Bethel, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1005820, place: Bethel town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 55 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (3.64%)
Kindergarten: 7 (12.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 33 (60%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2 (3.64%)
College or graduate school: 11 (20%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 135 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (3.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2 (1.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 48 (35.56%)
Some college, no degree: 20 (14.81%)
Associate degree: 20 (14.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 28 (20.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (8.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 151 (100%)
Never married: 22 (14.57%)
Now married, except separated: 107 (70.86%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 11 (7.28%)
Widowed Female: 11 (7.28%)
Total Divorced: 11 (7.28%)
Divorced Female: 3 (1.99%)

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: 149 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 26 (17.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 52 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 109 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (11.01%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 97 (88.99%)
----Percent employed: 69.1%
Population 65 years and over: 35 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (51.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 196 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 100 (51.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 96 (48.98%)
--Same county: 36 (18.37%)
--Different county: 60 (30.61%)
----Same state: 8 (4.08%)
----Different state: 52 (26.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 201 (100%)
Native: 199 (99%)
--Born in United States: 199 (100%)
----State of residence: 73 (36.32%)
----Different state: 126 (62.69%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (1%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 196 (100%)
English only: 194 (98.98%)
Language other than English: 2 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 201 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 196% (97.51%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (3.48%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 35 (17.41%)
French (except Basque): 3 (1.49%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 31 (15.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.5%)
Irish: 18 (8.96%)
Italian: 15 (7.46%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (1%)
Polish: 6 (2.99%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (1.49%)
Scottish: 3 (1.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 23 (11.44%)
Welsh: 2 (1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 47 (23.38%)

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