Newport, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1051190, place: Newport town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 275 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (8.36%)
Kindergarten: 11 (4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 113 (41.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 72 (26.18%)
College or graduate school: 56 (20.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 690 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 29 (4.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 88 (12.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 253 (36.67%)
Some college, no degree: 163 (23.62%)
Associate degree: 55 (7.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 73 (10.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (4.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 872 (100%)
Never married: 315 (36.12%)
Now married, except separated: 347 (39.79%)
Separated: 43 (4.93%)
Total Widowed: 56 (6.42%)
Widowed Female: 42 (4.82%)
Total Divorced: 111 (12.73%)
Divorced Female: 61 (7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 809 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 118 (14.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 268 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (12.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 660 (100%)
--With a disability: 138 (20.91%)
----Percent employed: 60.9%
--No disability: 522 (79.09%)
----Percent employed: 89.3%
Population 65 years and over: 90 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (35.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,018 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 476 (46.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 501 (49.21%)
--Same county: 329 (32.32%)
--Different county: 172 (16.9%)
----Same state: 7 (0.69%)
----Different state: 165 (16.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (4.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,118 (100%)
Native: 1,033 (92.4%)
--Born in United States: 1,012 (100%)
----State of residence: 691 (61.81%)
----Different state: 321 (28.71%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (1.88%)
Foreign born: 85 (7.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 61 (5.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 23 (2.06%)
--Not a citizen: 62 (5.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 85 (100%)
Europe: 12 (14.12%)
Asia: 14 (16.47%)
Africa: 3 (3.53%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 51 (60%)
Northern America: 5 (5.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,018 (100%)
English only: 881 (86.54%)
Language other than English: 137 (13.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (8.25%)
--Spanish: 96 (9.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (6.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (3.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.79%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,118 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,156% (103.4%)
Arab: 2 (0.18%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 94 (8.41%)
French (except Basque): 23 (2.06%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.89%)
German: 143 (12.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.18%)
Irish: 250 (22.36%)
Italian: 140 (12.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 109 (9.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (2.59%)
Scottish: 19 (1.7%)
Slovak: 5 (0.45%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.18%)
Swedish: 7 (0.63%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.63%)
United States or American: 50 (4.47%)
Welsh: 15 (1.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (1.07%)
Other ancestries: 230 (20.57%)

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