Ballenger Creek, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2403800, place: Ballenger Creek CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,787 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 294 (7.76%)
Kindergarten: 294 (7.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,795 (47.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 675 (17.82%)
College or graduate school: 729 (19.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,277 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 200 (2.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 493 (5.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,264 (27.35%)
Some college, no degree: 1,939 (23.43%)
Associate degree: 645 (7.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,938 (23.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 798 (9.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,659 (100%)
Never married: 2,150 (22.26%)
Now married, except separated: 5,799 (60.04%)
Separated: 227 (2.35%)
Total Widowed: 541 (5.6%)
Widowed Female: 409 (4.23%)
Total Divorced: 942 (9.75%)
Divorced Female: 555 (5.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 132 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 49 (37.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,125 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,289 (14.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,048 (100%)
--With a disability: 243 (7.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,876 (100%)
--With a disability: 971 (12.33%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
--No disability: 6,905 (87.67%)
----Percent employed: 88%
Population 65 years and over: 939 (100%)
--With a disability: 397 (42.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,917 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,077 (42.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,580 (55.22%)
--Same county: 3,300 (27.69%)
--Different county: 3,280 (27.52%)
----Same state: 1,774 (14.89%)
----Different state: 1,506 (12.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 260 (2.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,360 (100%)
Native: 12,713 (95.16%)
--Born in United States: 12,568 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,278 (46.99%)
----Different state: 6,290 (47.08%)
--Born outside United States: 145 (1.09%)
Foreign born: 647 (4.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 183 (1.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 386 (2.89%)
--Not a citizen: 261 (1.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 647 (100%)
Europe: 125 (19.32%)
Asia: 393 (60.74%)
Africa: 24 (3.71%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 71 (10.97%)
Northern America: 34 (5.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,917 (100%)
English only: 10,927 (91.69%)
Language other than English: 990 (8.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 238 (2%)
--Spanish: 348 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 328 (2.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 260 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 107 (0.9%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,360 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,317% (107.16%)
Arab: 88 (0.66%)
Czech: 89 (0.67%)
Danish: 64 (0.48%)
Dutch: 66 (0.49%)
English: 1,349 (10.1%)
French (except Basque): 318 (2.38%)
French Canadian: 142 (1.06%)
German: 3,313 (24.8%)
Greek: 8 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 46 (0.34%)
Irish: 2,160 (16.17%)
Italian: 902 (6.75%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.35%)
Polish: 328 (2.46%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 106 (0.79%)
Scotch-Irish: 184 (1.38%)
Scottish: 236 (1.77%)
Slovak: 17 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.25%)
Swedish: 220 (1.65%)
Swiss: 15 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 32 (0.24%)
United States or American: 1,246 (9.33%)
Welsh: 176 (1.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 28 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 3,077 (23.03%)

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