Bowie, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2408775, place: Bowie city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,479 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,206 (8.33%)
Kindergarten: 825 (5.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,079 (41.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,674 (18.47%)
College or graduate school: 3,695 (25.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 33,738 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 395 (1.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,398 (4.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,859 (20.33%)
Some college, no degree: 8,367 (24.8%)
Associate degree: 2,217 (6.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,291 (27.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,211 (15.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 38,626 (100%)
Never married: 9,391 (24.31%)
Now married, except separated: 23,145 (59.92%)
Separated: 904 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 1,990 (5.15%)
Widowed Female: 1,722 (4.46%)
Total Divorced: 3,196 (8.27%)
Divorced Female: 1,976 (5.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 996 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 301 (30.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 36,221 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,601 (15.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,843 (100%)
--With a disability: 688 (6.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 30,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,914 (12.93%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
--No disability: 26,357 (87.07%)
----Percent employed: 84.7%
Population 65 years and over: 4,257 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,535 (36.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 46,185 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 26,018 (56.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,331 (41.86%)
--Same county: 11,358 (24.59%)
--Different county: 7,973 (17.26%)
----Same state: 2,859 (6.19%)
----Different state: 5,114 (11.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 836 (1.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 49,866 (100%)
Native: 46,190 (92.63%)
--Born in United States: 45,408 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,575 (31.23%)
----Different state: 29,833 (59.83%)
--Born outside United States: 782 (1.57%)
Foreign born: 3,676 (7.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,169 (2.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,184 (4.38%)
--Not a citizen: 1,492 (2.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,676 (100%)
Europe: 741 (20.16%)
Asia: 1,389 (37.79%)
Africa: 379 (10.31%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,057 (28.75%)
Northern America: 110 (2.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 46,185 (100%)
English only: 41,961 (90.85%)
Language other than English: 4,224 (9.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,198 (2.59%)
--Spanish: 1,361 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 468 (1.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,549 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 290 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 903 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 336 (0.73%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 49,866 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 55,317% (110.93%)
Arab: 305 (0.61%)
Czech: 204 (0.41%)
Danish: 95 (0.19%)
Dutch: 522 (1.05%)
English: 4,787 (9.6%)
French (except Basque): 1,232 (2.47%)
French Canadian: 486 (0.97%)
German: 7,384 (14.81%)
Greek: 174 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 424 (0.85%)
Irish: 7,224 (14.49%)
Italian: 3,206 (6.43%)
Lithuanian: 225 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 408 (0.82%)
Polish: 1,665 (3.34%)
Portuguese: 156 (0.31%)
Russian: 533 (1.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 886 (1.78%)
Scottish: 1,029 (2.06%)
Slovak: 150 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 695 (1.39%)
Swedish: 402 (0.81%)
Swiss: 35 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 239 (0.48%)
United States or American: 2,265 (4.54%)
Welsh: 426 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 524 (1.05%)
Other ancestries: 19,636 (39.38%)

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