Felton, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1026620, place: Felton town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 241 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (11.62%)
Kindergarten: 14 (5.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 111 (46.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 48 (19.92%)
College or graduate school: 40 (16.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 476 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 37 (7.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 68 (14.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 155 (32.56%)
Some college, no degree: 130 (27.31%)
Associate degree: 28 (5.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 34 (7.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (5.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 571 (100%)
Never married: 147 (25.74%)
Now married, except separated: 316 (55.34%)
Separated: 4 (0.7%)
Total Widowed: 38 (6.65%)
Widowed Female: 27 (4.73%)
Total Divorced: 66 (11.56%)
Divorced Female: 43 (7.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (14.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 514 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 107 (20.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 203 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (7.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 420 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (20.24%)
----Percent employed: 52.9%
--No disability: 335 (79.76%)
----Percent employed: 86.3%
Population 65 years and over: 65 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (49.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 706 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 365 (51.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 325 (46.03%)
--Same county: 196 (27.76%)
--Different county: 129 (18.27%)
----Same state: 38 (5.38%)
----Different state: 91 (12.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (2.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 767 (100%)
Native: 756 (98.57%)
--Born in United States: 738 (100%)
----State of residence: 382 (49.8%)
----Different state: 356 (46.41%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (2.35%)
Foreign born: 11 (1.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (1.43%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 706 (100%)
English only: 676 (95.75%)
Language other than English: 30 (4.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.71%)
--Spanish: 9 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (2.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 767 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 754% (98.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (2.22%)
English: 55 (7.17%)
French (except Basque): 16 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 11 (1.43%)
German: 139 (18.12%)
Greek: 5 (0.65%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.91%)
Irish: 128 (16.69%)
Italian: 74 (9.65%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.13%)
Polish: 16 (2.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.52%)
Scottish: 20 (2.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.78%)
Swedish: 10 (1.3%)
Swiss: 5 (0.65%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.39%)
United States or American: 88 (11.47%)
Welsh: 6 (0.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 139 (18.12%)

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