General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1021200, place: Dover city, Delaware)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,216 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 551 (5.39%)
Kindergarten: 423 (4.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,542 (34.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,447 (14.16%)
College or graduate school: 4,253 (41.63%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 19,823 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,082 (5.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,220 (11.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,740 (23.91%)
Some college, no degree: 4,750 (23.96%)
Associate degree: 1,321 (6.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,473 (17.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,237 (11.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 25,907 (100%)
Never married: 9,180 (35.43%)
Now married, except separated: 10,990 (42.42%)
Separated: 621 (2.4%)
Total Widowed: 1,898 (7.33%)
Widowed Female: 1,576 (6.08%)
Total Divorced: 3,218 (12.42%)
Divorced Female: 2,008 (7.75%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 690 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 332 (48.12%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 23,830 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,397 (18.45%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 7,682 (100%)
--With a disability: 665 (8.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,983 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,236 (19.05%)
----Percent employed: 55.2%
--No disability: 13,747 (80.95%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,739 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,360 (36.37%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 30,269 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,725 (48.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,731 (48.67%)
--Same county: 8,203 (27.1%)
--Different county: 6,528 (21.57%)
----Same state: 1,390 (4.59%)
----Different state: 5,138 (16.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 813 (2.69%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 32,470 (100%)
Native: 30,488 (93.9%)
--Born in United States: 29,791 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,603 (38.81%)
----Different state: 17,188 (52.94%)
--Born outside United States: 697 (2.15%)
Foreign born: 1,982 (6.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 909 (2.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 934 (2.88%)
--Not a citizen: 1,048 (3.23%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 1,982 (100%)
Europe: 428 (21.59%)
Asia: 710 (35.82%)
Africa: 281 (14.18%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 464 (23.41%)
Northern America: 99 (4.99%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 30,269 (100%)
English only: 27,183 (89.8%)
Language other than English: 3,086 (10.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,124 (3.71%)
--Spanish: 1,377 (4.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 577 (1.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 891 (2.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 171 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 603 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 357 (1.18%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 32,470 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 33,026% (101.71%)
Arab: 111 (0.34%)
Czech: 115 (0.35%)
Danish: 42 (0.13%)
Dutch: 253 (0.78%)
English: 2,987 (9.2%)
French (except Basque): 777 (2.39%)
French Canadian: 366 (1.13%)
German: 4,232 (13.03%)
Greek: 40 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 104 (0.32%)
Irish: 3,395 (10.46%)
Italian: 1,831 (5.64%)
Lithuanian: 58 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 239 (0.74%)
Polish: 764 (2.35%)
Portuguese: 46 (0.14%)
Russian: 75 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 496 (1.53%)
Scottish: 474 (1.46%)
Slovak: 125 (0.38%)
Subsaharan African: 793 (2.44%)
Swedish: 193 (0.59%)
Swiss: 38 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 93 (0.29%)
United States or American: 1,265 (3.9%)
Welsh: 257 (0.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 338 (1.04%)
Other ancestries: 13,519 (41.64%)
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