College Park, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2418750, place: College Park city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 15,306 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 155 (1.01%)
Kindergarten: 119 (0.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,320 (8.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 550 (3.59%)
College or graduate school: 13,162 (85.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,396 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 295 (3.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 869 (9.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,245 (23.89%)
Some college, no degree: 1,845 (19.64%)
Associate degree: 316 (3.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,037 (21.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,789 (19.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,336 (100%)
Never married: 12,785 (57.24%)
Now married, except separated: 7,604 (34.04%)
Separated: 245 (1.1%)
Total Widowed: 824 (3.69%)
Widowed Female: 593 (2.65%)
Total Divorced: 878 (3.93%)
Divorced Female: 487 (2.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 380 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 136 (35.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,826 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,395 (6.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,486 (100%)
--With a disability: 473 (4.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,640 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,536 (13.2%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
--No disability: 10,104 (86.8%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,734 (100%)
--With a disability: 767 (44.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,922 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,819 (32.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,743 (61.63%)
--Same county: 2,775 (11.6%)
--Different county: 11,968 (50.03%)
----Same state: 6,878 (28.75%)
----Different state: 5,090 (21.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,360 (5.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,590 (100%)
Native: 21,431 (87.15%)
--Born in United States: 21,132 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,620 (35.05%)
----Different state: 12,512 (50.88%)
--Born outside United States: 299 (1.22%)
Foreign born: 3,159 (12.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,665 (6.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,334 (5.42%)
--Not a citizen: 1,825 (7.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,159 (100%)
Europe: 428 (13.55%)
Asia: 1,535 (48.59%)
Africa: 280 (8.86%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 857 (27.13%)
Northern America: 59 (1.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,922 (100%)
English only: 19,647 (82.13%)
Language other than English: 4,275 (17.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,439 (6.02%)
--Spanish: 1,326 (5.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 530 (2.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,432 (5.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 280 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,238 (5.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 543 (2.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,590 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,393% (103.27%)
Arab: 98 (0.4%)
Czech: 127 (0.52%)
Danish: 73 (0.3%)
Dutch: 170 (0.69%)
English: 1,792 (7.29%)
French (except Basque): 489 (1.99%)
French Canadian: 93 (0.38%)
German: 3,628 (14.75%)
Greek: 162 (0.66%)
Hungarian: 163 (0.66%)
Irish: 3,454 (14.05%)
Italian: 1,696 (6.9%)
Lithuanian: 69 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 139 (0.57%)
Polish: 1,111 (4.52%)
Portuguese: 76 (0.31%)
Russian: 574 (2.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 341 (1.39%)
Scottish: 400 (1.63%)
Slovak: 67 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 488 (1.98%)
Swedish: 204 (0.83%)
Swiss: 56 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 106 (0.43%)
United States or American: 850 (3.46%)
Welsh: 170 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 331 (1.35%)
Other ancestries: 8,466 (34.43%)

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