Calverton, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2412350, place: Calverton CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,652 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 196 (5.37%)
Kindergarten: 193 (5.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,479 (40.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 661 (18.1%)
College or graduate school: 1,123 (30.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,496 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 330 (3.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 374 (4.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,655 (19.48%)
Some college, no degree: 1,820 (21.42%)
Associate degree: 312 (3.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,431 (28.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,574 (18.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,956 (100%)
Never married: 2,944 (29.57%)
Now married, except separated: 5,604 (56.29%)
Separated: 224 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 432 (4.34%)
Widowed Female: 330 (3.31%)
Total Divorced: 752 (7.55%)
Divorced Female: 577 (5.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 308 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 89 (28.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,433 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,000 (10.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,616 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (6.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,785 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,147 (14.73%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
--No disability: 6,638 (85.27%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 1,141 (100%)
--With a disability: 357 (31.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,722 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,690 (57.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,547 (38.79%)
--Same county: 2,185 (18.64%)
--Different county: 2,362 (20.15%)
----Same state: 1,133 (9.67%)
----Different state: 1,229 (10.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 485 (4.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,608 (100%)
Native: 9,462 (75.05%)
--Born in United States: 9,291 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,179 (25.21%)
----Different state: 6,112 (48.48%)
--Born outside United States: 171 (1.36%)
Foreign born: 3,146 (24.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,053 (8.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,634 (12.96%)
--Not a citizen: 1,512 (11.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,146 (100%)
Europe: 108 (3.43%)
Asia: 1,585 (50.38%)
Africa: 500 (15.89%)
Oceania: 6 (0.19%)
Latin America: 929 (29.53%)
Northern America: 18 (0.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,722 (100%)
English only: 8,423 (71.86%)
Language other than English: 3,299 (28.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,302 (11.11%)
--Spanish: 710 (6.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 285 (2.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 802 (6.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 268 (2.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,379 (11.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 680 (5.8%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,608 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,731% (108.91%)
Arab: 83 (0.66%)
Czech: 20 (0.16%)
Danish: 31 (0.25%)
Dutch: 84 (0.67%)
English: 1,060 (8.41%)
French (except Basque): 134 (1.06%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.07%)
German: 1,252 (9.93%)
Greek: 34 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 50 (0.4%)
Irish: 928 (7.36%)
Italian: 648 (5.14%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 106 (0.84%)
Polish: 274 (2.17%)
Portuguese: 40 (0.32%)
Russian: 259 (2.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 55 (0.44%)
Scottish: 146 (1.16%)
Slovak: 37 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 802 (6.36%)
Swedish: 80 (0.63%)
Swiss: 22 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 68 (0.54%)
United States or American: 524 (4.16%)
Welsh: 105 (0.83%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 499 (3.96%)
Other ancestries: 6,375 (50.56%)

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