Brooklyn Park, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2410475, place: Brooklyn Park CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,670 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 136 (5.09%)
Kindergarten: 170 (6.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,462 (54.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 601 (22.51%)
College or graduate school: 301 (11.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,361 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 572 (7.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,555 (21.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,079 (41.83%)
Some college, no degree: 1,280 (17.39%)
Associate degree: 269 (3.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 466 (6.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 140 (1.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,599 (100%)
Never married: 2,001 (23.27%)
Now married, except separated: 4,492 (52.24%)
Separated: 242 (2.81%)
Total Widowed: 868 (10.09%)
Widowed Female: 688 (8%)
Total Divorced: 996 (11.58%)
Divorced Female: 536 (6.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 393 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 155 (39.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,090 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,383 (17.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,571 (100%)
--With a disability: 277 (10.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,003 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,305 (21.74%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 4,698 (78.26%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,771 (100%)
--With a disability: 761 (42.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,362 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,750 (65.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,576 (34.51%)
--Same county: 1,991 (19.21%)
--Different county: 1,585 (15.3%)
----Same state: 1,207 (11.65%)
----Different state: 378 (3.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 36 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,940 (100%)
Native: 10,602 (96.91%)
--Born in United States: 10,536 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,386 (76.65%)
----Different state: 2,150 (19.65%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 338 (3.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 114 (1.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 195 (1.78%)
--Not a citizen: 143 (1.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 338 (100%)
Europe: 124 (36.69%)
Asia: 164 (48.52%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 50 (14.79%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,362 (100%)
English only: 9,735 (93.95%)
Language other than English: 627 (6.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 201 (1.94%)
--Spanish: 156 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 270 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (0.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 179 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 78 (0.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,940 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,323% (103.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 62 (0.57%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 191 (1.75%)
English: 901 (8.24%)
French (except Basque): 313 (2.86%)
French Canadian: 49 (0.45%)
German: 2,896 (26.47%)
Greek: 68 (0.62%)
Hungarian: 70 (0.64%)
Irish: 1,946 (17.79%)
Italian: 574 (5.25%)
Lithuanian: 61 (0.56%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.18%)
Polish: 744 (6.8%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.05%)
Russian: 31 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 118 (1.08%)
Scottish: 110 (1.01%)
Slovak: 16 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 22 (0.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.35%)
United States or American: 1,296 (11.85%)
Welsh: 149 (1.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 1,606 (14.68%)

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