Ardentown, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1001660, place: Ardentown village, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 44 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (6.82%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 23 (52.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8 (18.18%)
College or graduate school: 10 (22.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 247 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7 (2.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 19 (7.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 57 (23.08%)
Some college, no degree: 53 (21.46%)
Associate degree: 6 (2.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (25.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (16.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 257 (100%)
Never married: 59 (22.96%)
Now married, except separated: 143 (55.64%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 21 (8.17%)
Widowed Female: 18 (7%)
Total Divorced: 34 (13.23%)
Divorced Female: 19 (7.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 252 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 22 (8.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 38 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (2.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 180 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (6.11%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
--No disability: 169 (93.89%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 50 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (40%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 285 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 221 (77.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 64 (22.46%)
--Same county: 39 (13.68%)
--Different county: 25 (8.77%)
----Same state: 1 (0.35%)
----Different state: 24 (8.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 294 (100%)
Native: 257 (87.41%)
--Born in United States: 253 (100%)
----State of residence: 115 (39.12%)
----Different state: 138 (46.94%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (1.36%)
Foreign born: 37 (12.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (1.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (9.18%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (3.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 37 (100%)
Europe: 27 (72.97%)
Asia: 8 (21.62%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (5.41%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 285 (100%)
English only: 260 (91.23%)
Language other than English: 25 (8.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21 (7.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 294 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 361% (122.79%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (4.76%)
English: 54 (18.37%)
French (except Basque): 9 (3.06%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 68 (23.13%)
Greek: 2 (0.68%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 89 (30.27%)
Italian: 33 (11.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (2.38%)
Polish: 9 (3.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (1.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (3.06%)
Scottish: 17 (5.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (1.36%)
Swiss: 4 (1.36%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 7 (2.38%)
Welsh: 2 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 29 (9.86%)

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