North Star, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1052490, place: North Star CDP, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,697 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 261 (9.68%)
Kindergarten: 143 (5.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,333 (49.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 532 (19.73%)
College or graduate school: 428 (15.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,210 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 45 (0.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 88 (1.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 656 (12.59%)
Some college, no degree: 831 (15.95%)
Associate degree: 362 (6.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,732 (33.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,496 (28.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 62%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,112 (100%)
Never married: 1,071 (17.52%)
Now married, except separated: 4,624 (75.65%)
Separated: 29 (0.47%)
Total Widowed: 179 (2.93%)
Widowed Female: 132 (2.16%)
Total Divorced: 209 (3.42%)
Divorced Female: 130 (2.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 78 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,664 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 459 (8.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,277 (100%)
--With a disability: 127 (5.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,914 (100%)
--With a disability: 280 (5.7%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
--No disability: 4,634 (94.3%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 459 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (34.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,659 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,288 (69.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,205 (28.79%)
--Same county: 1,504 (19.64%)
--Different county: 701 (9.15%)
----Same state: 8 (0.1%)
----Different state: 693 (9.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 166 (2.17%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,277 (100%)
Native: 7,414 (89.57%)
--Born in United States: 7,344 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,543 (42.81%)
----Different state: 3,801 (45.92%)
--Born outside United States: 70 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 863 (10.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 286 (3.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 557 (6.73%)
--Not a citizen: 306 (3.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 863 (100%)
Europe: 165 (19.12%)
Asia: 520 (60.25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 125 (14.48%)
Northern America: 53 (6.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,659 (100%)
English only: 6,787 (88.61%)
Language other than English: 872 (11.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 277 (3.62%)
--Spanish: 87 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 352 (4.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 411 (5.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 198 (2.59%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,277 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,213% (123.39%)
Arab: 20 (0.24%)
Czech: 51 (0.62%)
Danish: 10 (0.12%)
Dutch: 25 (0.3%)
English: 1,285 (15.52%)
French (except Basque): 254 (3.07%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.25%)
German: 1,659 (20.04%)
Greek: 111 (1.34%)
Hungarian: 119 (1.44%)
Irish: 1,813 (21.9%)
Italian: 1,319 (15.94%)
Lithuanian: 51 (0.62%)
Norwegian: 58 (0.7%)
Polish: 663 (8.01%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.23%)
Russian: 112 (1.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 108 (1.3%)
Scottish: 214 (2.59%)
Slovak: 66 (0.8%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 160 (1.93%)
Swiss: 96 (1.16%)
Ukrainian: 96 (1.16%)
United States or American: 379 (4.58%)
Welsh: 118 (1.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 23 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 1,363 (16.47%)

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