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Bear, Delaware QuickFacts

	Bear, Delaware	United States
Total population	17,593	281,421,906
State	Delaware
City	bear

Bear, Delaware Population

	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
Male	8,581	48.78%	49.06%
Female	9,012	51.22%	50.94%
Median age (years)	30.4		35.3

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	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
18 years and over	11,792	67.03%	74.31%
21 years and over	11,106	63.13%	69.97%
62 years and over	930	5.29%	14.66%
65 years and over	724	4.12%	12.43%

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	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
White	11,772	66.91%	75.14%
Black or African American	4,714	26.79%	12.32%
Asian	357	2.03%	3.64%
Some other race	355	2.02%	5.46%
Two or more races	395	2.25%	2.43%

Bear, Delaware Housing

	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
Total households	6,027		105,480,101
Family households (families)	4,545	75.41%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,482	24.59%	31.94%

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	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
Total housing units	6,240		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	238	3.81%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	6,027	96.59%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	4,887	78.32%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,140	18.27%	30.77%

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	Bear, Delaware	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	79	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	696	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,568	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	708	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	152	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	15	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	0	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	128,700	119,600

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	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	1,118	18.55%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	2,267	37.61%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	1,463	24.27%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	801	13.29%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	249	4.13%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	95	1.58%	9.65%

Bear, Delaware Education

	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,492		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	573	10.43%	6.47%
Kindergarten	267	4.86%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,645	48.16%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	1,115	20.3%	21.38%
College or graduate school	892	16.24%	22.81%

Bear, Delaware Economy

	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
Population 16 years and over	12,129		217,168,077
In labor force	9,219	76.01%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	9,199	75.84%	63.39%
- - Employed	8,721	71.9%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	478	3.94%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	20	0.16%	0.53%
Not in labor force	2,910	23.99%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	6,256	51.58%	51.66%
In labor force	4,523	37.29%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	4,512	37.2%	29.65%
- - Employed	4,317	35.59%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,912	15.76%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,375		12,787,501

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	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	5,971		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	229	3.84%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	214	3.58%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	578	9.68%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	706	11.82%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	999	16.73%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,598	26.76%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	872	14.6%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	631	10.57%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	86	1.44%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	58	0.97%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	53,240		41,994

	Bear, Delaware	%, Bear, Delaware	United States
With earnings	5,475	45.14%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	60,872		56,604
With Social Security income	844	6.96%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,967		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	159	1.31%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,674		6,320
With public assistance income	126	1.04%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,629		3,032
With retirement income	682	5.62%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	13,497		17,376

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