Laurel, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1041310, place: Laurel town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,049 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 107 (10.2%)
Kindergarten: 26 (2.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 505 (48.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 261 (24.88%)
College or graduate school: 150 (14.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,098 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 187 (8.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 689 (32.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 552 (26.31%)
Some college, no degree: 415 (19.78%)
Associate degree: 76 (3.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 139 (6.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 40 (1.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,727 (100%)
Never married: 1,013 (37.15%)
Now married, except separated: 1,095 (40.15%)
Separated: 89 (3.26%)
Total Widowed: 269 (9.86%)
Widowed Female: 211 (7.74%)
Total Divorced: 261 (9.57%)
Divorced Female: 158 (5.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 97 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (27.84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,493 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 298 (11.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,071 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (11.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,748 (100%)
--With a disability: 505 (28.89%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
--No disability: 1,243 (71.11%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 511 (100%)
--With a disability: 256 (50.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,357 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,762 (52.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,496 (44.56%)
--Same county: 1,052 (31.34%)
--Different county: 444 (13.23%)
----Same state: 20 (0.6%)
----Different state: 424 (12.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 99 (2.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,786 (100%)
Native: 3,602 (95.14%)
--Born in United States: 3,532 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,149 (56.76%)
----Different state: 1,383 (36.53%)
--Born outside United States: 70 (1.85%)
Foreign born: 184 (4.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 122 (3.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 60 (1.58%)
--Not a citizen: 124 (3.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 184 (100%)
Europe: 12 (6.52%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 172 (93.48%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,357 (100%)
English only: 3,002 (89.43%)
Language other than English: 355 (10.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (3.57%)
--Spanish: 196 (5.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (1.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 159 (4.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,786 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,792% (100.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 36 (0.95%)
Dutch: 55 (1.45%)
English: 532 (14.05%)
French (except Basque): 29 (0.77%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.48%)
German: 294 (7.77%)
Greek: 17 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 446 (11.78%)
Italian: 92 (2.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 53 (1.4%)
Scottish: 53 (1.4%)
Slovak: 7 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.18%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.45%)
United States or American: 451 (11.91%)
Welsh: 64 (1.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 70 (1.85%)
Other ancestries: 1,545 (40.81%)

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