Elkton, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2425800, place: Elkton town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,074 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 286 (9.3%)
Kindergarten: 231 (7.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,402 (45.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 601 (19.55%)
College or graduate school: 554 (18.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,351 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 516 (7.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,142 (15.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,765 (37.61%)
Some college, no degree: 1,472 (20.02%)
Associate degree: 264 (3.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 830 (11.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 362 (4.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,899 (100%)
Never married: 2,257 (25.36%)
Now married, except separated: 4,511 (50.69%)
Separated: 455 (5.11%)
Total Widowed: 598 (6.72%)
Widowed Female: 501 (5.63%)
Total Divorced: 1,078 (12.11%)
Divorced Female: 636 (7.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 261 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 144 (55.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,422 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 935 (11.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,722 (100%)
--With a disability: 251 (9.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,660 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,438 (21.59%)
----Percent employed: 63.1%
--No disability: 5,222 (78.41%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 972 (100%)
--With a disability: 437 (44.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,809 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,295 (39.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,361 (58.85%)
--Same county: 4,003 (37.03%)
--Different county: 2,358 (21.82%)
----Same state: 475 (4.39%)
----Different state: 1,883 (17.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 153 (1.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,850 (100%)
Native: 11,599 (97.88%)
--Born in United States: 11,468 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,537 (46.73%)
----Different state: 5,931 (50.05%)
--Born outside United States: 131 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 251 (2.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 112 (0.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 138 (1.16%)
--Not a citizen: 113 (0.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 251 (100%)
Europe: 116 (46.22%)
Asia: 74 (29.48%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 61 (24.3%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,809 (100%)
English only: 10,252 (94.85%)
Language other than English: 557 (5.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (1.33%)
--Spanish: 186 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 236 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 135 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,850 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,081% (101.95%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 28 (0.24%)
Danish: 28 (0.24%)
Dutch: 230 (1.94%)
English: 1,171 (9.88%)
French (except Basque): 255 (2.15%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.32%)
German: 2,074 (17.5%)
Greek: 93 (0.78%)
Hungarian: 51 (0.43%)
Irish: 2,471 (20.85%)
Italian: 991 (8.36%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 52 (0.44%)
Polish: 419 (3.54%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 29 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 147 (1.24%)
Scottish: 172 (1.45%)
Slovak: 43 (0.36%)
Subsaharan African: 75 (0.63%)
Swedish: 64 (0.54%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 64 (0.54%)
United States or American: 1,113 (9.39%)
Welsh: 150 (1.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 52 (0.44%)
Other ancestries: 2,271 (19.16%)

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