Adelphi, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2400400, place: Adelphi CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,723 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 209 (4.43%)
Kindergarten: 158 (3.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,413 (29.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 992 (21%)
College or graduate school: 1,951 (41.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,641 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 955 (9.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,071 (11.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,880 (19.5%)
Some college, no degree: 1,757 (18.22%)
Associate degree: 411 (4.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,858 (19.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,709 (17.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,111 (100%)
Never married: 4,555 (37.61%)
Now married, except separated: 5,634 (46.52%)
Separated: 439 (3.62%)
Total Widowed: 648 (5.35%)
Widowed Female: 518 (4.28%)
Total Divorced: 835 (6.89%)
Divorced Female: 454 (3.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 409 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 145 (35.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,566 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 830 (7.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,031 (100%)
--With a disability: 247 (8.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,348 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,051 (21.94%)
----Percent employed: 63.3%
--No disability: 7,297 (78.06%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,299 (100%)
--With a disability: 403 (31.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,912 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,568 (47.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,889 (42.33%)
--Same county: 2,766 (19.88%)
--Different county: 3,123 (22.45%)
----Same state: 1,492 (10.72%)
----Different state: 1,631 (11.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,455 (10.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,016 (100%)
Native: 8,887 (59.18%)
--Born in United States: 8,703 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,823 (18.8%)
----Different state: 5,880 (39.16%)
--Born outside United States: 184 (1.23%)
Foreign born: 6,129 (40.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,035 (20.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,879 (12.51%)
--Not a citizen: 4,250 (28.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,129 (100%)
Europe: 173 (2.82%)
Asia: 1,166 (19.02%)
Africa: 1,059 (17.28%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,698 (60.34%)
Northern America: 33 (0.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,912 (100%)
English only: 7,844 (56.38%)
Language other than English: 6,068 (43.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,992 (21.51%)
--Spanish: 3,440 (24.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,051 (14.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 950 (6.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 309 (2.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 923 (6.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 506 (3.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,016 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,459% (96.29%)
Arab: 58 (0.39%)
Czech: 23 (0.15%)
Danish: 18 (0.12%)
Dutch: 53 (0.35%)
English: 477 (3.18%)
French (except Basque): 66 (0.44%)
French Canadian: 158 (1.05%)
German: 796 (5.3%)
Greek: 9 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 617 (4.11%)
Italian: 335 (2.23%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.08%)
Polish: 142 (0.95%)
Portuguese: 41 (0.27%)
Russian: 44 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 68 (0.45%)
Scottish: 149 (0.99%)
Slovak: 60 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 1,316 (8.76%)
Swedish: 26 (0.17%)
Swiss: 36 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.07%)
United States or American: 497 (3.31%)
Welsh: 64 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 829 (5.52%)
Other ancestries: 8,541 (56.88%)

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