Hockessin, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1035850, place: Hockessin CDP, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,613 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 399 (11.04%)
Kindergarten: 161 (4.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,713 (47.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 786 (21.75%)
College or graduate school: 554 (15.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,742 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 112 (1.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 211 (2.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,370 (15.67%)
Some college, no degree: 1,332 (15.24%)
Associate degree: 645 (7.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,657 (30.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,415 (27.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 58%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,968 (100%)
Never married: 1,725 (17.31%)
Now married, except separated: 7,092 (71.15%)
Separated: 35 (0.35%)
Total Widowed: 590 (5.92%)
Widowed Female: 456 (4.57%)
Total Divorced: 526 (5.28%)
Divorced Female: 302 (3.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 172 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (15.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,389 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,118 (11.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,035 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (6.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,161 (100%)
--With a disability: 547 (7.64%)
----Percent employed: 65.8%
--No disability: 6,614 (92.36%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,633 (100%)
--With a disability: 572 (35.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,084 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,194 (59.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,577 (37.88%)
--Same county: 2,923 (24.19%)
--Different county: 1,654 (13.69%)
----Same state: 43 (0.36%)
----Different state: 1,611 (13.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 313 (2.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,896 (100%)
Native: 11,490 (89.1%)
--Born in United States: 11,399 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,459 (42.33%)
----Different state: 5,940 (46.06%)
--Born outside United States: 91 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 1,406 (10.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 422 (3.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 781 (6.06%)
--Not a citizen: 625 (4.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,406 (100%)
Europe: 456 (32.43%)
Asia: 697 (49.57%)
Africa: 14 (1%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 63 (4.48%)
Northern America: 176 (12.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,084 (100%)
English only: 10,599 (87.71%)
Language other than English: 1,485 (12.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 381 (3.15%)
--Spanish: 203 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 686 (5.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 188 (1.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 525 (4.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 110 (0.91%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,896 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,924% (123.48%)
Arab: 22 (0.17%)
Czech: 44 (0.34%)
Danish: 85 (0.66%)
Dutch: 340 (2.64%)
English: 2,148 (16.66%)
French (except Basque): 331 (2.57%)
French Canadian: 41 (0.32%)
German: 1,959 (15.19%)
Greek: 144 (1.12%)
Hungarian: 134 (1.04%)
Irish: 2,744 (21.28%)
Italian: 2,266 (17.57%)
Lithuanian: 93 (0.72%)
Norwegian: 78 (0.6%)
Polish: 1,049 (8.13%)
Portuguese: 90 (0.7%)
Russian: 188 (1.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 281 (2.18%)
Scottish: 393 (3.05%)
Slovak: 21 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 43 (0.33%)
Swedish: 193 (1.5%)
Swiss: 16 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 127 (0.98%)
United States or American: 447 (3.47%)
Welsh: 166 (1.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,481 (19.24%)

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