ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for New Castle County -- Table 2

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile New Castle County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	131,019	126,981	135,057
Nursery school, preschool	9,424	7,987	10,861
Kindergarten	6,694	5,077	8,311
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	58,582	56,388	60,777
High school grade (grades 9-12)	23,930	22,452	25,408
College or graduate school	32,389	29,335	35,443

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	318,742	318,344	319,140
Less than 9th grade	12,776	11,048	14,504
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	28,279	25,197	31,361
High school graduate (including equivalency)	101,660	96,654	106,666
Some college, no degree	59,644	56,202	63,086
Associate degree	22,503	20,266	24,740
Bachelor's degree	60,512	57,314	63,710
Graduate or professional degree	33,368	30,847	35,889

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.1	85.9	88.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	29.5	28.2	30.8

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	181,742	181,400	182,084
Never married	57,989	55,474	60,504
Now married, except separated	100,165	97,375	102,955
Separated	2,908	1,989	3,827
Widowed	4,222	3,400	5,044
Divorced	16,458	14,445	18,471

Females 15 years and over	200,644	200,273	201,015
Never married	55,038	52,248	57,828
Now married, except separated	99,068	95,803	102,333
Separated	5,434	4,000	6,868
Widowed	17,667	16,037	19,297
Divorced	23,437	21,063	25,811

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	7,522	6,113	8,931
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,693	840	2,546
Per 1,000 unmarried women	26	13	39
As a percent of all women with a birth	22.5	12.9	32.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	57	45	69
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	39	6	72
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	98	75	121
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	27	17	37

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	7,769	6,154	9,384
Responsible for grandchildren	3,619	2,466	4,772
less than 1 year	548	66	1,030
1 or 2 years	519	173	866
3 or 4 years	787	304	1,270
5 or more years	1,765	983	2,547

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	68.2	57.6	78.8
Percent who are married	67.7	51.9	83.5
Percent who are in labor force	61.7	47.8	75.6
Percent who are in poverty	21.9	10.0	33.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	361,987	361,608	362,367
Civilian veterans	42,837	40,242	45,432

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	108,582	107,105	110,059
With a disability	11,183	9,432	12,934

Population 21 to 64 years	290,004	288,331	291,677
With a disability	37,709	34,292	41,126
Percent employed	55.2	50.4	60.0
No disability	252,295	248,649	255,942
Percent employed	82.9	81.6	84.2

Population 65 years and over	55,190	54,624	55,756
With a disability	22,040	20,374	23,707

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	481,994	480,803	483,185
Same house	405,494	397,909	413,079
Different house in the U.S.	72,867	65,298	80,436
Same county	57,595	50,535	64,655
Different county	15,272	11,913	18,631
Same state	1,430	686	2,174
Different state	13,842	10,534	17,150
Abroad	3,633	2,686	4,580

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	488,315	*****	*****
Native	452,736	449,383	456,089
Born in United States	444,868	441,660	448,076
State of residence	240,548	233,303	247,793
Different state	204,320	197,416	211,224
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	7,868	6,518	9,218
Foreign born	35,579	32,226	38,932
Naturalized citizen	12,747	10,820	14,674
Not a citizen	22,832	19,773	25,891
Entered 1990 or later	20,302	17,147	23,457
Entered before 1990	15,277	13,114	17,440

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	35,579	32,226	38,932
Europe	6,581	5,081	8,081
Asia	13,081	11,659	14,503
Africa	2,003	955	3,051
Oceania	0	0	292
Latin America	12,905	10,580	15,230
Northern America	1,009	502	1,516

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	454,269	454,175	454,363
English only	405,259	401,966	408,552
Language other than English	49,010	45,700	52,320
Speak English less than "very well"	19,296	16,809	21,783
Spanish	24,249	22,528	25,970
Speak English less than "very well"	10,519	8,696	12,342
Other Indo-European languages	14,515	11,903	17,127
Speak English less than "very well"	3,713	2,781	4,645
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	8,594	6,804	10,384
Speak English less than "very well"	4,623	3,225	6,021
Other languages	1,652	913	2,391
Speak English less than "very well"	441	57	825

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	488,315	*****	*****
Arab	1,111	349	1,873
Czech	1,347	697	1,997
Danish	1,253	558	1,948
Dutch	7,764	5,919	9,609
English	72,363	67,387	77,339
French (except Basque)	12,255	9,600	14,910
French Canadian	2,562	1,572	3,552
German	83,148	78,241	88,055
Greek	2,077	1,176	2,978
Hungarian	1,564	891	2,237
Irish	100,294	94,887	105,701
Italian	66,569	60,688	72,450
Lithuanian	1,413	712	2,114
Norwegian	2,490	1,624	3,356
Polish	34,908	30,705	39,111
Portuguese	591	98	1,084
Russian	6,670	4,720	8,620
Scotch-Irish	10,436	8,187	12,685
Scottish	9,749	7,926	11,572
Slovak	1,646	818	2,474
Subsaharan African	3,386	2,111	4,661
Swedish	5,209	3,830	6,588
Swiss	1,740	1,214	2,266
Ukrainian	3,388	2,416	4,360
United States or American	13,663	10,931	16,395
Welsh	7,159	5,664	8,654
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,444	739	2,149

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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