Dagsboro, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1018950, place: Dagsboro town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 141 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (13.48%)
Kindergarten: 2 (1.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 44 (31.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 43 (30.5%)
College or graduate school: 33 (23.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 391 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (4.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 61 (15.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 118 (30.18%)
Some college, no degree: 93 (23.79%)
Associate degree: 28 (7.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 51 (13.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (6.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 456 (100%)
Never married: 98 (21.49%)
Now married, except separated: 248 (54.39%)
Separated: 15 (3.29%)
Total Widowed: 53 (11.62%)
Widowed Female: 44 (9.65%)
Total Divorced: 42 (9.21%)
Divorced Female: 24 (5.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 422 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 48 (11.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 93 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (4.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 344 (100%)
--With a disability: 73 (21.22%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 271 (78.78%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 66 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (57.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 503 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 318 (63.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 183 (36.38%)
--Same county: 131 (26.04%)
--Different county: 52 (10.34%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 52 (10.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 542 (100%)
Native: 533 (98.34%)
--Born in United States: 533 (100%)
----State of residence: 252 (46.49%)
----Different state: 281 (51.85%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 9 (1.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (1.29%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 4 (44.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (55.56%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 503 (100%)
English only: 470 (93.44%)
Language other than English: 33 (6.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (2.98%)
--Spanish: 23 (4.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (2.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 542 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 480% (88.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (1.11%)
English: 115 (21.22%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.37%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 87 (16.05%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.18%)
Irish: 59 (10.89%)
Italian: 24 (4.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.74%)
Polish: 11 (2.03%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 18 (3.32%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.55%)
Swedish: 4 (0.74%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 61 (11.25%)
Welsh: 6 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 79 (14.58%)

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