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2001 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
198,359
193,833
202,885
Nursery school, preschool
12,618
10,950
14,286
Kindergarten
9,553
7,779
11,327
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
90,871
88,553
93,189
High school grade (grades 9-12)
40,387
38,531
42,243
College or graduate school
44,930
41,503
48,357
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
508,010
506,667
509,353
Less than 9th grade
23,777
21,505
26,049
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
52,421
48,501
56,341
High school graduate (including equivalency)
171,001
164,771
177,231
Some college, no degree
98,549
93,959
103,139
Associate degree
35,608
32,861
38,355
Bachelor's degree
80,681
76,855
84,507
Graduate or professional degree
45,973
43,089
48,857
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.0
84.0
86.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.9
23.9
25.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
288,590
287,862
289,318
Never married
83,235
80,014
86,456
Now married, except separated
166,345
162,583
170,107
Separated
4,539
3,551
5,527
Widowed
7,064
6,015
8,113
Divorced
27,407
24,652
30,163
 
Females 15 years and over
317,959
316,906
319,012
Never married
79,163
76,229
82,097
Now married, except separated
164,707
160,937
168,477
Separated
7,443
5,904
8,982
Widowed
31,190
29,060
33,320
Divorced
35,456
32,217
38,695
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
12,056
9,995
14,117
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,506
2,302
4,711
Per 1,000 unmarried women
36
24
48
As a percent of all women with a birth
29.1
21.5
36.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
59
49
69
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
49
23
75
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
108
85
131
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
16
32
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
12,431
10,382
14,480
Responsible for grandchildren
6,699
5,125
8,273
less than 1 year
1,146
498
1,794
1 or 2 years
1,288
691
1,885
3 or 4 years
1,110
541
1,679
5 or more years
3,155
2,013
4,297
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
66.5
58.9
74.1
Percent who are married
69.9
59.2
80.6
Percent who are in labor force
58.2
48.5
67.9
Percent who are in poverty
19.1
10.7
27.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
571,989
571,124
572,854
Civilian veterans
78,872
75,316
82,428
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
169,071
167,279
170,863
With a disability
15,774
13,527
18,021
 
Population 21 to 64 years
448,375
446,197
450,553
With a disability
60,884
56,335
65,433
Percent employed
49.7
46.4
53.0
No disability
387,491
382,663
392,319
Percent employed
81.1
79.9
82.3
 
Population 65 years and over
98,186
97,488
98,884
With a disability
37,213
35,213
39,213
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
761,808
760,262
763,354
Same house
652,963
644,103
661,824
Different house in the U.S.
104,659
95,624
113,694
Same county
77,245
69,193
85,297
Different county
27,414
22,705
32,123
Same state
5,066
2,843
7,289
Different state
22,348
18,335
26,361
Abroad
4,186
3,221
5,151
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
771,580
*****
*****
Native
722,622
718,179
727,065
Born in United States
711,657
707,504
715,810
State of residence
373,399
364,822
381,976
Different state
338,258
328,863
347,653
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
10,965
9,440
12,490
Foreign born
48,958
44,515
53,401
Naturalized citizen
17,524
15,231
19,818
Not a citizen
31,434
27,307
35,561
Entered 1990 or later
27,454
23,261
31,647
Entered before 1990
21,504
19,003
24,005
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
48,958
44,515
53,401
Europe
9,524
7,777
11,271
Asia
15,982
14,472
17,492
Africa
2,780
1,496
4,064
Oceania
0
0
292
Latin America
19,192
15,922
22,462
Northern America
1,480
846
2,114
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
718,142
717,203
719,081
English only
650,279
646,425
654,133
Language other than English
67,863
64,005
71,721
Speak English less than "very well"
27,773
24,560
30,986
Spanish
33,911
31,454
36,368
Speak English less than "very well"
15,631
13,390
17,872
Other Indo-European languages
21,150
17,929
24,371
Speak English less than "very well"
6,066
4,629
7,503
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
10,868
8,900
12,836
Speak English less than "very well"
5,635
4,200
7,071
Other languages
1,934
1,119
2,749
Speak English less than "very well"
441
57
825
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
771,580
*****
*****
Arab
1,155
417
1,893
Czech
1,752
1,094
2,410
Danish
1,950
1,047
2,853
Dutch
13,566
10,670
16,462
English
120,812
114,298
127,326
French (except Basque)
17,326
14,432
20,220
French Canadian
3,484
2,418
4,550
German
128,251
121,932
134,571
Greek
2,436
1,484
3,388
Hungarian
2,372
1,595
3,149
Irish
141,476
134,851
148,101
Italian
79,750
73,109
86,391
Lithuanian
2,304
1,339
3,269
Norwegian
2,888
1,966
3,810
Polish
42,838
38,404
47,272
Portuguese
1,452
703
2,201
Russian
7,964
5,809
10,119
Scotch-Irish
15,060
12,339
17,781
Scottish
14,732
12,599
16,865
Slovak
2,240
1,204
3,276
Subsaharan African
5,486
3,455
7,517
Swedish
6,906
5,405
8,408
Swiss
2,441
1,548
3,334
Ukrainian
3,919
2,851
4,987
United States or American
39,471
33,335
45,607
Welsh
9,705
7,948
11,462
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
4,097
2,566
5,628
 

The 2001 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 2001 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 2001 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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