General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2405825, place: Bel Air North CDP, Maryland)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,317 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 628 (7.55%)
Kindergarten: 537 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,770 (45.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,895 (22.78%)
College or graduate school: 1,487 (17.88%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 16,327 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 444 (2.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 987 (6.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,632 (22.25%)
Some college, no degree: 3,737 (22.89%)
Associate degree: 1,373 (8.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,260 (26.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,894 (11.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 19,122 (100%)
Never married: 3,567 (18.65%)
Now married, except separated: 13,056 (68.28%)
Separated: 314 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 1,104 (5.77%)
Widowed Female: 936 (4.89%)
Total Divorced: 1,081 (5.65%)
Divorced Female: 684 (3.58%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 245 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 85 (34.69%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 17,747 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,236 (12.6%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 6,919 (100%)
--With a disability: 420 (6.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,870 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,637 (11.01%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
--No disability: 13,233 (88.99%)
----Percent employed: 82.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,980 (100%)
--With a disability: 745 (37.63%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 23,925 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,666 (52.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,074 (46.29%)
--Same county: 5,623 (23.5%)
--Different county: 5,451 (22.78%)
----Same state: 3,005 (12.56%)
----Different state: 2,446 (10.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 185 (0.77%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 25,935 (100%)
Native: 25,319 (97.62%)
--Born in United States: 25,114 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,481 (67.4%)
----Different state: 7,633 (29.43%)
--Born outside United States: 205 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 616 (2.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 140 (0.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 421 (1.62%)
--Not a citizen: 195 (0.75%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 616 (100%)
Europe: 277 (44.97%)
Asia: 256 (41.56%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 11 (1.79%)
Latin America: 46 (7.47%)
Northern America: 26 (4.22%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 23,925 (100%)
English only: 22,850 (95.51%)
Language other than English: 1,075 (4.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 252 (1.05%)
--Spanish: 304 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (0.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 592 (2.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 170 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.24%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 25,935 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 32,115% (123.83%)
Arab: 72 (0.28%)
Czech: 298 (1.15%)
Danish: 52 (0.2%)
Dutch: 331 (1.28%)
English: 3,334 (12.86%)
French (except Basque): 716 (2.76%)
French Canadian: 150 (0.58%)
German: 7,934 (30.59%)
Greek: 457 (1.76%)
Hungarian: 119 (0.46%)
Irish: 6,074 (23.42%)
Italian: 3,681 (14.19%)
Lithuanian: 248 (0.96%)
Norwegian: 232 (0.89%)
Polish: 2,349 (9.06%)
Portuguese: 37 (0.14%)
Russian: 197 (0.76%)
Scotch-Irish: 491 (1.89%)
Scottish: 567 (2.19%)
Slovak: 55 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.07%)
Swedish: 136 (0.52%)
Swiss: 34 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 170 (0.66%)
United States or American: 1,443 (5.56%)
Welsh: 481 (1.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,440 (9.41%)
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