	15.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	27,970	100.0
With a disability	2,310	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	71,415	100.0
With a disability	11,040	15.5
Percent employed	59.3	(X)
No disability	60,375	84.5
Percent employed	81.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	18,054	100.0
With a disability	7,085	39.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	120,430	100.0
Same house in 1995	72,915	60.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	46,667	38.8
Same county	28,376	23.6
Different county	18,291	15.2
Same state	13,195	11.0
Different state	5,096	4.2
Elsewhere in 1995	848	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	128,485	100.0
Native	127,030	98.9
Born in United States	126,636	98.6
State of residence	104,249	81.1
Different state	22,387	17.4
Born outside United States	394	0.3
Foreign born	1,455	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	462	0.4
Naturalized citizen	789	0.6
Not a citizen	666	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,455	100.0
Europe	572	39.3
Asia	458	31.5
Africa	20	1.4
Oceania	39	2.7
Latin America	283	19.5
Northern America	83	5.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	120,430	100.0
English only	117,249	97.4
Language other than English	3,181	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	1,006	0.8
Spanish	1,272	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	415	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	1,431	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	374	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	306	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	142	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	128,485	100.0
Total ancestries reported	126,516	98.5
Arab	421	0.3
Czech¹	673	0.5
Danish	488	0.4
Dutch	2,626	2.0
English	15,474	12.0
French (except Basque)¹	4,551	3.5
French Canadian¹	304	0.2
German	42,447	33.0
Greek	391	0.3
Hungarian	422	0.3
Irish¹	16,549	12.9
Italian	4,451	3.5
Lithuanian	169	0.1
Norwegian	1,488	1.2
Polish	1,759	1.4
Portuguese	197	0.2
Russian	241	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,126	1.7
Scottish	2,647	2.1
Slovak	119	0.1
Subsaharan African	45	0.0
Swedish	2,483	1.9
Swiss	1,252	1.0
Ukrainian	66	0.1
United States or American	12,863	10.0
Welsh	851	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	11,411	8.9

(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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