Aspen Hill, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2402825, place: Aspen Hill CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,397 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 923 (6.89%)
Kindergarten: 827 (6.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,353 (39.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,936 (21.92%)
College or graduate school: 3,358 (25.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,084 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,921 (5.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,283 (6.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,616 (19.41%)
Some college, no degree: 6,568 (19.27%)
Associate degree: 1,959 (5.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,310 (24.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,427 (18.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 40,086 (100%)
Never married: 11,669 (29.11%)
Now married, except separated: 21,863 (54.54%)
Separated: 977 (2.44%)
Total Widowed: 2,401 (5.99%)
Widowed Female: 2,003 (5%)
Total Divorced: 3,176 (7.92%)
Divorced Female: 2,211 (5.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,039 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 260 (25.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 37,946 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,188 (11.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 887 (8.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 30,157 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,613 (15.3%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
--No disability: 25,544 (84.7%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
Population 65 years and over: 6,040 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,036 (33.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 46,850 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 24,891 (53.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 18,646 (39.8%)
--Same county: 11,837 (25.27%)
--Different county: 6,809 (14.53%)
----Same state: 1,855 (3.96%)
----Different state: 4,954 (10.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,313 (7.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 50,223 (100%)
Native: 34,904 (69.5%)
--Born in United States: 34,196 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,113 (22.13%)
----Different state: 23,083 (45.96%)
--Born outside United States: 708 (1.41%)
Foreign born: 15,319 (30.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,582 (13.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,710 (13.36%)
--Not a citizen: 8,609 (17.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15,319 (100%)
Europe: 1,376 (8.98%)
Asia: 5,111 (33.36%)
Africa: 1,816 (11.85%)
Oceania: 48 (0.31%)
Latin America: 6,812 (44.47%)
Northern America: 156 (1.02%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 46,850 (100%)
English only: 29,745 (63.49%)
Language other than English: 17,105 (36.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,102 (15.16%)
--Spanish: 6,987 (14.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,373 (7.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,503 (9.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,243 (2.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,084 (8.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,155 (4.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 50,223 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 53,494% (106.51%)
Arab: 699 (1.39%)
Czech: 133 (0.26%)
Danish: 79 (0.16%)
Dutch: 406 (0.81%)
English: 3,541 (7.05%)
French (except Basque): 689 (1.37%)
French Canadian: 283 (0.56%)
German: 4,752 (9.46%)
Greek: 589 (1.17%)
Hungarian: 286 (0.57%)
Irish: 4,806 (9.57%)
Italian: 2,013 (4.01%)
Lithuanian: 211 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 260 (0.52%)
Polish: 1,502 (2.99%)
Portuguese: 115 (0.23%)
Russian: 1,116 (2.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 535 (1.07%)
Scottish: 889 (1.77%)
Slovak: 109 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 1,888 (3.76%)
Swedish: 310 (0.62%)
Swiss: 147 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 445 (0.89%)
United States or American: 1,800 (3.58%)
Welsh: 471 (0.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,579 (3.14%)
Other ancestries: 23,841 (47.47%)

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