Brookside, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1009850, place: Brookside CDP, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,933 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 308 (7.83%)
Kindergarten: 299 (7.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,708 (43.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 767 (19.5%)
College or graduate school: 851 (21.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,408 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 355 (3.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,277 (13.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,409 (36.24%)
Some college, no degree: 2,160 (22.96%)
Associate degree: 588 (6.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,216 (12.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 403 (4.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,517 (100%)
Never married: 3,481 (30.22%)
Now married, except separated: 5,789 (50.26%)
Separated: 306 (2.66%)
Total Widowed: 720 (6.25%)
Widowed Female: 577 (5.01%)
Total Divorced: 1,221 (10.6%)
Divorced Female: 760 (6.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 426 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 222 (52.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,936 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,542 (14.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,390 (100%)
--With a disability: 371 (10.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,821 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,776 (20.13%)
----Percent employed: 67.6%
--No disability: 7,045 (79.87%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,396 (100%)
--With a disability: 585 (41.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,713 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,133 (59.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,150 (37.56%)
--Same county: 3,669 (26.76%)
--Different county: 1,481 (10.8%)
----Same state: 135 (0.98%)
----Different state: 1,346 (9.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 430 (3.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,817 (100%)
Native: 13,789 (93.06%)
--Born in United States: 13,560 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,001 (47.25%)
----Different state: 6,559 (44.27%)
--Born outside United States: 229 (1.55%)
Foreign born: 1,028 (6.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 584 (3.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 291 (1.96%)
--Not a citizen: 737 (4.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,028 (100%)
Europe: 133 (12.94%)
Asia: 402 (39.11%)
Africa: 59 (5.74%)
Oceania: 9 (0.88%)
Latin America: 412 (40.08%)
Northern America: 13 (1.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,713 (100%)
English only: 12,316 (89.81%)
Language other than English: 1,397 (10.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 771 (5.62%)
--Spanish: 702 (5.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 389 (2.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 289 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (1.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 270 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 185 (1.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,817 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,054% (108.35%)
Arab: 111 (0.75%)
Czech: 24 (0.16%)
Danish: 29 (0.2%)
Dutch: 260 (1.75%)
English: 1,596 (10.77%)
French (except Basque): 375 (2.53%)
French Canadian: 54 (0.36%)
German: 2,082 (14.05%)
Greek: 83 (0.56%)
Hungarian: 45 (0.3%)
Irish: 2,685 (18.12%)
Italian: 1,431 (9.66%)
Lithuanian: 89 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 70 (0.47%)
Polish: 871 (5.88%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 58 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 387 (2.61%)
Scottish: 356 (2.4%)
Slovak: 18 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 167 (1.13%)
Swedish: 156 (1.05%)
Swiss: 26 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 90 (0.61%)
United States or American: 804 (5.43%)
Welsh: 119 (0.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 48 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 4,020 (27.13%)

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