Bridgeville, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1008680, place: Bridgeville town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 323 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 44 (13.62%)
Kindergarten: 32 (9.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 150 (46.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (18.89%)
College or graduate school: 36 (11.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 922 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 115 (12.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 183 (19.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 302 (32.75%)
Some college, no degree: 182 (19.74%)
Associate degree: 35 (3.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 57 (6.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 48 (5.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,088 (100%)
Never married: 339 (31.16%)
Now married, except separated: 515 (47.33%)
Separated: 23 (2.11%)
Total Widowed: 106 (9.74%)
Widowed Female: 87 (8%)
Total Divorced: 105 (9.65%)
Divorced Female: 68 (6.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (61.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,035 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 145 (14.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 287 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (3.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 742 (100%)
--With a disability: 195 (26.28%)
----Percent employed: 51.8%
--No disability: 547 (73.72%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 252 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (42.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,287 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 725 (56.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 504 (39.16%)
--Same county: 311 (24.16%)
--Different county: 193 (15%)
----Same state: 45 (3.5%)
----Different state: 148 (11.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 58 (4.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,430 (100%)
Native: 1,293 (90.42%)
--Born in United States: 1,245 (100%)
----State of residence: 743 (51.96%)
----Different state: 502 (35.1%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (3.36%)
Foreign born: 137 (9.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 98 (6.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (1.05%)
--Not a citizen: 122 (8.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 137 (100%)
Europe: 5 (3.65%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 132 (96.35%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,287 (100%)
English only: 1,080 (83.92%)
Language other than English: 207 (16.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (12.12%)
--Spanish: 190 (14.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (12.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (1.32%)
----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: 1,430 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,285% (89.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (0.7%)
English: 132 (9.23%)
French (except Basque): 16 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.14%)
German: 129 (9.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.49%)
Irish: 83 (5.8%)
Italian: 26 (1.82%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.07%)
Polish: 16 (1.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (0.77%)
Scottish: 14 (0.98%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (1.12%)
Swedish: 8 (0.56%)
Swiss: 2 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 170 (11.89%)
Welsh: 21 (1.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (1.19%)
Other ancestries: 602 (42.1%)

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