Beltsville, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2406400, place: Beltsville CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,672 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 301 (6.44%)
Kindergarten: 158 (3.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,707 (36.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 913 (19.54%)
College or graduate school: 1,593 (34.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,347 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 388 (3.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 731 (7.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,556 (24.7%)
Some college, no degree: 2,476 (23.93%)
Associate degree: 758 (7.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,983 (19.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,455 (14.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,644 (100%)
Never married: 4,056 (32.08%)
Now married, except separated: 6,463 (51.12%)
Separated: 407 (3.22%)
Total Widowed: 558 (4.41%)
Widowed Female: 452 (3.57%)
Total Divorced: 1,160 (9.17%)
Divorced Female: 707 (5.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 455 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 131 (28.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,981 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,297 (10.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,213 (100%)
--With a disability: 248 (7.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,067 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,760 (17.48%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
--No disability: 8,307 (82.52%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,294 (100%)
--With a disability: 477 (36.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,665 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,317 (49.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,336 (43.2%)
--Same county: 3,312 (22.58%)
--Different county: 3,024 (20.62%)
----Same state: 1,424 (9.71%)
----Different state: 1,600 (10.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,012 (6.9%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,725 (100%)
Native: 11,364 (72.27%)
--Born in United States: 11,131 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,323 (27.49%)
----Different state: 6,808 (43.29%)
--Born outside United States: 233 (1.48%)
Foreign born: 4,361 (27.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,980 (12.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,696 (10.79%)
--Not a citizen: 2,665 (16.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,361 (100%)
Europe: 263 (6.03%)
Asia: 1,364 (31.28%)
Africa: 1,005 (23.05%)
Oceania: 11 (0.25%)
Latin America: 1,706 (39.12%)
Northern America: 12 (0.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,665 (100%)
English only: 10,551 (71.95%)
Language other than English: 4,114 (28.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,565 (10.67%)
--Spanish: 1,349 (9.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 637 (4.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,178 (8.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 302 (2.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,064 (7.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 520 (3.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,725 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,726% (106.37%)
Arab: 63 (0.4%)
Czech: 82 (0.52%)
Danish: 129 (0.82%)
Dutch: 122 (0.78%)
English: 1,032 (6.56%)
French (except Basque): 231 (1.47%)
French Canadian: 90 (0.57%)
German: 1,784 (11.34%)
Greek: 123 (0.78%)
Hungarian: 51 (0.32%)
Irish: 1,549 (9.85%)
Italian: 667 (4.24%)
Lithuanian: 42 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 42 (0.27%)
Polish: 286 (1.82%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.07%)
Russian: 138 (0.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 171 (1.09%)
Scottish: 233 (1.48%)
Slovak: 28 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 1,287 (8.18%)
Swedish: 54 (0.34%)
Swiss: 22 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 58 (0.37%)
United States or American: 870 (5.53%)
Welsh: 66 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 776 (4.93%)
Other ancestries: 6,719 (42.73%)

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