Clayton, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1015440, place: Clayton town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 349 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (6.3%)
Kindergarten: 15 (4.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 214 (61.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (18.34%)
College or graduate school: 34 (9.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 838 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 59 (7.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 171 (20.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 323 (38.54%)
Some college, no degree: 149 (17.78%)
Associate degree: 37 (4.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 70 (8.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (3.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 968 (100%)
Never married: 179 (18.49%)
Now married, except separated: 527 (54.44%)
Separated: 34 (3.51%)
Total Widowed: 91 (9.4%)
Widowed Female: 76 (7.85%)
Total Divorced: 137 (14.15%)
Divorced Female: 76 (7.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (42.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 908 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 157 (17.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 313 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (11.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 695 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (19.14%)
----Percent employed: 68.4%
--No disability: 562 (80.86%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (49.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,198 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 654 (54.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 535 (44.66%)
--Same county: 307 (25.63%)
--Different county: 228 (19.03%)
----Same state: 152 (12.69%)
----Different state: 76 (6.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,279 (100%)
Native: 1,250 (97.73%)
--Born in United States: 1,239 (100%)
----State of residence: 772 (60.36%)
----Different state: 467 (36.51%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 29 (2.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (1.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (1.02%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (1.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29 (100%)
Europe: 2 (6.9%)
Asia: 8 (27.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (37.93%)
Northern America: 8 (27.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,198 (100%)
English only: 1,155 (96.41%)
Language other than English: 43 (3.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (1.67%)
--Spanish: 23 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (1.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,279 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,252% (97.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.31%)
Danish: 13 (1.02%)
Dutch: 31 (2.42%)
English: 204 (15.95%)
French (except Basque): 22 (1.72%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 211 (16.5%)
Greek: 2 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 16 (1.25%)
Irish: 193 (15.09%)
Italian: 86 (6.72%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.55%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.16%)
Polish: 50 (3.91%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (1.41%)
Scottish: 29 (2.27%)
Slovak: 6 (0.47%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.16%)
Swiss: 2 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.47%)
United States or American: 152 (11.88%)
Welsh: 16 (1.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 176 (13.76%)

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