General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2404000, place: Baltimore city, Maryland)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 184,513 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10,231 (5.54%)
Kindergarten: 8,855 (4.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 78,606 (42.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 38,085 (20.64%)
College or graduate school: 48,736 (26.41%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 419,581 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39,507 (9.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 93,192 (22.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 118,175 (28.17%)
Some college, no degree: 73,677 (17.56%)
Associate degree: 14,706 (3.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 43,746 (10.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 36,578 (8.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 515,550 (100%)
Never married: 219,273 (42.53%)
Now married, except separated: 165,121 (32.03%)
Separated: 28,722 (5.57%)
Total Widowed: 48,168 (9.34%)
Widowed Female: 39,062 (7.58%)
Total Divorced: 54,266 (10.53%)
Divorced Female: 31,946 (6.2%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26,277 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13,707 (52.16%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 489,644 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 55,092 (11.25%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 150,873 (100%)
--With a disability: 17,725 (11.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 363,171 (100%)
--With a disability: 102,163 (28.13%)
----Percent employed: 48.8%
--No disability: 261,008 (71.87%)
----Percent employed: 69%
Population 65 years and over: 82,401 (100%)
--With a disability: 42,156 (51.16%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 609,345 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 347,954 (57.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 248,735 (40.82%)
--Same county: 171,684 (28.18%)
--Different county: 77,051 (12.64%)
----Same state: 39,630 (6.5%)
----Different state: 37,421 (6.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12,656 (2.08%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 651,154 (100%)
Native: 621,516 (95.45%)
--Born in United States: 617,196 (100%)
----State of residence: 463,333 (71.16%)
----Different state: 153,863 (23.63%)
--Born outside United States: 4,320 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 29,638 (4.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14,057 (2.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13,521 (2.08%)
--Not a citizen: 16,117 (2.48%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 29,638 (100%)
Europe: 7,214 (24.34%)
Asia: 7,879 (26.58%)
Africa: 3,691 (12.45%)
Oceania: 136 (0.46%)
Latin America: 10,193 (34.39%)
Northern America: 525 (1.77%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 609,345 (100%)
English only: 562,065 (92.24%)
Language other than English: 47,280 (7.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18,113 (2.97%)
--Spanish: 17,805 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,100 (1.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17,985 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,307 (1.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6,543 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,522 (0.58%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 651,154 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 582,123% (89.4%)
Arab: 1,298 (0.2%)
Czech: 2,206 (0.34%)
Danish: 488 (0.07%)
Dutch: 3,024 (0.46%)
English: 21,015 (3.23%)
French (except Basque): 4,721 (0.73%)
French Canadian: 824 (0.13%)
German: 48,423 (7.44%)
Greek: 2,693 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 1,245 (0.19%)
Irish: 39,045 (6%)
Italian: 18,492 (2.84%)
Lithuanian: 1,519 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 1,347 (0.21%)
Polish: 18,400 (2.83%)
Portuguese: 310 (0.05%)
Russian: 5,526 (0.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,274 (0.5%)
Scottish: 4,306 (0.66%)
Slovak: 536 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 10,160 (1.56%)
Swedish: 1,439 (0.22%)
Swiss: 571 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 1,567 (0.24%)
United States or American: 16,056 (2.47%)
Welsh: 2,137 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6,597 (1.01%)
Other ancestries: 364,904 (56.04%)
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