Discovery-spring Garden, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2423005, place: Discovery-Spring Garden CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 742 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (6.2%)
Kindergarten: 48 (6.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 351 (47.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 225 (30.32%)
College or graduate school: 72 (9.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,314 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 42 (3.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 110 (8.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 473 (36%)
Some college, no degree: 427 (32.5%)
Associate degree: 78 (5.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 145 (11.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 39 (2.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,529 (100%)
Never married: 334 (21.84%)
Now married, except separated: 965 (63.11%)
Separated: 34 (2.22%)
Total Widowed: 53 (3.47%)
Widowed Female: 48 (3.14%)
Total Divorced: 143 (9.35%)
Divorced Female: 97 (6.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,388 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 240 (17.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 684 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (7.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,199 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (14.26%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
--No disability: 1,028 (85.74%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 105 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (38.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,005 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 978 (48.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 962 (47.98%)
--Same county: 714 (35.61%)
--Different county: 248 (12.37%)
----Same state: 157 (7.83%)
----Different state: 91 (4.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 65 (3.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,167 (100%)
Native: 2,045 (94.37%)
--Born in United States: 1,975 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,204 (55.56%)
----Different state: 771 (35.58%)
--Born outside United States: 70 (3.23%)
Foreign born: 122 (5.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (4.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (2.4%)
--Not a citizen: 70 (3.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 122 (100%)
Europe: 78 (63.93%)
Asia: 6 (4.92%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 38 (31.15%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,005 (100%)
English only: 1,834 (91.47%)
Language other than English: 171 (8.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (1.8%)
--Spanish: 61 (3.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 110 (5.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (1.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,167 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,192% (101.15%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 33 (1.52%)
Danish: 7 (0.32%)
Dutch: 39 (1.8%)
English: 218 (10.06%)
French (except Basque): 57 (2.63%)
French Canadian: 42 (1.94%)
German: 467 (21.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 354 (16.34%)
Italian: 116 (5.35%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 33 (1.52%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 84 (3.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 100 (4.61%)
Slovak: 15 (0.69%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 9 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 22 (1.02%)
United States or American: 189 (8.72%)
Welsh: 18 (0.83%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 389 (17.95%)

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