Carney, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2413325, place: Carney CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,244 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 343 (4.73%)
Kindergarten: 386 (5.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,763 (38.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,802 (24.88%)
College or graduate school: 1,950 (26.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,721 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 705 (3.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,678 (8.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,868 (29.76%)
Some college, no degree: 4,465 (22.64%)
Associate degree: 1,118 (5.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,605 (18.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,282 (11.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 23,447 (100%)
Never married: 5,999 (25.59%)
Now married, except separated: 12,358 (52.71%)
Separated: 476 (2.03%)
Total Widowed: 2,161 (9.22%)
Widowed Female: 1,702 (7.26%)
Total Divorced: 2,453 (10.46%)
Divorced Female: 1,512 (6.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 472 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 198 (41.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,062 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,139 (14.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,533 (100%)
--With a disability: 351 (6.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,592 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,356 (15.11%)
----Percent employed: 72.8%
--No disability: 13,236 (84.89%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 5,474 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,538 (46.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,936 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,783 (54.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,524 (42.78%)
--Same county: 5,472 (20.31%)
--Different county: 6,052 (22.47%)
----Same state: 4,511 (16.75%)
----Different state: 1,541 (5.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 629 (2.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 28,357 (100%)
Native: 26,011 (91.73%)
--Born in United States: 25,803 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,921 (70.25%)
----Different state: 5,882 (20.74%)
--Born outside United States: 208 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 2,346 (8.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 996 (3.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,175 (4.14%)
--Not a citizen: 1,171 (4.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,346 (100%)
Europe: 537 (22.89%)
Asia: 1,263 (53.84%)
Africa: 166 (7.08%)
Oceania: 14 (0.6%)
Latin America: 344 (14.66%)
Northern America: 22 (0.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,936 (100%)
English only: 24,008 (89.13%)
Language other than English: 2,928 (10.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,147 (4.26%)
--Spanish: 686 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,118 (4.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 296 (1.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,032 (3.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 623 (2.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 28,357 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 32,982% (116.31%)
Arab: 70 (0.25%)
Czech: 390 (1.38%)
Danish: 57 (0.2%)
Dutch: 340 (1.2%)
English: 3,334 (11.76%)
French (except Basque): 653 (2.3%)
French Canadian: 152 (0.54%)
German: 8,761 (30.9%)
Greek: 293 (1.03%)
Hungarian: 88 (0.31%)
Irish: 5,146 (18.15%)
Italian: 3,240 (11.43%)
Lithuanian: 133 (0.47%)
Norwegian: 104 (0.37%)
Polish: 2,033 (7.17%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.12%)
Russian: 229 (0.81%)
Scotch-Irish: 316 (1.11%)
Scottish: 586 (2.07%)
Slovak: 93 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 196 (0.69%)
Swedish: 171 (0.6%)
Swiss: 27 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 104 (0.37%)
United States or American: 1,224 (4.32%)
Welsh: 214 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 144 (0.51%)
Other ancestries: 4,851 (17.11%)

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