Ellendale, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1024020, place: Ellendale town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 68 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 3 (4.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 30 (44.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23 (33.82%)
College or graduate school: 12 (17.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 214 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (7.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 49 (22.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 80 (37.38%)
Some college, no degree: 39 (18.22%)
Associate degree: 6 (2.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 20 (9.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3 (1.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 254 (100%)
Never married: 70 (27.56%)
Now married, except separated: 136 (53.54%)
Separated: 6 (2.36%)
Total Widowed: 23 (9.06%)
Widowed Female: 14 (5.51%)
Total Divorced: 19 (7.48%)
Divorced Female: 14 (5.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 245 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 43 (17.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 64 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (3.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 178 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (19.66%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 143 (80.34%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 54 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (40.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 296 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 207 (69.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 89 (30.07%)
--Same county: 63 (21.28%)
--Different county: 26 (8.78%)
----Same state: 14 (4.73%)
----Different state: 12 (4.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 307 (100%)
Native: 307 (100%)
--Born in United States: 307 (100%)
----State of residence: 223 (72.64%)
----Different state: 84 (27.36%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 296 (100%)
English only: 289 (97.64%)
Language other than English: 7 (2.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.35%)
--Spanish: 4 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (1.01%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 307 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 294% (95.77%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 18 (5.86%)
French (except Basque): 6 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 40 (13.03%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 32 (10.42%)
Italian: 17 (5.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 8 (2.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (2.28%)
Swedish: 6 (1.95%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 55 (17.92%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 105 (34.2%)

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