Cambridge, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2412400, place: Cambridge city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,493 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 188 (7.54%)
Kindergarten: 161 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,274 (51.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 579 (23.23%)
College or graduate school: 291 (11.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,241 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 726 (10.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,360 (18.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,102 (42.84%)
Some college, no degree: 1,096 (15.14%)
Associate degree: 201 (2.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 399 (5.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 357 (4.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,607 (100%)
Never married: 2,896 (33.65%)
Now married, except separated: 3,244 (37.69%)
Separated: 441 (5.12%)
Total Widowed: 1,061 (12.33%)
Widowed Female: 906 (10.53%)
Total Divorced: 965 (11.21%)
Divorced Female: 571 (6.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 335 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 191 (57.01%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,158 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,076 (13.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,298 (100%)
--With a disability: 263 (11.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,658 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,417 (25.04%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
--No disability: 4,241 (74.96%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,709 (100%)
--With a disability: 729 (42.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,136 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,793 (57.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,238 (41.81%)
--Same county: 2,912 (28.73%)
--Different county: 1,326 (13.08%)
----Same state: 779 (7.69%)
----Different state: 547 (5.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 105 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,784 (100%)
Native: 10,655 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 10,566 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,778 (81.4%)
----Different state: 1,788 (16.58%)
--Born outside United States: 89 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 129 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 41 (0.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 56 (0.52%)
--Not a citizen: 73 (0.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 129 (100%)
Europe: 43 (33.33%)
Asia: 53 (41.09%)
Africa: 7 (5.43%)
Oceania: 6 (4.65%)
Latin America: 15 (11.63%)
Northern America: 5 (3.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,136 (100%)
English only: 9,751 (96.2%)
Language other than English: 385 (3.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 130 (1.28%)
--Spanish: 211 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 117 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 42 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,784 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,274% (86%)
Arab: 8 (0.07%)
Czech: 6 (0.06%)
Danish: 6 (0.06%)
Dutch: 83 (0.77%)
English: 999 (9.26%)
French (except Basque): 87 (0.81%)
French Canadian: 26 (0.24%)
German: 597 (5.54%)
Greek: 6 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.09%)
Irish: 691 (6.41%)
Italian: 177 (1.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 27 (0.25%)
Polish: 56 (0.52%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.09%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 57 (0.53%)
Scottish: 137 (1.27%)
Slovak: 18 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 103 (0.96%)
Swedish: 47 (0.44%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.19%)
United States or American: 1,077 (9.99%)
Welsh: 54 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 4,957 (45.97%)

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