Ocean View, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1053920, place: Ocean View town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 191 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (6.28%)
Kindergarten: 13 (6.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 71 (37.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 49 (25.65%)
College or graduate school: 46 (24.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 788 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (2.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 77 (9.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 244 (30.96%)
Some college, no degree: 185 (23.48%)
Associate degree: 54 (6.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 131 (16.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 80 (10.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 876 (100%)
Never married: 125 (14.27%)
Now married, except separated: 614 (70.09%)
Separated: 10 (1.14%)
Total Widowed: 56 (6.39%)
Widowed Female: 48 (5.48%)
Total Divorced: 71 (8.11%)
Divorced Female: 48 (5.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (64.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 856 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 167 (19.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 148 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (7.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 568 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (17.61%)
----Percent employed: 60%
--No disability: 468 (82.39%)
----Percent employed: 67.7%
Population 65 years and over: 260 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (29.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 976 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 490 (50.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 481 (49.28%)
--Same county: 166 (17.01%)
--Different county: 315 (32.27%)
----Same state: 27 (2.77%)
----Different state: 288 (29.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,036 (100%)
Native: 1,015 (97.97%)
--Born in United States: 1,013 (100%)
----State of residence: 299 (28.86%)
----Different state: 714 (68.92%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 21 (2.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (1.83%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 10 (47.62%)
Asia: 8 (38.1%)
Africa: 2 (9.52%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (4.76%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 976 (100%)
English only: 936 (95.9%)
Language other than English: 40 (4.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.41%)
--Spanish: 16 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,036 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,118% (107.92%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.29%)
Danish: 4 (0.39%)
Dutch: 30 (2.9%)
English: 215 (20.75%)
French (except Basque): 43 (4.15%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.1%)
German: 179 (17.28%)
Greek: 6 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.48%)
Irish: 268 (25.87%)
Italian: 86 (8.3%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.39%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.39%)
Polish: 44 (4.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.77%)
Scottish: 36 (3.47%)
Slovak: 6 (0.58%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.58%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.39%)
United States or American: 74 (7.14%)
Welsh: 25 (2.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 63 (6.08%)

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