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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
New Castle County
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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
127,893
123,981
131,805
Nursery school, preschool
8,006
6,480
9,532
Kindergarten
6,187
4,846
7,528
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
58,371
56,576
60,166
High school grade (grades 9-12)
25,831
24,146
27,516
College or graduate school
29,498
26,327
32,669
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
314,840
313,959
315,721
Less than 9th grade
11,157
9,533
12,781
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
29,701
26,573
32,829
High school graduate (including equivalency)
99,831
94,911
104,751
Some college, no degree
60,118
56,069
64,167
Associate degree
21,468
19,382
23,554
Bachelor's degree
59,708
56,302
63,114
Graduate or professional degree
32,857
30,004
35,710
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.0
85.8
88.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.4
27.9
30.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
179,952
179,196
180,708
Never married
55,726
53,000
58,452
Now married, except separated
98,186
94,942
101,430
Separated
4,063
3,022
5,104
Widowed
4,555
3,591
5,519
Divorced
17,422
15,041
19,803
 
Females 15 years and over
198,152
197,683
198,621
Never married
54,426
51,542
57,310
Now married, except separated
97,944
94,299
101,589
Separated
4,476
3,184
5,768
Widowed
18,500
17,045
19,955
Divorced
22,806
20,598
25,014
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
8,380
6,638
10,122
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
2,930
1,780
4,080
Per 1,000 unmarried women
44
26
62
As a percent of all women with a birth
35.0
25.1
44.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
64
51
77
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
50
15
85
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
124
93
155
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
17
10
24
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
12,467
10,175
14,759
Responsible for grandchildren
4,431
3,000
5,862
less than 1 year
683
0
1,432
1 or 2 years
1,136
587
1,685
3 or 4 years
771
291
1,251
5 or more years
1,841
884
2,798
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
56.7
48.5
65.0
Percent who are married
81.6
69.9
93.3
Percent who are in labor force
58.0
41.7
74.3
Percent who are in poverty
6.5
0.0
15.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
357,931
357,576
358,286
Civilian veterans
43,870
41,299
46,441
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
108,393
106,403
110,383
With a disability
9,976
8,514
11,438
 
Population 21 to 64 years
285,474
283,238
287,710
With a disability
40,249
37,213
43,285
Percent employed
54.7
50.2
59.2
No disability
245,225
241,559
248,891
Percent employed
82.8
81.5
84.1
 
Population 65 years and over
54,797
54,310
55,284
With a disability
20,815
18,949
22,681
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
477,217
475,953
478,481
Same house
395,443
387,907
402,979
Different house in the U.S.
78,120
71,094
85,146
Same county
55,057
47,962
62,152
Different county
23,063
18,707
27,419
Same state
1,314
652
1,976
Different state
21,749
17,494
26,004
Abroad
3,654
1,826
5,482
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
482,751
*****
*****
Native
449,684
445,503
453,865
Born in United States
442,013
438,629
445,397
State of residence
238,512
230,978
246,046
Different state
203,501
195,423
211,579
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
7,671
4,246
11,096
Foreign born
33,067
28,886
37,248
Naturalized citizen
15,442
12,898
17,986
Not a citizen
17,625
13,896
21,354
Entered 1990 or later
15,363
11,655
19,071
Entered before 1990
17,704
15,292
20,116
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
33,067
28,886
37,248
Europe
9,819
7,724
11,915
Asia
10,520
9,636
11,404
Africa
1,340
495
2,185
Oceania
306
0
613
Latin America
10,016
7,209
12,823
Northern America
1,066
451
1,681
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
449,224
448,970
449,478
English only
400,419
396,954
403,884
Language other than English
48,805
45,370
52,240
Speak English less than "very well"
14,752
12,153
17,351
Spanish
22,721
20,649
24,793
Speak English less than "very well"
8,808
6,637
10,979
Other Indo-European languages
17,435
14,726
20,144
Speak English less than "very well"
4,090
2,828
5,352
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
6,947
5,507
8,387
Speak English less than "very well"
1,798
1,135
2,461
Other languages
1,702
902
2,502
Speak English less than "very well"
56
0
150
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
482,751
*****
*****
Arab
1,359
661
2,057
Czech
2,373
1,398
3,348
Danish
1,342
522
2,162
Dutch
8,778
6,183
11,373
English
63,935
58,662
69,208
French (except Basque)
12,043
9,969
14,117
French Canadian
2,327
1,453
3,202
German
81,102
74,525
87,679
Greek
1,799
1,061
2,537
Hungarian
1,783
1,171
2,395
Irish
99,825
93,195
106,455
Italian
59,727
54,170
65,284
Lithuanian
2,231
1,271
3,191
Norwegian
2,804
1,740
3,868
Polish
33,705
30,535
36,875
Portuguese
736
333
1,139
Russian
5,543
3,839
7,247
Scotch-Irish
10,113
8,052
12,174
Scottish
9,703
7,774
11,632
Slovak
754
289
1,219
Subsaharan African
2,651
1,275
4,027
Swedish
4,944
3,650
6,238
Swiss
1,106
387
1,825
Ukrainian
4,078
2,918
5,238
United States or American
17,841
14,973
20,709
Welsh
5,311
3,900
6,722
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,318
559
2,077
 

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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