Charlestown, MD

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2415400, place: Charlestown town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 276 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (3.99%)
Kindergarten: 14 (5.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 142 (51.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 71 (25.72%)
College or graduate school: 38 (13.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 658 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (2.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 109 (16.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 256 (38.91%)
Some college, no degree: 155 (23.56%)
Associate degree: 47 (7.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 42 (6.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 32 (4.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 764 (100%)
Never married: 142 (18.59%)
Now married, except separated: 477 (62.43%)
Separated: 22 (2.88%)
Total Widowed: 37 (4.84%)
Widowed Female: 28 (3.66%)
Total Divorced: 86 (11.26%)
Divorced Female: 48 (6.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 41 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (41.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 717 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 122 (17.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 249 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (8.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 609 (100%)
--With a disability: 144 (23.65%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 465 (76.35%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 85 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (31.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 943 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 567 (60.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 369 (39.13%)
--Same county: 205 (21.74%)
--Different county: 164 (17.39%)
----Same state: 104 (11.03%)
----Different state: 60 (6.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 993 (100%)
Native: 974 (98.09%)
--Born in United States: 963 (100%)
----State of residence: 510 (51.36%)
----Different state: 453 (45.62%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 19 (1.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.6%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (1.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 19 (100%)
Europe: 17 (89.47%)
Asia: 2 (10.53%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 943 (100%)
English only: 920 (97.56%)
Language other than English: 23 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.64%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 993 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,069% (107.65%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.6%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 22 (2.22%)
English: 178 (17.93%)
French (except Basque): 22 (2.22%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.1%)
German: 262 (26.38%)
Greek: 4 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.5%)
Irish: 285 (28.7%)
Italian: 49 (4.93%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.2%)
Polish: 47 (4.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.01%)
Scottish: 4 (0.4%)
Slovak: 2 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.2%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 63 (6.34%)
Welsh: 9 (0.91%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 94 (9.47%)

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