Williamson County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Williamson county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,961	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	949	6.3
Kindergarten	784	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,515	43.5
High school (grades 9-12)	3,251	21.7
College or graduate school	3,462	23.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	41,973	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,584	8.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,913	11.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,567	32.3
Some college, no degree	9,536	22.7
Associate degree	3,174	7.6
Bachelor's degree	4,659	11.1
Graduate or professional degree	2,540	6.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	49,720	100.0
Never married	9,897	19.9
Now married, except separated	29,291	58.9
Separated	601	1.2
Widowed	4,282	8.6
Female	3,580	7.2
Divorced	5,649	11.4
Female	3,274	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	884	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	563	63.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	47,209	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,930	14.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,662	100.0
With a disability	1,227	9.7

Population 21 to 64 years	33,902	100.0
With a disability	6,710	19.8
Percent employed	48.5	(X)
No disability	27,192	80.2
Percent employed	77.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,508	100.0
With a disability	4,462	46.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	57,647	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,039	59.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,349	40.5
Same county	13,228	22.9
Different county	10,121	17.6
Same state	6,709	11.6
Different state	3,412	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	259	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	61,296	100.0
Native	60,645	98.9
Born in United States	60,365	98.5
State of residence	49,041	80.0
Different state	11,324	18.5
Born outside United States	280	0.5
Foreign born	651	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	165	0.3
Naturalized citizen	371	0.6
Not a citizen	280	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	651	100.0
Europe	188	28.9
Asia	143	22.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	242	37.2
Northern America	78	12.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	57,647	100.0
English only	55,920	97.0
Language other than English	1,727	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	438	0.8
Spanish	965	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	271	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	592	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	126	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	122	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	41	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	61,296	100.0
Total ancestries reported	52,961	86.4
Arab	70	0.1
Czech¹	219	0.4
Danish	76	0.1
Dutch	1,221	2.0
English	7,358	12.0
French (except Basque)¹	1,806	2.9
French Canadian¹	284	0.5
German	10,294	16.8
Greek	45	0.1
Hungarian	153	0.2
Irish¹	7,883	12.9
Italian	3,030	4.9
Lithuanian	259	0.4
Norwegian	328	0.5
Polish	949	1.5
Portuguese	12	0.0
Russian	83	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,453	2.4
Scottish	1,024	1.7
Slovak	19	0.0
Subsaharan African	103	0.2
Swedish	483	0.8
Swiss	135	0.2
Ukrainian	11	0.0
United States or American	7,185	11.7
Welsh	406	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.0
Other ancestries	8,059	13.1

(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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