General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2409500, place: Brentwood town, Maryland)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 817 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 59 (7.22%)
Kindergarten: 38 (4.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 440 (53.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 105 (12.85%)
College or graduate school: 175 (21.42%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,738 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 258 (14.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 326 (18.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 449 (25.83%)
Some college, no degree: 370 (21.29%)
Associate degree: 92 (5.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 156 (8.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 87 (5.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,160 (100%)
Never married: 823 (38.1%)
Now married, except separated: 865 (40.05%)
Separated: 108 (5%)
Total Widowed: 101 (4.68%)
Widowed Female: 89 (4.12%)
Total Divorced: 263 (12.18%)
Divorced Female: 110 (5.09%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 78 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (11.54%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,062 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 196 (9.51%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 735 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (11.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,710 (100%)
--With a disability: 399 (23.33%)
----Percent employed: 60.2%
--No disability: 1,311 (76.67%)
----Percent employed: 70.5%
Population 65 years and over: 219 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (42.92%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,673 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,501 (56.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,084 (40.55%)
--Same county: 590 (22.07%)
--Different county: 494 (18.48%)
----Same state: 128 (4.79%)
----Different state: 366 (13.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 88 (3.29%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,862 (100%)
Native: 2,029 (70.89%)
--Born in United States: 1,994 (100%)
----State of residence: 593 (20.72%)
----Different state: 1,401 (48.95%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (1.22%)
Foreign born: 833 (29.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 335 (11.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 283 (9.89%)
--Not a citizen: 550 (19.22%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 833 (100%)
Europe: 26 (3.12%)
Asia: 26 (3.12%)
Africa: 132 (15.85%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 646 (77.55%)
Northern America: 3 (0.36%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,673 (100%)
English only: 1,916 (71.68%)
Language other than English: 757 (28.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 466 (17.43%)
--Spanish: 618 (23.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 426 (15.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.37%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,862 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,481% (86.69%)
Arab: 3 (0.1%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (0.49%)
English: 40 (1.4%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.28%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.45%)
German: 80 (2.8%)
Greek: 2 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 169 (5.9%)
Italian: 44 (1.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 26 (0.91%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 34 (1.19%)
Scottish: 21 (0.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 201 (7.02%)
Swedish: 14 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.17%)
United States or American: 121 (4.23%)
Welsh: 10 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 160 (5.59%)
Other ancestries: 1,516 (52.97%)
Return to Brentwood,MD.