Braddock Heights, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2409100, place: Braddock Heights CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,270 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (4.88%)
Kindergarten: 60 (4.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 617 (48.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 291 (22.91%)
College or graduate school: 240 (18.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,281 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 103 (3.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 149 (4.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 844 (25.72%)
Some college, no degree: 614 (18.71%)
Associate degree: 276 (8.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 696 (21.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 599 (18.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,749 (100%)
Never married: 660 (17.6%)
Now married, except separated: 2,519 (67.19%)
Separated: 54 (1.44%)
Total Widowed: 224 (5.97%)
Widowed Female: 191 (5.09%)
Total Divorced: 292 (7.79%)
Divorced Female: 146 (3.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 54 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (37.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,498 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 522 (14.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,126 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (8.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,897 (100%)
--With a disability: 351 (12.12%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 2,546 (87.88%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 415 (100%)
--With a disability: 141 (33.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,500 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,022 (67.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,400 (31.11%)
--Same county: 805 (17.89%)
--Different county: 595 (13.22%)
----Same state: 268 (5.96%)
----Different state: 327 (7.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 78 (1.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,712 (100%)
Native: 4,505 (95.61%)
--Born in United States: 4,457 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,146 (45.54%)
----Different state: 2,311 (49.04%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (1.02%)
Foreign born: 207 (4.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 99 (2.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 100 (2.12%)
--Not a citizen: 107 (2.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 207 (100%)
Europe: 84 (40.58%)
Asia: 57 (27.54%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 62 (29.95%)
Northern America: 4 (1.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,500 (100%)
English only: 4,203 (93.4%)
Language other than English: 297 (6.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (1.56%)
--Spanish: 100 (2.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (1.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 116 (2.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 81 (1.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,712 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,313% (112.75%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 32 (0.68%)
Danish: 8 (0.17%)
Dutch: 49 (1.04%)
English: 741 (15.73%)
French (except Basque): 101 (2.14%)
French Canadian: 60 (1.27%)
German: 1,514 (32.13%)
Greek: 8 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 33 (0.7%)
Irish: 766 (16.26%)
Italian: 218 (4.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 92 (1.95%)
Polish: 121 (2.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 66 (1.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 123 (2.61%)
Scottish: 140 (2.97%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 33 (0.7%)
Swiss: 40 (0.85%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.47%)
United States or American: 454 (9.63%)
Welsh: 54 (1.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 638 (13.54%)

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