Forest Glen, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2428640, place: Forest Glen CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,600 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 136 (8.5%)
Kindergarten: 70 (4.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 647 (40.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 314 (19.63%)
College or graduate school: 433 (27.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,389 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 404 (7.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 372 (6.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 915 (16.98%)
Some college, no degree: 798 (14.81%)
Associate degree: 232 (4.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,384 (25.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,284 (23.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,037 (100%)
Never married: 1,523 (25.23%)
Now married, except separated: 3,304 (54.73%)
Separated: 143 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 518 (8.58%)
Widowed Female: 428 (7.09%)
Total Divorced: 549 (9.09%)
Divorced Female: 346 (5.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 194 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (24.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,766 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 584 (10.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,189 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (7.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,397 (100%)
--With a disability: 657 (14.94%)
----Percent employed: 54.8%
--No disability: 3,740 (85.06%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,117 (100%)
--With a disability: 505 (45.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,822 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,691 (54.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,727 (39.97%)
--Same county: 1,514 (22.19%)
--Different county: 1,213 (17.78%)
----Same state: 299 (4.38%)
----Different state: 914 (13.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 404 (5.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,376 (100%)
Native: 5,428 (73.59%)
--Born in United States: 5,339 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,300 (17.62%)
----Different state: 4,039 (54.76%)
--Born outside United States: 89 (1.21%)
Foreign born: 1,948 (26.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 918 (12.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 811 (11%)
--Not a citizen: 1,137 (15.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,948 (100%)
Europe: 279 (14.32%)
Asia: 559 (28.7%)
Africa: 217 (11.14%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 843 (43.28%)
Northern America: 50 (2.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,822 (100%)
English only: 4,569 (66.97%)
Language other than English: 2,253 (33.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,049 (15.38%)
--Spanish: 1,044 (15.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 600 (8.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 585 (8.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 177 (2.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 477 (6.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 228 (3.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,376 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,009% (108.58%)
Arab: 17 (0.23%)
Czech: 25 (0.34%)
Danish: 47 (0.64%)
Dutch: 63 (0.85%)
English: 760 (10.3%)
French (except Basque): 170 (2.3%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.12%)
German: 875 (11.86%)
Greek: 35 (0.47%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.65%)
Irish: 958 (12.99%)
Italian: 461 (6.25%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 93 (1.26%)
Polish: 187 (2.54%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.45%)
Russian: 187 (2.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (1%)
Scottish: 179 (2.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 259 (3.51%)
Swedish: 49 (0.66%)
Swiss: 37 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.27%)
United States or American: 230 (3.12%)
Welsh: 20 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 45 (0.61%)
Other ancestries: 3,111 (42.18%)

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