Berwyn Heights, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2406925, place: Berwyn Heights town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 726 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (5.65%)
Kindergarten: 22 (3.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 265 (36.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 85 (11.71%)
College or graduate school: 313 (43.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,991 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (2.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 184 (9.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 519 (26.07%)
Some college, no degree: 387 (19.44%)
Associate degree: 108 (5.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 461 (23.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 286 (14.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,399 (100%)
Never married: 750 (31.26%)
Now married, except separated: 1,270 (52.94%)
Separated: 7 (0.29%)
Total Widowed: 180 (7.5%)
Widowed Female: 144 (6%)
Total Divorced: 192 (8%)
Divorced Female: 97 (4.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (9.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,333 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 334 (14.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 493 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (11.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,841 (100%)
--With a disability: 277 (15.05%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
--No disability: 1,564 (84.95%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 382 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (31.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,719 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,707 (62.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 892 (32.81%)
--Same county: 424 (15.59%)
--Different county: 468 (17.21%)
----Same state: 241 (8.86%)
----Different state: 227 (8.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 120 (4.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,969 (100%)
Native: 2,426 (81.71%)
--Born in United States: 2,395 (100%)
----State of residence: 899 (30.28%)
----Different state: 1,496 (50.39%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 543 (18.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 204 (6.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 273 (9.2%)
--Not a citizen: 270 (9.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 543 (100%)
Europe: 82 (15.1%)
Asia: 222 (40.88%)
Africa: 54 (9.94%)
Oceania: 4 (0.74%)
Latin America: 162 (29.83%)
Northern America: 19 (3.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,719 (100%)
English only: 2,118 (77.9%)
Language other than English: 601 (22.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 219 (8.05%)
--Spanish: 167 (6.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (2.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 155 (5.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (1.91%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 218 (8.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (2.8%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,969 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,538% (119.16%)
Arab: 57 (1.92%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 64 (2.16%)
English: 348 (11.72%)
French (except Basque): 22 (0.74%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.67%)
German: 535 (18.02%)
Greek: 15 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.74%)
Irish: 609 (20.51%)
Italian: 163 (5.49%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 39 (1.31%)
Polish: 70 (2.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 59 (1.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 104 (3.5%)
Scottish: 85 (2.86%)
Slovak: 13 (0.44%)
Subsaharan African: 46 (1.55%)
Swedish: 43 (1.45%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.17%)
United States or American: 171 (5.76%)
Welsh: 82 (2.76%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.67%)
Other ancestries: 941 (31.69%)

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