Harrington, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1033120, place: Harrington city, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 883 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (7.02%)
Kindergarten: 48 (5.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 469 (53.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 216 (24.46%)
College or graduate school: 88 (9.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,882 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 129 (6.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 346 (18.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 777 (41.29%)
Some college, no degree: 379 (20.14%)
Associate degree: 104 (5.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 103 (5.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 44 (2.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,312 (100%)
Never married: 568 (24.57%)
Now married, except separated: 1,197 (51.77%)
Separated: 63 (2.72%)
Total Widowed: 183 (7.92%)
Widowed Female: 160 (6.92%)
Total Divorced: 301 (13.02%)
Divorced Female: 195 (8.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 75 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (37.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,191 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 393 (17.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 837 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (8.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,629 (100%)
--With a disability: 352 (21.61%)
----Percent employed: 51.1%
--No disability: 1,277 (78.39%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 428 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (41.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,894 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,414 (48.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,464 (50.59%)
--Same county: 873 (30.17%)
--Different county: 591 (20.42%)
----Same state: 234 (8.09%)
----Different state: 357 (12.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (0.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,169 (100%)
Native: 3,099 (97.79%)
--Born in United States: 3,061 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,830 (57.75%)
----Different state: 1,231 (38.85%)
--Born outside United States: 38 (1.2%)
Foreign born: 70 (2.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (1.23%)
--Not a citizen: 31 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 21 (30%)
Asia: 17 (24.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (38.57%)
Northern America: 5 (7.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,894 (100%)
English only: 2,761 (95.4%)
Language other than English: 133 (4.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (1.76%)
--Spanish: 47 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 72 (2.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,169 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,263% (102.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.06%)
Danish: 5 (0.16%)
Dutch: 90 (2.84%)
English: 446 (14.07%)
French (except Basque): 45 (1.42%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.35%)
German: 349 (11.01%)
Greek: 1 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.22%)
Irish: 477 (15.05%)
Italian: 135 (4.26%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.88%)
Polish: 71 (2.24%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.54%)
Russian: 26 (0.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 68 (2.15%)
Scottish: 58 (1.83%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 45 (1.42%)
Swiss: 8 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 305 (9.62%)
Welsh: 17 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.41%)
Other ancestries: 1,034 (32.63%)

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