Bel Air, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2405550, place: Bel Air town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,322 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 122 (5.25%)
Kindergarten: 172 (7.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 939 (40.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 607 (26.14%)
College or graduate school: 482 (20.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,943 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 232 (3.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 523 (7.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,125 (30.61%)
Some college, no degree: 1,451 (20.9%)
Associate degree: 472 (6.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,398 (20.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 742 (10.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,138 (100%)
Never married: 1,911 (23.48%)
Now married, except separated: 4,414 (54.24%)
Separated: 307 (3.77%)
Total Widowed: 730 (8.97%)
Widowed Female: 628 (7.72%)
Total Divorced: 776 (9.54%)
Divorced Female: 490 (6.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 88 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (54.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,713 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,153 (14.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,924 (100%)
--With a disability: 119 (6.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,371 (100%)
--With a disability: 827 (15.4%)
----Percent employed: 56.2%
--No disability: 4,544 (84.6%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,560 (100%)
--With a disability: 557 (35.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,364 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,081 (54.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,144 (44.25%)
--Same county: 2,427 (25.92%)
--Different county: 1,717 (18.34%)
----Same state: 799 (8.53%)
----Different state: 918 (9.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 139 (1.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,924 (100%)
Native: 9,560 (96.33%)
--Born in United States: 9,461 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,058 (61.04%)
----Different state: 3,403 (34.29%)
--Born outside United States: 99 (1%)
Foreign born: 364 (3.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 135 (1.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 243 (2.45%)
--Not a citizen: 121 (1.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 364 (100%)
Europe: 146 (40.11%)
Asia: 196 (53.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 22 (6.04%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,364 (100%)
English only: 8,764 (93.59%)
Language other than English: 600 (6.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 223 (2.38%)
--Spanish: 195 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 259 (2.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (0.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 135 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (0.91%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,924 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,131% (112.16%)
Arab: 7 (0.07%)
Czech: 101 (1.02%)
Danish: 44 (0.44%)
Dutch: 164 (1.65%)
English: 1,274 (12.84%)
French (except Basque): 234 (2.36%)
French Canadian: 60 (0.6%)
German: 2,750 (27.71%)
Greek: 46 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.23%)
Irish: 1,892 (19.06%)
Italian: 1,221 (12.3%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 107 (1.08%)
Polish: 537 (5.41%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.27%)
Russian: 53 (0.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 228 (2.3%)
Scottish: 208 (2.1%)
Slovak: 33 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 151 (1.52%)
Swiss: 16 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.31%)
United States or American: 519 (5.23%)
Welsh: 112 (1.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 1,264 (12.74%)

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