Arnold, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2402275, place: Arnold CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,114 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 495 (6.96%)
Kindergarten: 395 (5.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,949 (41.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,650 (23.19%)
College or graduate school: 1,625 (22.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,410 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 354 (2.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 633 (4.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,610 (16.94%)
Some college, no degree: 3,326 (21.58%)
Associate degree: 1,041 (6.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,477 (29.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,969 (19.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 48.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,097 (100%)
Never married: 4,142 (22.89%)
Now married, except separated: 11,402 (63%)
Separated: 295 (1.63%)
Total Widowed: 739 (4.08%)
Widowed Female: 638 (3.53%)
Total Divorced: 1,519 (8.39%)
Divorced Female: 920 (5.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 276 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 98 (35.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,770 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,832 (16.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,684 (100%)
--With a disability: 388 (6.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,938 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,550 (11.12%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
--No disability: 12,388 (88.88%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,907 (100%)
--With a disability: 614 (32.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,874 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,800 (58.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,708 (39.81%)
--Same county: 5,012 (22.91%)
--Different county: 3,696 (16.9%)
----Same state: 1,252 (5.72%)
----Different state: 2,444 (11.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 366 (1.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,395 (100%)
Native: 22,418 (95.82%)
--Born in United States: 21,967 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,918 (46.67%)
----Different state: 11,049 (47.23%)
--Born outside United States: 451 (1.93%)
Foreign born: 977 (4.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 268 (1.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 613 (2.62%)
--Not a citizen: 364 (1.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 977 (100%)
Europe: 450 (46.06%)
Asia: 308 (31.53%)
Africa: 8 (0.82%)
Oceania: 17 (1.74%)
Latin America: 101 (10.34%)
Northern America: 93 (9.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,874 (100%)
English only: 20,602 (94.18%)
Language other than English: 1,272 (5.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 323 (1.48%)
--Spanish: 382 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 75 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 684 (3.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (0.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 172 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,395 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 28,031% (119.82%)
Arab: 50 (0.21%)
Czech: 181 (0.77%)
Danish: 139 (0.59%)
Dutch: 352 (1.5%)
English: 3,962 (16.94%)
French (except Basque): 709 (3.03%)
French Canadian: 240 (1.03%)
German: 5,448 (23.29%)
Greek: 100 (0.43%)
Hungarian: 143 (0.61%)
Irish: 4,806 (20.54%)
Italian: 2,209 (9.44%)
Lithuanian: 144 (0.62%)
Norwegian: 308 (1.32%)
Polish: 948 (4.05%)
Portuguese: 103 (0.44%)
Russian: 435 (1.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 567 (2.42%)
Scottish: 910 (3.89%)
Slovak: 57 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.12%)
Swedish: 232 (0.99%)
Swiss: 69 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 102 (0.44%)
United States or American: 1,541 (6.59%)
Welsh: 416 (1.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 3,815 (16.31%)

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