Aberdeen, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2400125, place: Aberdeen city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,413 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 214 (6.27%)
Kindergarten: 195 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,531 (44.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 860 (25.2%)
College or graduate school: 613 (17.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,932 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 652 (7.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,325 (14.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,984 (33.41%)
Some college, no degree: 2,111 (23.63%)
Associate degree: 469 (5.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 812 (9.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 579 (6.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,724 (100%)
Never married: 2,953 (27.54%)
Now married, except separated: 5,388 (50.24%)
Separated: 370 (3.45%)
Total Widowed: 891 (8.31%)
Widowed Female: 724 (6.75%)
Total Divorced: 1,122 (10.46%)
Divorced Female: 675 (6.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 384 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 129 (33.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,002 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,163 (21.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,049 (100%)
--With a disability: 261 (8.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,767 (22.77%)
----Percent employed: 53.1%
--No disability: 5,994 (77.23%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,760 (100%)
--With a disability: 770 (43.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,676 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,073 (55.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,262 (41.51%)
--Same county: 3,361 (26.51%)
--Different county: 1,901 (15%)
----Same state: 792 (6.25%)
----Different state: 1,109 (8.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 341 (2.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,638 (100%)
Native: 13,018 (95.45%)
--Born in United States: 12,512 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,545 (55.32%)
----Different state: 4,967 (36.42%)
--Born outside United States: 506 (3.71%)
Foreign born: 620 (4.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 176 (1.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 421 (3.09%)
--Not a citizen: 199 (1.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 620 (100%)
Europe: 301 (48.55%)
Asia: 230 (37.1%)
Africa: 34 (5.48%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 40 (6.45%)
Northern America: 15 (2.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,676 (100%)
English only: 11,593 (91.46%)
Language other than English: 1,083 (8.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 354 (2.79%)
--Spanish: 379 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (1.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 477 (3.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (0.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 183 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (0.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,638 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,165% (96.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 108 (0.79%)
Danish: 28 (0.21%)
Dutch: 166 (1.22%)
English: 1,183 (8.67%)
French (except Basque): 264 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 54 (0.4%)
German: 2,305 (16.9%)
Greek: 111 (0.81%)
Hungarian: 37 (0.27%)
Irish: 1,385 (10.16%)
Italian: 477 (3.5%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.07%)
Polish: 308 (2.26%)
Portuguese: 34 (0.25%)
Russian: 20 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 108 (0.79%)
Scottish: 318 (2.33%)
Slovak: 16 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 111 (0.81%)
Swedish: 34 (0.25%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 41 (0.3%)
United States or American: 1,186 (8.7%)
Welsh: 126 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 100 (0.73%)
Other ancestries: 4,624 (33.91%)

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