California, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2412150, place: California CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,857 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 173 (6.06%)
Kindergarten: 127 (4.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,387 (48.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 540 (18.9%)
College or graduate school: 630 (22.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,116 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 83 (1.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 427 (6.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,706 (27.89%)
Some college, no degree: 1,483 (24.25%)
Associate degree: 397 (6.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,259 (20.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 761 (12.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,178 (100%)
Never married: 1,931 (26.9%)
Now married, except separated: 4,079 (56.83%)
Separated: 136 (1.89%)
Total Widowed: 234 (3.26%)
Widowed Female: 193 (2.69%)
Total Divorced: 798 (11.12%)
Divorced Female: 466 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 138 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (32.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,523 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,532 (23.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,228 (100%)
--With a disability: 112 (5.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,644 (100%)
--With a disability: 855 (15.15%)
----Percent employed: 71.2%
--No disability: 4,789 (84.85%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 621 (100%)
--With a disability: 237 (38.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,779 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,014 (45.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,552 (51.85%)
--Same county: 1,988 (22.64%)
--Different county: 2,564 (29.21%)
----Same state: 697 (7.94%)
----Different state: 1,867 (21.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 213 (2.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,534 (100%)
Native: 9,013 (94.54%)
--Born in United States: 8,869 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,611 (37.87%)
----Different state: 5,258 (55.15%)
--Born outside United States: 144 (1.51%)
Foreign born: 521 (5.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 134 (1.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 290 (3.04%)
--Not a citizen: 231 (2.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 521 (100%)
Europe: 77 (14.78%)
Asia: 227 (43.57%)
Africa: 10 (1.92%)
Oceania: 17 (3.26%)
Latin America: 144 (27.64%)
Northern America: 46 (8.83%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,779 (100%)
English only: 8,153 (92.87%)
Language other than English: 626 (7.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (1.67%)
--Spanish: 255 (2.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 164 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 207 (2.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.8%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,534 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,384% (108.92%)
Arab: 24 (0.25%)
Czech: 25 (0.26%)
Danish: 20 (0.21%)
Dutch: 181 (1.9%)
English: 1,285 (13.48%)
French (except Basque): 226 (2.37%)
French Canadian: 120 (1.26%)
German: 1,689 (17.72%)
Greek: 10 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 66 (0.69%)
Irish: 1,351 (14.17%)
Italian: 392 (4.11%)
Lithuanian: 30 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 74 (0.78%)
Polish: 268 (2.81%)
Portuguese: 25 (0.26%)
Russian: 8 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 205 (2.15%)
Scottish: 229 (2.4%)
Slovak: 43 (0.45%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.28%)
Swedish: 137 (1.44%)
Swiss: 7 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.4%)
United States or American: 918 (9.63%)
Welsh: 230 (2.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 116 (1.22%)
Other ancestries: 2,640 (27.69%)

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