New Castle, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1050800, place: New Castle city, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,155 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 60 (5.19%)
Kindergarten: 51 (4.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 534 (46.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 302 (26.15%)
College or graduate school: 208 (18.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,400 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 165 (4.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 428 (12.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,156 (34%)
Some college, no degree: 620 (18.24%)
Associate degree: 135 (3.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 565 (16.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 331 (9.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,044 (100%)
Never married: 1,213 (30%)
Now married, except separated: 2,135 (52.79%)
Separated: 44 (1.09%)
Total Widowed: 298 (7.37%)
Widowed Female: 239 (5.91%)
Total Divorced: 354 (8.75%)
Divorced Female: 263 (6.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 132 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (39.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,837 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 566 (14.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,013 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (8.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,999 (100%)
--With a disability: 532 (17.74%)
----Percent employed: 66%
--No disability: 2,467 (82.26%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 656 (100%)
--With a disability: 242 (36.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,668 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,900 (62.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,742 (37.32%)
--Same county: 1,336 (28.62%)
--Different county: 406 (8.7%)
----Same state: 22 (0.47%)
----Different state: 384 (8.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (0.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,972 (100%)
Native: 4,945 (99.46%)
--Born in United States: 4,917 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,204 (64.44%)
----Different state: 1,713 (34.45%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 27 (0.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (0.48%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 9 (33.33%)
Asia: 12 (44.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (22.22%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,668 (100%)
English only: 4,423 (94.75%)
Language other than English: 245 (5.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (1.84%)
--Spanish: 113 (2.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 120 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,972 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,553% (111.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.18%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 120 (2.41%)
English: 671 (13.5%)
French (except Basque): 86 (1.73%)
French Canadian: 34 (0.68%)
German: 688 (13.84%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.24%)
Irish: 1,242 (24.98%)
Italian: 608 (12.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.26%)
Polish: 308 (6.19%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.14%)
Russian: 6 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 127 (2.55%)
Scottish: 66 (1.33%)
Slovak: 14 (0.28%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.2%)
Swedish: 43 (0.86%)
Swiss: 7 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 46 (0.93%)
United States or American: 252 (5.07%)
Welsh: 30 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,154 (23.21%)

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