Houston, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1036760, place: Houston town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 114 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (12.28%)
Kindergarten: 8 (7.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 61 (53.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 26 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 5 (4.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 283 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20 (7.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 53 (18.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 122 (43.11%)
Some college, no degree: 50 (17.67%)
Associate degree: 18 (6.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (3.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (3.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 316 (100%)
Never married: 80 (25.32%)
Now married, except separated: 194 (61.39%)
Separated: 4 (1.27%)
Total Widowed: 21 (6.65%)
Widowed Female: 18 (5.7%)
Total Divorced: 17 (5.38%)
Divorced Female: 15 (4.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (70%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 296 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 42 (14.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 108 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (5.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 219 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (10.5%)
----Percent employed: 56.5%
--No disability: 196 (89.5%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 63 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (38.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 394 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 257 (65.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 127 (32.23%)
--Same county: 78 (19.8%)
--Different county: 49 (12.44%)
----Same state: 38 (9.64%)
----Different state: 11 (2.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (2.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 428 (100%)
Native: 413 (96.5%)
--Born in United States: 399 (100%)
----State of residence: 263 (61.45%)
----Different state: 136 (31.78%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (3.27%)
Foreign born: 15 (3.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (1.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (1.17%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (2.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 2 (13.33%)
Asia: 3 (20%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 394 (100%)
English only: 370 (93.91%)
Language other than English: 24 (6.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (4.82%)
--Spanish: 24 (6.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (4.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 428 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 354% (82.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (1.17%)
English: 40 (9.35%)
French (except Basque): 27 (6.31%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 47 (10.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 11 (2.57%)
Irish: 54 (12.62%)
Italian: 26 (6.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 16 (3.74%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (1.64%)
Scottish: 4 (0.93%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (1.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 20 (4.67%)
Welsh: 4 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.93%)
Other ancestries: 82 (19.16%)

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