Bethany Beach, DE

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1005690, place: Bethany Beach town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 164 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (6.71%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 57 (34.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 42 (25.61%)
College or graduate school: 54 (32.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 778 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 27 (3.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 140 (17.99%)
Some college, no degree: 216 (27.76%)
Associate degree: 54 (6.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 219 (28.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 122 (15.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 842 (100%)
Never married: 158 (18.76%)
Now married, except separated: 506 (60.1%)
Separated: 6 (0.71%)
Total Widowed: 90 (10.69%)
Widowed Female: 75 (8.91%)
Total Divorced: 82 (9.74%)
Divorced Female: 40 (4.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (35.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 817 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 200 (24.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 120 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (14.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 478 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (11.51%)
----Percent employed: 69.1%
--No disability: 423 (88.49%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
Population 65 years and over: 318 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (22.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 916 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 514 (56.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 379 (41.38%)
--Same county: 62 (6.77%)
--Different county: 317 (34.61%)
----Same state: 36 (3.93%)
----Different state: 281 (30.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (2.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 935 (100%)
Native: 899 (96.15%)
--Born in United States: 897 (100%)
----State of residence: 139 (14.87%)
----Different state: 758 (81.07%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 36 (3.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (1.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (2.14%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (1.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 22 (61.11%)
Asia: 5 (13.89%)
Africa: 2 (5.56%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (13.89%)
Northern America: 2 (5.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 916 (100%)
English only: 869 (94.87%)
Language other than English: 47 (5.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (2.18%)
--Spanish: 20 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (2.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 935 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,055% (112.83%)
Arab: 2 (0.21%)
Czech: 19 (2.03%)
Danish: 8 (0.86%)
Dutch: 18 (1.93%)
English: 150 (16.04%)
French (except Basque): 19 (2.03%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 173 (18.5%)
Greek: 27 (2.89%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.21%)
Irish: 246 (26.31%)
Italian: 75 (8.02%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.75%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 30 (3.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (1.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (3.53%)
Scottish: 46 (4.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (1.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.21%)
United States or American: 54 (5.78%)
Welsh: 21 (2.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 95 (10.16%)

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