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Language Spoken At Home in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 343,414 | 100% |
English only | 319,233 | 93.0% |
Language other than English | 24,181 | 7.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 10,325 | 3.0% |
Spanish | 16,991 | 4.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 8,754 | 2.5% |
Other Indo-European languages | 4,822 | 1.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 868 | 0.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1,911 | 0.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 622 | 0.2% |
Other languages | 457 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 81 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 363,648 | 100% |
American | 58,610 | 16.1% |
Arab | 809 | 0.2% |
Czech | 823 | 0.2% |
Danish | 712 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 4,012 | 1.1% |
English | 45,966 | 12.6% |
French (except Basque) | 9,986 | 2.7% |
French Canadian | 1,676 | 0.5% |
German | 46,698 | 12.8% |
Greek | 1,501 | 0.4% |
Hungarian | 1,421 | 0.4% |
Irish | 44,035 | 12.1% |
Italian | 18,114 | 5.0% |
Lithuanian | 861 | 0.2% |
Norwegian | 2,488 | 0.7% |
Polish | 7,645 | 2.1% |
Portuguese | 592 | 0.2% |
Russian | 1,887 | 0.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 14,412 | 4.0% |
Scottish | 12,294 | 3.4% |
Slovak | 868 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 892 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 2,976 | 0.8% |
Swiss | 605 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 620 | 0.2% |
Welsh | 2,712 | 0.7% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 724 | 0.2% |
Households By Type in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 152,581 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 97,556 | 63.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 37,428 | 24.5% |
Married-couple family | 74,580 | 48.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 24,546 | 16.1% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 6,236 | 4.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 3,373 | 2.2% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 16,740 | 11.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 9,509 | 6.2% |
Nonfamily households | 55,025 | 36.1% |
Householder living alone | 43,572 | 28.6% |
65 years and over | 15,004 | 9.8% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 41,613 | 27.3% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 41,977 | 27.5% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 356,279 | 100% |
Householder | 152,581 | 42.8% |
Spouse | 74,663 | 21.0% |
Child | 89,792 | 25.2% |
Other relatives | 16,411 | 4.6% |
Nonrelatives | 22,832 | 6.4% |
Unmarried partner | 8,548 | 2.4% |
Marital Status in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 146,442 | 100% |
Never married | 45,441 | 31.0% |
Now married, except separated | 78,707 | 53.7% |
Separated | 3,963 | 2.7% |
Widowed | 3,825 | 2.6% |
Divorced | 14,506 | 9.9% |
Females 15 years and over | 157,106 | 100% |
Never married | 38,984 | 24.8% |
Now married, except separated | 79,013 | 50.3% |
Separated | 4,310 | 2.7% |
Widowed | 15,384 | 9.8% |
Divorced | 19,415 | 12.4% |
Fertility in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 4,713 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 1,585 | 33.6% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 35 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 55 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 31 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 97 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 23 | 0% |
Grandparents in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 6,033 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 3,468 | 57.5% |
Less than 1 year | 813 | 13.5% |
1 or 2 years | 967 | 16.0% |
3 or 4 years | 522 | 8.7% |
5 or more years | 1,166 | 19.3% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 3,468 | 100% |
Who are female | 2,180 | 62.9% |
Who are married | 2,448 | 70.6% |
School Enrollment in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 87,331 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 5,648 | 6.5% |
Kindergarten | 3,923 | 4.5% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 31,974 | 36.6% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 16,743 | 19.2% |
College or graduate school | 29,043 | 33.3% |
Educational Attainment in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 254,369 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 9,559 | 3.8% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 20,218 | 7.9% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 64,805 | 25.5% |
Some college, no degree | 57,966 | 22.8% |
Associate's degree | 24,567 | 9.7% |
Bachelor's degree | 51,758 | 20.3% |
Graduate or professional degree | 25,496 | 10.0% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 88.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 30.4% |
Veteran Status in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 290,079 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 35,733 | 12.3% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 359,058 | 100% |
With a disability | 49,448 | 13.8% |
Under 18 years | 72,292 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,315 | 4.6% |
18 to 64 years | 228,109 | 100% |
With a disability | 26,066 | 11.4% |
65 years and over | 58,657 | 100% |
With a disability | 20,067 | 34.2% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 359,426 | 100% |
Same house | 297,799 | 82.9% |
Different house in the U.S. | 60,368 | 16.8% |
Same county | 31,826 | 8.9% |
Different county | 28,542 | 7.9% |
Same state | 17,236 | 4.8% |
Different state | 11,306 | 3.1% |
Abroad | 1,259 | 0.4% |
Place Of Birth in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 363,648 | 100% |
Native | 346,024 | 95.2% |
Born in United States | 342,428 | 94.2% |
State of residence | 186,616 | 51.3% |
Different state | 155,812 | 42.8% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 3,596 | 1.0% |
Foreign born | 17,624 | 4.8% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 17,624 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 6,262 | 35.5% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 11,362 | 64.5% |
Year of Entry in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 21,220 | 100% |
Native | 3,596 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 10 | 0.3% |
Entered before 2010 | 3,586 | 99.7% |
Foreign born | 17,624 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 433 | 2.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 17,191 | 97.5% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Wilmington
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 17,624 | 100% |
Europe | 3,558 | 20.2% |
Asia | 2,558 | 14.5% |
Africa | 367 | 2.1% |
Oceania | 216 | 1.2% |
Latin America | 10,289 | 58.4% |
Northern America | 636 | 3.6% |