Burtonsville, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2411750, place: Burtonsville CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,320 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 101 (4.35%)
Kindergarten: 85 (3.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,153 (49.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 407 (17.54%)
College or graduate school: 574 (24.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,645 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 78 (1.68%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 295 (6.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 875 (18.84%)
Some college, no degree: 865 (18.62%)
Associate degree: 187 (4.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,452 (31.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 893 (19.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 50.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,453 (100%)
Never married: 1,391 (25.51%)
Now married, except separated: 3,282 (60.19%)
Separated: 136 (2.49%)
Total Widowed: 195 (3.58%)
Widowed Female: 165 (3.03%)
Total Divorced: 449 (8.23%)
Divorced Female: 291 (5.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 174 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (21.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,115 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 383 (7.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,824 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (2.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,426 (100%)
--With a disability: 477 (10.78%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
--No disability: 3,949 (89.22%)
----Percent employed: 84.7%
Population 65 years and over: 494 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (37.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,752 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,725 (55.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,657 (39.35%)
--Same county: 1,623 (24.04%)
--Different county: 1,034 (15.31%)
----Same state: 564 (8.35%)
----Different state: 470 (6.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 370 (5.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,309 (100%)
Native: 5,490 (75.11%)
--Born in United States: 5,386 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,434 (33.3%)
----Different state: 2,952 (40.39%)
--Born outside United States: 104 (1.42%)
Foreign born: 1,819 (24.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 667 (9.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,001 (13.7%)
--Not a citizen: 818 (11.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,819 (100%)
Europe: 185 (10.17%)
Asia: 955 (52.5%)
Africa: 326 (17.92%)
Oceania: 6 (0.33%)
Latin America: 323 (17.76%)
Northern America: 24 (1.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,752 (100%)
English only: 4,663 (69.06%)
Language other than English: 2,089 (30.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 675 (10%)
--Spanish: 386 (5.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (2.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 795 (11.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (2.03%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 692 (10.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 354 (5.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,309 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,780% (106.44%)
Arab: 33 (0.45%)
Czech: 13 (0.18%)
Danish: 4 (0.05%)
Dutch: 18 (0.25%)
English: 440 (6.02%)
French (except Basque): 75 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.16%)
German: 1,053 (14.41%)
Greek: 83 (1.14%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.31%)
Irish: 830 (11.36%)
Italian: 400 (5.47%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 33 (0.45%)
Polish: 226 (3.09%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.07%)
Russian: 215 (2.94%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (0.63%)
Scottish: 87 (1.19%)
Slovak: 9 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 448 (6.13%)
Swedish: 24 (0.33%)
Swiss: 27 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 47 (0.64%)
United States or American: 220 (3.01%)
Welsh: 26 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 201 (2.75%)
Other ancestries: 3,172 (43.4%)

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