Accokeek, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2400250, place: Accokeek CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,202 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 140 (6.36%)
Kindergarten: 85 (3.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 927 (42.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 571 (25.93%)
College or graduate school: 479 (21.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,906 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 102 (2.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 422 (8.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,174 (23.93%)
Some college, no degree: 1,371 (27.95%)
Associate degree: 337 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 882 (17.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 618 (12.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,854 (100%)
Never married: 1,415 (24.17%)
Now married, except separated: 3,672 (62.73%)
Separated: 76 (1.3%)
Total Widowed: 322 (5.5%)
Widowed Female: 269 (4.6%)
Total Divorced: 369 (6.3%)
Divorced Female: 213 (3.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 206 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 133 (64.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,316 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 978 (18.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,821 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (7.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,442 (100%)
--With a disability: 924 (20.8%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
--No disability: 3,518 (79.2%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 603 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (38.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,985 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,444 (63.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,419 (34.63%)
--Same county: 1,569 (22.46%)
--Different county: 850 (12.17%)
----Same state: 258 (3.69%)
----Different state: 592 (8.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 122 (1.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,433 (100%)
Native: 6,980 (93.91%)
--Born in United States: 6,825 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,565 (21.05%)
----Different state: 5,260 (70.77%)
--Born outside United States: 155 (2.09%)
Foreign born: 453 (6.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 88 (1.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 311 (4.18%)
--Not a citizen: 142 (1.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 453 (100%)
Europe: 85 (18.76%)
Asia: 291 (64.24%)
Africa: 23 (5.08%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 54 (11.92%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,985 (100%)
English only: 6,296 (90.14%)
Language other than English: 689 (9.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 218 (3.12%)
--Spanish: 204 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 78 (1.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 267 (3.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (1.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 211 (3.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,433 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,517% (101.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 30 (0.4%)
Dutch: 98 (1.32%)
English: 551 (7.41%)
French (except Basque): 100 (1.35%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.15%)
German: 721 (9.7%)
Greek: 6 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.08%)
Irish: 594 (7.99%)
Italian: 207 (2.78%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 96 (1.29%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.09%)
Russian: 46 (0.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 135 (1.82%)
Scottish: 141 (1.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 108 (1.45%)
Swedish: 14 (0.19%)
Swiss: 21 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 295 (3.97%)
Welsh: 49 (0.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 42 (0.57%)
Other ancestries: 4,232 (56.94%)

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