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Dover Delaware Social and demographic information
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Dover Delaware Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Dover city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
32,470 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
10,216 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
30,488 |
93.9 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
551 |
5.4 |
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Born in
United States |
29,791 |
91.7 |
| Kindergarten |
423 |
4.1 |
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State
of residence |
12,603 |
38.8 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
3,542 |
34.7 |
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Different state |
17,188 |
52.9 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
1,447 |
14.2 |
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Born
outside United States |
697 |
2.1 |
| College or
graduate school |
4,253 |
41.6 |
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Foreign born |
1,982 |
6.1 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
909 |
2.8 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
934 |
2.9 |
| Population
25 years and over |
19,823 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
1,048 |
3.2 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
1,082 |
5.5 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
2,220 |
11.2 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
4,740 |
23.9 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
1,982 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
4,750 |
24.0 |
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Europe |
428 |
21.6 |
| Associate
degree |
1,321 |
6.7 |
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Asia |
710 |
35.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
3,473 |
17.5 |
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Africa |
281 |
14.2 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
2,237 |
11.3 |
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Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
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Latin America |
464 |
23.4 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
83.3 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
99 |
5.0 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
28.8 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
30,269 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
25,907 |
100.0 |
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English only |
27,183 |
89.8 |
| Never married |
9,180 |
35.4 |
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Language other
than English |
3,086 |
10.2 |
| Now married,
except separated |
10,990 |
42.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,124 |
3.7 |
| Separated |
621 |
2.4 |
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Spanish |
1,377 |
4.5 |
| Widowed |
1,898 |
7.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
577 |
1.9 |
| Female |
1,576 |
6.1 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
891 |
2.9 |
| Divorced |
3,218 |
12.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
171 |
0.6 |
| Female |
2,008 |
7.8 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
603 |
2.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
357 |
1.2 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
32,470 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
690 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
33,026 |
101.7 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
332 |
48.1 |
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Arab |
111 |
0.3 |
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Czech¹ |
115 |
0.4 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
42 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
23,830 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
253 |
0.8 |
| Civilian
veterans |
4,397 |
18.5 |
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English |
2,987 |
9.2 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
777 |
2.4 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
366 |
1.1 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
4,232 |
13.0 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
7,682 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
40 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
665 |
8.7 |
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Hungarian |
104 |
0.3 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
16,983 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
3,395 |
10.5 |
| With a
disability |
3,236 |
19.1 |
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Italian |
1,831 |
5.6 |
| Percent
employed |
55.2 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
58 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
13,747 |
80.9 |
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Norwegian |
239 |
0.7 |
| Percent
employed |
77.7 |
(X) |
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Polish |
764 |
2.4 |
| Population
65 years and over |
3,739 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
46 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
1,360 |
36.4 |
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Russian |
75 |
0.2 |
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Scotch-Irish |
496 |
1.5 |
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Scottish |
474 |
1.5 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
125 |
0.4 |
| Population
5 years and over |
30,269 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
793 |
2.4 |
| Same house in
1995 |
14,725 |
48.6 |
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Swedish |
193 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
14,731 |
48.7 |
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Swiss |
38 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
8,203 |
27.1 |
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Ukrainian |
93 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
6,528 |
21.6 |
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United States
or American |
1,265 |
3.9 |
| Same state |
1,390 |
4.6 |
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Welsh |
257 |
0.8 |
| Different
state |
5,138 |
17.0 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
338 |
1.0 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
813 |
2.7 |
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Other
ancestries |
13,519 |
41.6 |
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| Date: December
30, 2004 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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