Capitol Heights, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2413000, place: Capitol Heights town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,234 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (3.73%)
Kindergarten: 47 (3.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 653 (52.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 318 (25.77%)
College or graduate school: 170 (13.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,433 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 83 (3.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 449 (18.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 853 (35.06%)
Some college, no degree: 546 (22.44%)
Associate degree: 122 (5.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 264 (10.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 116 (4.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,986 (100%)
Never married: 1,153 (38.61%)
Now married, except separated: 1,118 (37.44%)
Separated: 188 (6.3%)
Total Widowed: 221 (7.4%)
Widowed Female: 172 (5.76%)
Total Divorced: 306 (10.25%)
Divorced Female: 208 (6.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 195 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 104 (53.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,770 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 384 (13.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,164 (100%)
--With a disability: 87 (7.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,209 (100%)
--With a disability: 593 (26.84%)
----Percent employed: 58%
--No disability: 1,616 (73.16%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 366 (100%)
--With a disability: 208 (56.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,754 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,410 (64.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,293 (34.44%)
--Same county: 764 (20.35%)
--Different county: 529 (14.09%)
----Same state: 72 (1.92%)
----Different state: 457 (12.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (1.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,043 (100%)
Native: 3,917 (96.88%)
--Born in United States: 3,899 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,070 (26.47%)
----Different state: 2,829 (69.97%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 126 (3.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (0.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 92 (2.28%)
--Not a citizen: 34 (0.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 126 (100%)
Europe: 10 (7.94%)
Asia: 7 (5.56%)
Africa: 56 (44.44%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (30.95%)
Northern America: 14 (11.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,754 (100%)
English only: 3,620 (96.43%)
Language other than English: 134 (3.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (1.57%)
--Spanish: 61 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 66 (1.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,043 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,513% (86.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.12%)
English: 5 (0.12%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.02%)
German: 0 (0%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 23 (0.57%)
Italian: 8 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 90 (2.23%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 30 (0.74%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 70 (1.73%)
Other ancestries: 3,281 (81.15%)

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