Bladensburg, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2407850, place: Bladensburg town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,990 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 129 (6.48%)
Kindergarten: 136 (6.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 810 (40.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 466 (23.42%)
College or graduate school: 449 (22.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,781 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 495 (10.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,027 (21.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,528 (31.96%)
Some college, no degree: 921 (19.26%)
Associate degree: 164 (3.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 461 (9.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 185 (3.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,858 (100%)
Never married: 2,193 (37.44%)
Now married, except separated: 2,233 (38.12%)
Separated: 334 (5.7%)
Total Widowed: 491 (8.38%)
Widowed Female: 422 (7.2%)
Total Divorced: 607 (10.36%)
Divorced Female: 303 (5.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 223 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 91 (40.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,529 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 499 (9.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,653 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (5.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,505 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,078 (23.93%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 3,427 (76.07%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 705 (100%)
--With a disability: 340 (48.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,863 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,830 (41.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,749 (54.63%)
--Same county: 2,457 (35.8%)
--Different county: 1,292 (18.83%)
----Same state: 244 (3.56%)
----Different state: 1,048 (15.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 284 (4.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,557 (100%)
Native: 5,885 (77.87%)
--Born in United States: 5,825 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,507 (19.94%)
----Different state: 4,318 (57.14%)
--Born outside United States: 60 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 1,672 (22.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 875 (11.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 505 (6.68%)
--Not a citizen: 1,167 (15.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,672 (100%)
Europe: 44 (2.63%)
Asia: 195 (11.66%)
Africa: 494 (29.55%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 932 (55.74%)
Northern America: 7 (0.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,863 (100%)
English only: 5,137 (74.85%)
Language other than English: 1,726 (25.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 837 (12.2%)
--Spanish: 964 (14.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 590 (8.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 313 (4.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (1.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 165 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 112 (1.63%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,557 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,847% (90.6%)
Arab: 10 (0.13%)
Czech: 5 (0.07%)
Danish: 21 (0.28%)
Dutch: 50 (0.66%)
English: 132 (1.75%)
French (except Basque): 43 (0.57%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 141 (1.87%)
Greek: 34 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 169 (2.24%)
Italian: 47 (0.62%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 12 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 38 (0.5%)
Scottish: 54 (0.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 398 (5.27%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.08%)
United States or American: 180 (2.38%)
Welsh: 10 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 190 (2.51%)
Other ancestries: 5,301 (70.15%)

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