Odessa, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1054050, place: Odessa town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 65 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (6.15%)
Kindergarten: 4 (6.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 29 (44.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 10 (15.38%)
College or graduate school: 18 (27.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 269 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12 (4.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22 (8.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 77 (28.62%)
Some college, no degree: 54 (20.07%)
Associate degree: 15 (5.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 49 (18.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 40 (14.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 291 (100%)
Never married: 63 (21.65%)
Now married, except separated: 156 (53.61%)
Separated: 7 (2.41%)
Total Widowed: 37 (12.71%)
Widowed Female: 31 (10.65%)
Total Divorced: 28 (9.62%)
Divorced Female: 16 (5.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 288 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 54 (18.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 42 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (7.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 196 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (16.33%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
--No disability: 164 (83.67%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 84 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (51.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 322 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 223 (69.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 94 (29.19%)
--Same county: 79 (24.53%)
--Different county: 15 (4.66%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 15 (4.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (1.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 345 (100%)
Native: 336 (97.39%)
--Born in United States: 334 (100%)
----State of residence: 191 (55.36%)
----Different state: 143 (41.45%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 9 (2.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (2.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (1.16%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (1.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 3 (33.33%)
Asia: 2 (22.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (22.22%)
Latin America: 2 (22.22%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 322 (100%)
English only: 306 (95.03%)
Language other than English: 16 (4.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (2.48%)
--Spanish: 4 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 345 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 466% (135.07%)
Arab: 2 (0.58%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (4.06%)
English: 94 (27.25%)
French (except Basque): 10 (2.9%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 84 (24.35%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.58%)
Irish: 108 (31.3%)
Italian: 36 (10.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (1.16%)
Polish: 21 (6.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (2.32%)
Scottish: 6 (1.74%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.87%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.58%)
United States or American: 2 (0.58%)
Welsh: 9 (2.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 61 (17.68%)

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