Fairland, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2427250, place: Fairland CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,051 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 326 (5.39%)
Kindergarten: 408 (6.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,454 (40.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,088 (17.98%)
College or graduate school: 1,775 (29.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,436 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 406 (2.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 461 (3.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,378 (16.47%)
Some college, no degree: 2,886 (19.99%)
Associate degree: 871 (6.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,473 (30.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,961 (20.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 51.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,874 (100%)
Never married: 5,743 (34.03%)
Now married, except separated: 8,389 (49.72%)
Separated: 531 (3.15%)
Total Widowed: 568 (3.37%)
Widowed Female: 507 (3%)
Total Divorced: 1,643 (9.74%)
Divorced Female: 985 (5.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 391 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (13.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,048 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,407 (8.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,311 (100%)
--With a disability: 239 (5.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,377 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,694 (11.78%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
--No disability: 12,683 (88.22%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,019 (100%)
--With a disability: 377 (37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,977 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,179 (40.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,450 (52.31%)
--Same county: 4,233 (21.19%)
--Different county: 6,217 (31.12%)
----Same state: 2,616 (13.1%)
----Different state: 3,601 (18.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,348 (6.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,581 (100%)
Native: 15,538 (72%)
--Born in United States: 15,174 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,850 (22.47%)
----Different state: 10,324 (47.84%)
--Born outside United States: 364 (1.69%)
Foreign born: 6,043 (28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,917 (13.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,672 (12.38%)
--Not a citizen: 3,371 (15.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,043 (100%)
Europe: 435 (7.2%)
Asia: 2,641 (43.7%)
Africa: 1,383 (22.89%)
Oceania: 14 (0.23%)
Latin America: 1,541 (25.5%)
Northern America: 29 (0.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,977 (100%)
English only: 13,587 (68.01%)
Language other than English: 6,390 (31.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,530 (12.66%)
--Spanish: 1,568 (7.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 591 (2.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,730 (8.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 414 (2.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,325 (11.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,309 (6.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,581 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,678% (105.08%)
Arab: 186 (0.86%)
Czech: 71 (0.33%)
Danish: 8 (0.04%)
Dutch: 213 (0.99%)
English: 1,293 (5.99%)
French (except Basque): 221 (1.02%)
French Canadian: 55 (0.25%)
German: 1,435 (6.65%)
Greek: 113 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 87 (0.4%)
Irish: 1,496 (6.93%)
Italian: 507 (2.35%)
Lithuanian: 65 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 111 (0.51%)
Polish: 392 (1.82%)
Portuguese: 83 (0.38%)
Russian: 201 (0.93%)
Scotch-Irish: 186 (0.86%)
Scottish: 290 (1.34%)
Slovak: 30 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 1,823 (8.45%)
Swedish: 102 (0.47%)
Swiss: 23 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 32 (0.15%)
United States or American: 605 (2.8%)
Welsh: 133 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 970 (4.49%)
Other ancestries: 11,947 (55.36%)

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