Easton, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2424475, place: Easton town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,608 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 205 (7.86%)
Kindergarten: 92 (3.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,359 (52.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 544 (20.86%)
College or graduate school: 408 (15.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,193 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 447 (5.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,080 (13.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,559 (31.23%)
Some college, no degree: 1,751 (21.37%)
Associate degree: 436 (5.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,204 (14.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 716 (8.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,296 (100%)
Never married: 2,439 (26.24%)
Now married, except separated: 4,628 (49.78%)
Separated: 295 (3.17%)
Total Widowed: 779 (8.38%)
Widowed Female: 652 (7.01%)
Total Divorced: 1,155 (12.42%)
Divorced Female: 764 (8.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 227 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 131 (57.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,926 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,222 (13.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,283 (100%)
--With a disability: 253 (11.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,246 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,183 (18.94%)
----Percent employed: 69.8%
--No disability: 5,063 (81.06%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,865 (100%)
--With a disability: 872 (46.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,830 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,813 (44.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,859 (54.1%)
--Same county: 3,183 (29.39%)
--Different county: 2,676 (24.71%)
----Same state: 1,579 (14.58%)
----Different state: 1,097 (10.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 158 (1.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,555 (100%)
Native: 11,054 (95.66%)
--Born in United States: 10,971 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,481 (64.74%)
----Different state: 3,490 (30.2%)
--Born outside United States: 83 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 501 (4.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 243 (2.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 181 (1.57%)
--Not a citizen: 320 (2.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 501 (100%)
Europe: 64 (12.77%)
Asia: 114 (22.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 315 (62.87%)
Northern America: 8 (1.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,830 (100%)
English only: 9,989 (92.23%)
Language other than English: 841 (7.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 375 (3.46%)
--Spanish: 468 (4.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 305 (2.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 288 (2.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 66 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,555 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,502% (99.54%)
Arab: 10 (0.09%)
Czech: 63 (0.55%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 128 (1.11%)
English: 1,644 (14.23%)
French (except Basque): 193 (1.67%)
French Canadian: 94 (0.81%)
German: 1,836 (15.89%)
Greek: 21 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 60 (0.52%)
Irish: 1,348 (11.67%)
Italian: 445 (3.85%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 109 (0.94%)
Polish: 166 (1.44%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 55 (0.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 188 (1.63%)
Scottish: 398 (3.44%)
Slovak: 8 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.06%)
Swedish: 68 (0.59%)
Swiss: 36 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.07%)
United States or American: 974 (8.43%)
Welsh: 174 (1.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,436 (29.74%)

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