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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Delaware
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
193,272
189,210
197,334
Nursery school, preschool
12,246
10,296
14,196
Kindergarten
9,685
8,061
11,309
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
90,060
87,474
92,646
High school grade (grades 9-12)
40,798
38,549
43,047
College or graduate school
40,483
36,950
44,016
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
499,884
498,381
501,387
Less than 9th grade
22,114
19,581
24,647
53,314
49,093
57,535
High school graduate (including equivalency)
171,829
165,935
177,723
Some college, no degree
95,363
89,908
100,818
Associate degree
30,559
28,023
33,095
Bachelor's degree
81,258
76,980
85,536
Graduate or professional degree
45,447
42,269
48,625
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
84.9
83.9
85.9
25.3
24.3
26.3
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
283,696
282,539
284,853
Never married
81,147
77,814
84,480
Now married, except separated
161,926
157,946
165,906
Separated
6,067
4,712
7,422
Widowed
7,624
6,436
8,812
Divorced
26,932
23,995
29,869
 
Females 15 years and over
312,581
311,528
313,634
Never married
78,420
74,995
81,845
Now married, except separated
157,618
152,823
162,413
Separated
7,688
6,066
9,310
Widowed
32,059
30,117
34,001
Divorced
36,796
33,899
39,693
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
12,964
10,773
15,155
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,380
2,963
5,797
Per 1,000 unmarried women
45
30
60
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.8
25.9
41.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
65
53
77
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
38
15
61
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
131
105
157
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
19
12
26
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
20,435
17,808
23,062
Responsible for grandchildren
8,457
6,634
10,280
less than 1 year
1,668
541
2,795
1 or 2 years
1,735
1,113
2,357
3 or 4 years
1,492
556
2,428
5 or more years
3,562
2,369
4,755
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
52.2
46.3
58.1
Percent who are married
83.2
75.3
91.1
Percent who are in labor force
58.4
46.5
70.3
Percent who are in poverty
5.0
0.0
10.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
560,062
558,924
561,201
Civilian veterans
78,869
75,411
82,327
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
169,057
166,754
171,360
With a disability
13,727
11,986
15,468
 
Population 21 to 64 years
437,061
434,424
439,698
With a disability
62,069
58,305
65,833
Percent employed
49.9
46.3
53.5
No disability
374,992
370,618
379,366
Percent employed
81.6
80.4
82.8
 
Population 65 years and over
96,437
95,483
97,391
With a disability
36,658
34,574
38,742
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
749,828
748,129
751,528
Same house
634,666
625,984
643,348
Different house in the U.S.
110,564
102,618
118,510
Same county
74,530
66,775
82,285
Different county
36,034
31,223
40,845
Same state
4,951
3,029
6,873
Different state
31,083
26,496
35,670
Abroad
4,598
2,674
6,522
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
759,017
*****
*****
Native
717,138
712,774
721,502
Born in United States
705,914
702,170
709,658
State of residence
379,676
370,342
389,010
Different state
326,238
316,485
335,991
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
11,224
7,701
14,747
Foreign born
41,879
37,515
46,243
Naturalized citizen
19,684
16,889
22,479
Not a citizen
22,195
18,278
26,112
Entered 1990 or later
18,999
14,971
23,027
Entered before 1990
22,880
20,007
25,753
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
41,879
37,515
46,243
Europe
12,534
10,326
14,742
Asia
11,743
10,786
12,700
Africa
1,404
548
2,260
Oceania
306
0
613
Latin America
14,641
11,656
17,626
Northern America
1,251
578
1,924
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
707,625
706,944
708,306
English only
643,978
639,724
648,232
63,647
59,514
67,780
Speak English less than "very well"
21,006
18,165
23,847
31,841
29,467
34,215
Speak English less than "very well"
13,020
10,684
15,356
Other Indo-European languages
21,571
18,528
24,614
Speak English less than "very well"
5,564
4,084
7,044
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
8,404
6,833
9,975
Speak English less than "very well"
2,302
1,545
3,059
Other languages
1,831
1,004
2,658
Speak English less than "very well"
120
0
265
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
759,017
*****
*****
Arab
1,479
766
2,192
Czech
2,708
1,726
3,690
Danish
1,918
994
2,842
Dutch
12,893
10,136
15,650
English
106,119
98,765
113,473
French (except Basque)
18,991
15,879
22,103
French Canadian
3,527
2,476
4,578
German
128,132
119,885
136,379
Greek
2,856
1,899
3,813
Hungarian
2,378
1,624
3,132
Irish
142,214
133,651
150,778
Italian
72,400
66,670
78,130
Lithuanian
2,580
1,572
3,588
Norwegian
4,125
3,147
5,103
Polish
42,107
38,007
46,207
Portuguese
903
466
1,340
Russian
7,099
5,375
8,823
Scotch-Irish
15,616
12,968
18,264
Scottish
14,227
11,571
16,884
Slovak
1,256
659
1,853
Subsaharan African
3,237
1,780
4,694
Swedish
8,018
6,015
10,021
Swiss
1,380
619
2,141
Ukrainian
4,866
3,696
6,036
United States or American
36,884
32,444
41,324
Welsh
7,082
5,510
8,654
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,729
924
2,534
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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