Woodford County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Woodford county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,879	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	627	6.3
Kindergarten	444	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,559	46.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,304	23.3
College or graduate school	1,945	19.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	22,945	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,095	4.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,694	7.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,104	35.3
Some college, no degree	5,353	23.3
Associate degree	1,857	8.1
Bachelor's degree	3,487	15.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,355	5.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,680	100.0
Never married	5,710	20.6
Now married, except separated	18,016	65.1
Separated	211	0.8
Widowed	1,991	7.2
Female	1,655	6.0
Divorced	1,752	6.3
Female	852	3.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	302	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	152	50.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,976	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,482	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,814	100.0
With a disability	582	6.6

Population 21 to 64 years	18,998	100.0
With a disability	2,058	10.8
Percent employed	66.9	(X)
No disability	16,940	89.2
Percent employed	81.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,660	100.0
With a disability	1,703	36.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	33,155	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,970	63.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,099	36.5
Same county	5,418	16.3
Different county	6,681	20.2
Same state	5,264	15.9
Different state	1,417	4.3
Elsewhere in 1995	86	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	35,469	100.0
Native	35,127	99.0
Born in United States	34,992	98.7
State of residence	29,322	82.7
Different state	5,670	16.0
Born outside United States	135	0.4
Foreign born	342	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	89	0.3
Naturalized citizen	178	0.5
Not a citizen	164	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	342	100.0
Europe	120	35.1
Asia	97	28.4
Africa	2	0.6
Oceania	3	0.9
Latin America	103	30.1
Northern America	17	5.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	33,155	100.0
English only	32,106	96.8
Language other than English	1,049	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	316	1.0
Spanish	522	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	170	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	415	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	107	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	106	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	35,469	100.0
Total ancestries reported	37,194	104.9
Arab	45	0.1
Czech¹	100	0.3
Danish	170	0.5
Dutch	753	2.1
English	3,695	10.4
French (except Basque)¹	1,293	3.6
French Canadian¹	82	0.2
German	15,205	42.9
Greek	141	0.4
Hungarian	118	0.3
Irish¹	4,417	12.5
Italian	1,112	3.1
Lithuanian	184	0.5
Norwegian	483	1.4
Polish	785	2.2
Portuguese	65	0.2
Russian	119	0.3
Scotch-Irish	584	1.6
Scottish	550	1.6
Slovak	89	0.3
Subsaharan African	15	0.0
Swedish	935	2.6
Swiss	1,041	2.9
Ukrainian	40	0.1
United States or American	2,562	7.2
Welsh	150	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	2,459	6.9

(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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