Cottage City, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2420050, place: Cottage City town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 292 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (6.85%)
Kindergarten: 26 (8.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 144 (49.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 44 (15.07%)
College or graduate school: 58 (19.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 796 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 100 (12.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 132 (16.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 263 (33.04%)
Some college, no degree: 177 (22.24%)
Associate degree: 52 (6.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 50 (6.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (2.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 897 (100%)
Never married: 268 (29.88%)
Now married, except separated: 379 (42.25%)
Separated: 30 (3.34%)
Total Widowed: 102 (11.37%)
Widowed Female: 79 (8.81%)
Total Divorced: 118 (13.15%)
Divorced Female: 82 (9.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (47.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 867 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 80 (9.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 238 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (9.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 690 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (26.09%)
----Percent employed: 53.9%
--No disability: 510 (73.91%)
----Percent employed: 74.1%
Population 65 years and over: 151 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (61.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,082 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 695 (64.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 360 (33.27%)
--Same county: 227 (20.98%)
--Different county: 133 (12.29%)
----Same state: 20 (1.85%)
----Different state: 113 (10.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (2.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,136 (100%)
Native: 897 (78.96%)
--Born in United States: 879 (100%)
----State of residence: 195 (17.17%)
----Different state: 684 (60.21%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (1.58%)
Foreign born: 239 (21.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 81 (7.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 110 (9.68%)
--Not a citizen: 129 (11.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 239 (100%)
Europe: 15 (6.28%)
Asia: 31 (12.97%)
Africa: 28 (11.72%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 162 (67.78%)
Northern America: 3 (1.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,082 (100%)
English only: 823 (76.06%)
Language other than English: 259 (23.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 111 (10.26%)
--Spanish: 159 (14.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (6.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (4.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 33 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (2.59%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,136 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,060% (93.31%)
Arab: 2 (0.18%)
Czech: 4 (0.35%)
Danish: 2 (0.18%)
Dutch: 3 (0.26%)
English: 46 (4.05%)
French (except Basque): 6 (0.53%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.18%)
German: 72 (6.34%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 66 (5.81%)
Italian: 33 (2.9%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.53%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.53%)
Scottish: 7 (0.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (2.9%)
Swedish: 3 (0.26%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.53%)
United States or American: 59 (5.19%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 60 (5.28%)
Other ancestries: 644 (56.69%)

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