Dewey Beach, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1020900, place: Dewey Beach town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 22 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (18.18%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3 (13.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4 (18.18%)
College or graduate school: 11 (50%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 248 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (2.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 0 (0%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 48 (19.35%)
Some college, no degree: 47 (18.95%)
Associate degree: 29 (11.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 66 (26.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 53 (21.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 48%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 258 (100%)
Never married: 47 (18.22%)
Now married, except separated: 159 (61.63%)
Separated: 7 (2.71%)
Total Widowed: 22 (8.53%)
Widowed Female: 20 (7.75%)
Total Divorced: 23 (8.91%)
Divorced Female: 10 (3.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 254 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 54 (21.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 185 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (19.46%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 149 (80.54%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 69 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (14.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 264 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 117 (44.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 144 (54.55%)
--Same county: 37 (14.02%)
--Different county: 107 (40.53%)
----Same state: 23 (8.71%)
----Different state: 84 (31.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (1.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 270 (100%)
Native: 257 (95.19%)
--Born in United States: 257 (100%)
----State of residence: 70 (25.93%)
----Different state: 187 (69.26%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 13 (4.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (3.7%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (1.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 6 (46.15%)
Asia: 5 (38.46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (15.38%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 264 (100%)
English only: 244 (92.42%)
Language other than English: 20 (7.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (2.65%)
--Spanish: 8 (3.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (1.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 270 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 317% (117.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.74%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (1.11%)
English: 68 (25.19%)
French (except Basque): 8 (2.96%)
French Canadian: 5 (1.85%)
German: 68 (25.19%)
Greek: 2 (0.74%)
Hungarian: 3 (1.11%)
Irish: 64 (23.7%)
Italian: 14 (5.19%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 7 (2.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.74%)
Scottish: 7 (2.59%)
Slovak: 5 (1.85%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.74%)
Swiss: 2 (0.74%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 11 (4.07%)
Welsh: 3 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 41 (15.19%)

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