Perry County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Perry county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,382	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	385	7.2
Kindergarten	323	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,236	41.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,461	27.1
College or graduate school	977	18.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,727	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,671	10.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,678	17.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,389	34.3
Some college, no degree	3,247	20.6
Associate degree	1,157	7.4
Bachelor's degree	1,140	7.2
Graduate or professional degree	445	2.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,974	100.0
Never married	3,535	18.6
Now married, except separated	11,638	61.3
Separated	181	1.0
Widowed	1,473	7.8
Female	1,228	6.5
Divorced	2,147	11.3
Female	1,015	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	274	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	152	55.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,036	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,205	12.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,587	100.0
With a disability	305	6.6

Population 21 to 64 years	11,333	100.0
With a disability	2,030	17.9
Percent employed	48.7	(X)
No disability	9,303	82.1
Percent employed	76.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,529	100.0
With a disability	1,572	44.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,869	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,793	63.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,006	36.6
Same county	4,341	19.9
Different county	3,665	16.8
Same state	3,016	13.8
Different state	649	3.0
Elsewhere in 1995	70	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,094	100.0
Native	22,870	99.0
Born in United States	22,795	98.7
State of residence	19,782	85.7
Different state	3,013	13.0
Born outside United States	75	0.3
Foreign born	224	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	69	0.3
Naturalized citizen	100	0.4
Not a citizen	124	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	224	100.0
Europe	49	21.9
Asia	65	29.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	105	46.9
Northern America	5	2.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,869	100.0
English only	21,270	97.3
Language other than English	599	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	188	0.9
Spanish	347	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	107	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	187	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	53	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	65	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,094	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,711	81.0
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	50	0.2
Danish	31	0.1
Dutch	379	1.6
English	1,837	8.0
French (except Basque)¹	640	2.8
French Canadian¹	10	0.0
German	5,473	23.7
Greek	18	0.1
Hungarian	43	0.2
Irish¹	2,438	10.6
Italian	973	4.2
Lithuanian	15	0.1
Norwegian	78	0.3
Polish	1,105	4.8
Portuguese	24	0.1
Russian	8	0.0
Scotch-Irish	192	0.8
Scottish	255	1.1
Slovak	5	0.0
Subsaharan African	18	0.1
Swedish	89	0.4
Swiss	10	0.0
Ukrainian	3	0.0
United States or American	2,478	10.7
Welsh	103	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	2,430	10.5

(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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