General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2408800, place: Bowleys Quarters CDP, Maryland)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,626 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (1.17%)
Kindergarten: 84 (5.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 818 (50.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 297 (18.27%)
College or graduate school: 408 (25.09%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 4,233 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 246 (5.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 612 (14.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,601 (37.82%)
Some college, no degree: 1,021 (24.12%)
Associate degree: 237 (5.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 291 (6.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 225 (5.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 4,962 (100%)
Never married: 1,328 (26.76%)
Now married, except separated: 2,766 (55.74%)
Separated: 113 (2.28%)
Total Widowed: 327 (6.59%)
Widowed Female: 274 (5.52%)
Total Divorced: 428 (8.63%)
Divorced Female: 183 (3.69%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 107 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (17.76%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 4,761 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 709 (14.89%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,368 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (6.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,896 (100%)
--With a disability: 620 (15.91%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 3,276 (84.09%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 647 (100%)
--With a disability: 319 (49.3%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 5,931 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,746 (63.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,151 (36.27%)
--Same county: 1,383 (23.32%)
--Different county: 768 (12.95%)
----Same state: 618 (10.42%)
----Different state: 150 (2.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 34 (0.57%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 6,332 (100%)
Native: 6,187 (97.71%)
--Born in United States: 6,156 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,149 (81.32%)
----Different state: 1,007 (15.9%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 145 (2.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 66 (1.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 109 (1.72%)
--Not a citizen: 36 (0.57%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 145 (100%)
Europe: 26 (17.93%)
Asia: 84 (57.93%)
Africa: 8 (5.52%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (13.1%)
Northern America: 8 (5.52%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 5,931 (100%)
English only: 5,700 (96.11%)
Language other than English: 231 (3.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (1.1%)
--Spanish: 96 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 127 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 6,332 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,115% (112.37%)
Arab: 8 (0.13%)
Czech: 130 (2.05%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 61 (0.96%)
English: 498 (7.86%)
French (except Basque): 168 (2.65%)
French Canadian: 41 (0.65%)
German: 1,940 (30.64%)
Greek: 132 (2.08%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.13%)
Irish: 1,282 (20.25%)
Italian: 547 (8.64%)
Lithuanian: 92 (1.45%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.17%)
Polish: 740 (11.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 98 (1.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 97 (1.53%)
Scottish: 37 (0.58%)
Slovak: 21 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.44%)
Swedish: 18 (0.28%)
Swiss: 15 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 432 (6.82%)
Welsh: 21 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 677 (10.69%)
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