Bethesda, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2407125, place: Bethesda CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,514 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,322 (9.78%)
Kindergarten: 745 (5.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,686 (42.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,870 (21.24%)
College or graduate school: 2,891 (21.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 40,764 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 629 (1.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 607 (1.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,458 (6.03%)
Some college, no degree: 3,893 (9.55%)
Associate degree: 1,022 (2.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 12,251 (30.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 19,904 (48.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 78.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 45,186 (100%)
Never married: 11,431 (25.3%)
Now married, except separated: 26,802 (59.31%)
Separated: 624 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 3,155 (6.98%)
Widowed Female: 2,553 (5.65%)
Total Divorced: 3,174 (7.02%)
Divorced Female: 2,237 (4.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 344 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 101 (29.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 42,681 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,809 (11.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,865 (100%)
--With a disability: 569 (5.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 32,266 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,576 (7.98%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
--No disability: 29,690 (92.02%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 9,396 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,525 (26.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 52,241 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 27,950 (53.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,172 (38.61%)
--Same county: 9,369 (17.93%)
--Different county: 10,803 (20.68%)
----Same state: 1,280 (2.45%)
----Different state: 9,523 (18.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,119 (7.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 55,300 (100%)
Native: 43,470 (78.61%)
--Born in United States: 42,400 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,187 (11.19%)
----Different state: 36,213 (65.48%)
--Born outside United States: 1,070 (1.93%)
Foreign born: 11,830 (21.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,309 (9.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,005 (9.05%)
--Not a citizen: 6,825 (12.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,830 (100%)
Europe: 4,078 (34.47%)
Asia: 4,270 (36.09%)
Africa: 673 (5.69%)
Oceania: 146 (1.23%)
Latin America: 2,376 (20.08%)
Northern America: 287 (2.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 52,241 (100%)
English only: 39,970 (76.51%)
Language other than English: 12,271 (23.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,393 (6.49%)
--Spanish: 2,946 (5.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 902 (1.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,734 (10.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,262 (2.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,812 (5.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,112 (2.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 55,300 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 64,607% (116.83%)
Arab: 572 (1.03%)
Czech: 398 (0.72%)
Danish: 342 (0.62%)
Dutch: 764 (1.38%)
English: 7,243 (13.1%)
French (except Basque): 1,867 (3.38%)
French Canadian: 311 (0.56%)
German: 7,212 (13.04%)
Greek: 805 (1.46%)
Hungarian: 840 (1.52%)
Irish: 7,649 (13.83%)
Italian: 3,199 (5.78%)
Lithuanian: 258 (0.47%)
Norwegian: 651 (1.18%)
Polish: 2,573 (4.65%)
Portuguese: 199 (0.36%)
Russian: 3,363 (6.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,153 (2.08%)
Scottish: 1,781 (3.22%)
Slovak: 190 (0.34%)
Subsaharan African: 574 (1.04%)
Swedish: 887 (1.6%)
Swiss: 404 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 416 (0.75%)
United States or American: 2,534 (4.58%)
Welsh: 591 (1.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 189 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 17,642 (31.9%)

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