Townsend, DE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1072510, place: Townsend town, Delaware)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 92 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (2.17%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 58 (63.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 19 (20.65%)
College or graduate school: 13 (14.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 208 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (7.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 26 (12.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 106 (50.96%)
Some college, no degree: 17 (8.17%)
Associate degree: 12 (5.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (10.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (4.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 279 (100%)
Never married: 84 (30.11%)
Now married, except separated: 151 (54.12%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 20 (7.17%)
Widowed Female: 14 (5.02%)
Total Divorced: 24 (8.6%)
Divorced Female: 16 (5.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (11.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 267 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 55 (20.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 99 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (21.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 200 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (17.5%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 165 (82.5%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 46 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (30.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 345 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 223 (64.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 115 (33.33%)
--Same county: 100 (28.99%)
--Different county: 15 (4.35%)
----Same state: 10 (2.9%)
----Different state: 5 (1.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (2.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 355 (100%)
Native: 340 (95.77%)
--Born in United States: 340 (100%)
----State of residence: 225 (63.38%)
----Different state: 115 (32.39%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 15 (4.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (1.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (1.69%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (2.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (13.33%)
Africa: 2 (13.33%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (73.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 345 (100%)
English only: 330 (95.65%)
Language other than English: 15 (4.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (2.03%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 355 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 373% (105.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 8 (2.25%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 93 (26.2%)
French (except Basque): 12 (3.38%)
French Canadian: 7 (1.97%)
German: 38 (10.7%)
Greek: 2 (0.56%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.85%)
Irish: 89 (25.07%)
Italian: 16 (4.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (1.13%)
Scottish: 5 (1.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 17 (4.79%)
Welsh: 3 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 76 (21.41%)

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