Bel Air South, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2405950, place: Bel Air South CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,775 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,001 (8.5%)
Kindergarten: 629 (5.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,226 (44.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,378 (20.2%)
College or graduate school: 2,541 (21.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,145 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 556 (2.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,508 (5.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,190 (23.68%)
Some college, no degree: 6,373 (24.38%)
Associate degree: 2,200 (8.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,081 (23.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,237 (12.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,359 (100%)
Never married: 6,258 (20.61%)
Now married, except separated: 19,345 (63.72%)
Separated: 621 (2.05%)
Total Widowed: 1,433 (4.72%)
Widowed Female: 1,221 (4.02%)
Total Divorced: 2,702 (8.9%)
Divorced Female: 1,733 (5.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 368 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 141 (38.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,548 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,951 (13.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,425 (100%)
--With a disability: 640 (6.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 23,717 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,659 (11.21%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
--No disability: 21,058 (88.79%)
----Percent employed: 84.9%
Population 65 years and over: 3,735 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,455 (38.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 36,986 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,209 (57.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,409 (41.66%)
--Same county: 6,671 (18.04%)
--Different county: 8,738 (23.63%)
----Same state: 5,095 (13.78%)
----Different state: 3,643 (9.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 368 (0.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 40,256 (100%)
Native: 38,704 (96.14%)
--Born in United States: 38,284 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,677 (63.78%)
----Different state: 12,607 (31.32%)
--Born outside United States: 420 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 1,552 (3.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 425 (1.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,060 (2.63%)
--Not a citizen: 492 (1.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,552 (100%)
Europe: 596 (38.4%)
Asia: 537 (34.6%)
Africa: 177 (11.4%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 198 (12.76%)
Northern America: 44 (2.84%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 36,986 (100%)
English only: 34,825 (94.16%)
Language other than English: 2,161 (5.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 618 (1.67%)
--Spanish: 669 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 247 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 893 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 242 (0.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 416 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 40,256 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 49,575% (123.15%)
Arab: 143 (0.36%)
Czech: 641 (1.59%)
Danish: 90 (0.22%)
Dutch: 579 (1.44%)
English: 5,028 (12.49%)
French (except Basque): 908 (2.26%)
French Canadian: 291 (0.72%)
German: 12,282 (30.51%)
Greek: 384 (0.95%)
Hungarian: 262 (0.65%)
Irish: 8,589 (21.34%)
Italian: 5,101 (12.67%)
Lithuanian: 220 (0.55%)
Norwegian: 264 (0.66%)
Polish: 3,753 (9.32%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.07%)
Russian: 394 (0.98%)
Scotch-Irish: 906 (2.25%)
Scottish: 1,003 (2.49%)
Slovak: 203 (0.5%)
Subsaharan African: 160 (0.4%)
Swedish: 293 (0.73%)
Swiss: 116 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 255 (0.63%)
United States or American: 1,956 (4.86%)
Welsh: 394 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 5,328 (13.24%)

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