Milton, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1048330, place: Milton town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 339 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (9.73%)
Kindergarten: 33 (9.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 151 (44.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 79 (23.3%)
College or graduate school: 43 (12.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,133 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 101 (8.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 225 (19.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 339 (29.92%)
Some college, no degree: 200 (17.65%)
Associate degree: 59 (5.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 129 (11.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 80 (7.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,338 (100%)
Never married: 368 (27.5%)
Now married, except separated: 619 (46.26%)
Separated: 21 (1.57%)
Total Widowed: 164 (12.26%)
Widowed Female: 122 (9.12%)
Total Divorced: 166 (12.41%)
Divorced Female: 111 (8.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (31.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,283 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 180 (14.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 299 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (3.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 958 (100%)
--With a disability: 198 (20.67%)
----Percent employed: 37.9%
--No disability: 760 (79.33%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 265 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (47.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,526 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 854 (55.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 659 (43.18%)
--Same county: 430 (28.18%)
--Different county: 229 (15.01%)
----Same state: 49 (3.21%)
----Different state: 180 (11.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,669 (100%)
Native: 1,546 (92.63%)
--Born in United States: 1,510 (100%)
----State of residence: 880 (52.73%)
----Different state: 630 (37.75%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (2.16%)
Foreign born: 123 (7.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 58 (3.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (1.68%)
--Not a citizen: 95 (5.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 123 (100%)
Europe: 8 (6.5%)
Asia: 12 (9.76%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (1.63%)
Latin America: 99 (80.49%)
Northern America: 2 (1.63%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,526 (100%)
English only: 1,340 (87.81%)
Language other than English: 186 (12.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (5.9%)
--Spanish: 152 (9.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (4.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.72%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,669 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,540% (92.27%)
Arab: 3 (0.18%)
Czech: 7 (0.42%)
Danish: 9 (0.54%)
Dutch: 16 (0.96%)
English: 181 (10.84%)
French (except Basque): 29 (1.74%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 194 (11.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.66%)
Irish: 170 (10.19%)
Italian: 69 (4.13%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.42%)
Polish: 59 (3.54%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (1.2%)
Scottish: 37 (2.22%)
Slovak: 5 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (1.32%)
Swedish: 19 (1.14%)
Swiss: 4 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 153 (9.17%)
Welsh: 6 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.66%)
Other ancestries: 498 (29.84%)

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