Ellicott City, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2426000, place: Ellicott City CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 17,238 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,361 (7.9%)
Kindergarten: 938 (5.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,724 (44.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,795 (22.02%)
College or graduate school: 3,420 (19.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,043 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 912 (2.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,461 (3.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,579 (15.06%)
Some college, no degree: 6,166 (16.65%)
Associate degree: 2,025 (5.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,806 (31.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9,094 (24.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 56.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 43,000 (100%)
Never married: 9,644 (22.43%)
Now married, except separated: 27,897 (64.88%)
Separated: 785 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 1,998 (4.65%)
Widowed Female: 1,632 (3.8%)
Total Divorced: 2,676 (6.22%)
Divorced Female: 1,602 (3.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 783 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 248 (31.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 40,148 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,934 (12.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,746 (100%)
--With a disability: 804 (5.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 33,266 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,338 (10.03%)
----Percent employed: 76%
--No disability: 29,928 (89.97%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 5,233 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,963 (37.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 52,674 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 29,440 (55.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,093 (40.04%)
--Same county: 7,880 (14.96%)
--Different county: 13,213 (25.08%)
----Same state: 7,390 (14.03%)
----Different state: 5,823 (11.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,141 (4.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 56,309 (100%)
Native: 48,813 (86.69%)
--Born in United States: 48,024 (100%)
----State of residence: 26,694 (47.41%)
----Different state: 21,330 (37.88%)
--Born outside United States: 789 (1.4%)
Foreign born: 7,496 (13.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,244 (5.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,848 (6.83%)
--Not a citizen: 3,648 (6.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,496 (100%)
Europe: 992 (13.23%)
Asia: 5,262 (70.2%)
Africa: 371 (4.95%)
Oceania: 84 (1.12%)
Latin America: 566 (7.55%)
Northern America: 221 (2.95%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 52,674 (100%)
English only: 43,853 (83.25%)
Language other than English: 8,821 (16.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,436 (6.52%)
--Spanish: 1,262 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 458 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,489 (4.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 537 (1.02%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,680 (8.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,402 (4.56%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 56,309 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 66,050% (117.3%)
Arab: 369 (0.66%)
Czech: 403 (0.72%)
Danish: 232 (0.41%)
Dutch: 579 (1.03%)
English: 7,222 (12.83%)
French (except Basque): 1,560 (2.77%)
French Canadian: 362 (0.64%)
German: 12,148 (21.57%)
Greek: 318 (0.56%)
Hungarian: 286 (0.51%)
Irish: 9,511 (16.89%)
Italian: 5,123 (9.1%)
Lithuanian: 454 (0.81%)
Norwegian: 499 (0.89%)
Polish: 2,996 (5.32%)
Portuguese: 84 (0.15%)
Russian: 1,163 (2.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 830 (1.47%)
Scottish: 1,427 (2.53%)
Slovak: 327 (0.58%)
Subsaharan African: 402 (0.71%)
Swedish: 477 (0.85%)
Swiss: 178 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 292 (0.52%)
United States or American: 2,679 (4.76%)
Welsh: 499 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 228 (0.4%)
Other ancestries: 15,402 (27.35%)

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