Damascus, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2421475, place: Damascus CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,620 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 205 (5.66%)
Kindergarten: 214 (5.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,756 (48.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 972 (26.85%)
College or graduate school: 473 (13.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,803 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 40 (0.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 504 (7.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,336 (19.64%)
Some college, no degree: 1,611 (23.68%)
Associate degree: 369 (5.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,908 (28.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,035 (15.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,216 (100%)
Never married: 2,016 (24.54%)
Now married, except separated: 4,995 (60.8%)
Separated: 220 (2.68%)
Total Widowed: 293 (3.57%)
Widowed Female: 261 (3.18%)
Total Divorced: 692 (8.42%)
Divorced Female: 493 (6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 209 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (27.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,468 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 942 (12.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,290 (100%)
--With a disability: 334 (10.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,531 (100%)
--With a disability: 845 (12.94%)
----Percent employed: 65.6%
--No disability: 5,686 (87.06%)
----Percent employed: 86.4%
Population 65 years and over: 560 (100%)
--With a disability: 221 (39.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,419 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,269 (60.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,052 (38.89%)
--Same county: 2,604 (24.99%)
--Different county: 1,448 (13.9%)
----Same state: 546 (5.24%)
----Different state: 902 (8.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 98 (0.94%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,317 (100%)
Native: 10,724 (94.76%)
--Born in United States: 10,549 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,163 (45.62%)
----Different state: 5,386 (47.59%)
--Born outside United States: 175 (1.55%)
Foreign born: 593 (5.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 173 (1.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 354 (3.13%)
--Not a citizen: 239 (2.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 593 (100%)
Europe: 137 (23.1%)
Asia: 196 (33.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 236 (39.8%)
Northern America: 24 (4.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,419 (100%)
English only: 9,480 (90.99%)
Language other than English: 939 (9.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 253 (2.43%)
--Spanish: 522 (5.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 164 (1.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 215 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 187 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,317 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,055% (124.19%)
Arab: 90 (0.8%)
Czech: 69 (0.61%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 204 (1.8%)
English: 1,601 (14.15%)
French (except Basque): 254 (2.24%)
French Canadian: 65 (0.57%)
German: 3,273 (28.92%)
Greek: 249 (2.2%)
Hungarian: 51 (0.45%)
Irish: 2,116 (18.7%)
Italian: 834 (7.37%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 54 (0.48%)
Polish: 517 (4.57%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.24%)
Russian: 137 (1.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 324 (2.86%)
Scottish: 321 (2.84%)
Slovak: 42 (0.37%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.15%)
Swedish: 295 (2.61%)
Swiss: 21 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.08%)
United States or American: 971 (8.58%)
Welsh: 232 (2.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 2,226 (19.67%)

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