Kenton, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1039100, place: Kenton town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 65 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 2 (3.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 37 (56.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (36.92%)
College or graduate school: 2 (3.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 151 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (10.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 42 (27.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 47 (31.13%)
Some college, no degree: 23 (15.23%)
Associate degree: 9 (5.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 12 (7.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (1.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 176 (100%)
Never married: 35 (19.89%)
Now married, except separated: 100 (56.82%)
Separated: 9 (5.11%)
Total Widowed: 12 (6.82%)
Widowed Female: 12 (6.82%)
Total Divorced: 20 (11.36%)
Divorced Female: 13 (7.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 160 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12 (7.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 67 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (2.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 132 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (31.06%)
----Percent employed: 56.1%
--No disability: 91 (68.94%)
----Percent employed: 85.7%
Population 65 years and over: 22 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (45.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 221 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 100 (45.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 119 (53.85%)
--Same county: 94 (42.53%)
--Different county: 25 (11.31%)
----Same state: 7 (3.17%)
----Different state: 18 (8.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.9%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 230 (100%)
Native: 222 (96.52%)
--Born in United States: 219 (100%)
----State of residence: 129 (56.09%)
----Different state: 90 (39.13%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (1.3%)
Foreign born: 8 (3.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (1.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (1.3%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (2.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 4 (50%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 221 (100%)
English only: 207 (93.67%)
Language other than English: 14 (6.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (4.52%)
--Spanish: 10 (4.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (3.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.9%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 230 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 212% (92.17%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (4.78%)
English: 25 (10.87%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.87%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 29 (12.61%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 42 (18.26%)
Italian: 35 (15.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (1.3%)
Scottish: 3 (1.3%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.87%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.87%)
United States or American: 19 (8.26%)
Welsh: 6 (2.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 33 (14.35%)

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