Ashton-sandy Spring, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2402762, place: Ashton-Sandy Spring CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 797 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 79 (9.91%)
Kindergarten: 53 (6.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 391 (49.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 136 (17.06%)
College or graduate school: 138 (17.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,406 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 65 (2.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 149 (6.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 508 (21.11%)
Some college, no degree: 379 (15.75%)
Associate degree: 108 (4.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 644 (26.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 553 (22.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,625 (100%)
Never married: 494 (18.82%)
Now married, except separated: 1,633 (62.21%)
Separated: 60 (2.29%)
Total Widowed: 295 (11.24%)
Widowed Female: 246 (9.37%)
Total Divorced: 143 (5.45%)
Divorced Female: 104 (3.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 65 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (15.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,533 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 367 (14.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 647 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (5.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,838 (100%)
--With a disability: 218 (11.86%)
----Percent employed: 53.7%
--No disability: 1,620 (88.14%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 570 (100%)
--With a disability: 122 (21.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,131 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,903 (60.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,177 (37.59%)
--Same county: 830 (26.51%)
--Different county: 347 (11.08%)
----Same state: 85 (2.71%)
----Different state: 262 (8.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (1.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,393 (100%)
Native: 3,103 (91.45%)
--Born in United States: 3,042 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,098 (32.36%)
----Different state: 1,944 (57.29%)
--Born outside United States: 61 (1.8%)
Foreign born: 290 (8.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 73 (2.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 199 (5.87%)
--Not a citizen: 91 (2.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 290 (100%)
Europe: 116 (40%)
Asia: 55 (18.97%)
Africa: 19 (6.55%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 94 (32.41%)
Northern America: 6 (2.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,131 (100%)
English only: 2,945 (94.06%)
Language other than English: 186 (5.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.51%)
--Spanish: 59 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 117 (3.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,393 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,879% (114.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 29 (0.85%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 81 (2.39%)
English: 518 (15.27%)
French (except Basque): 58 (1.71%)
French Canadian: 52 (1.53%)
German: 585 (17.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 526 (15.5%)
Italian: 150 (4.42%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.74%)
Norwegian: 47 (1.39%)
Polish: 147 (4.33%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.8%)
Russian: 86 (2.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 57 (1.68%)
Scottish: 198 (5.84%)
Slovak: 33 (0.97%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.27%)
Swedish: 81 (2.39%)
Swiss: 37 (1.09%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.21%)
United States or American: 221 (6.51%)
Welsh: 14 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 58 (1.71%)
Other ancestries: 833 (24.55%)

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