Boonsboro, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2408625, place: Boonsboro town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 762 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (8.01%)
Kindergarten: 10 (1.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 349 (45.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 208 (27.3%)
College or graduate school: 134 (17.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,951 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 157 (8.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 241 (12.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 791 (40.54%)
Some college, no degree: 380 (19.48%)
Associate degree: 124 (6.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 161 (8.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 97 (4.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,255 (100%)
Never married: 468 (20.75%)
Now married, except separated: 1,245 (55.21%)
Separated: 48 (2.13%)
Total Widowed: 243 (10.78%)
Widowed Female: 204 (9.05%)
Total Divorced: 251 (11.13%)
Divorced Female: 163 (7.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 40 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (17.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,090 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 321 (15.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 649 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (7.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (12.66%)
----Percent employed: 51.3%
--No disability: 1,304 (87.34%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 368 (100%)
--With a disability: 141 (38.32%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,655 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,626 (61.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,020 (38.42%)
--Same county: 532 (20.04%)
--Different county: 488 (18.38%)
----Same state: 294 (11.07%)
----Different state: 194 (7.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,804 (100%)
Native: 2,760 (98.43%)
--Born in United States: 2,755 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,962 (69.97%)
----Different state: 793 (28.28%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 44 (1.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (1.14%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 44 (100%)
Europe: 18 (40.91%)
Asia: 4 (9.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (20.45%)
Northern America: 13 (29.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,655 (100%)
English only: 2,562 (96.5%)
Language other than English: 93 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.24%)
--Spanish: 65 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,804 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,609% (93.05%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.46%)
Danish: 14 (0.5%)
Dutch: 67 (2.39%)
English: 316 (11.27%)
French (except Basque): 53 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.18%)
German: 877 (31.28%)
Greek: 21 (0.75%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.32%)
Irish: 400 (14.27%)
Italian: 22 (0.78%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 53 (1.89%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.53%)
Russian: 34 (1.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (0.71%)
Scottish: 25 (0.89%)
Slovak: 8 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (0.46%)
Swiss: 4 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 336 (11.98%)
Welsh: 62 (2.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 234 (8.35%)

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