Forest Heights, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2428725, place: Forest Heights town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 742 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 45 (6.06%)
Kindergarten: 70 (9.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 328 (44.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 202 (27.22%)
College or graduate school: 97 (13.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,709 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (1.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 242 (14.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 665 (38.91%)
Some college, no degree: 476 (27.85%)
Associate degree: 80 (4.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 150 (8.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 78 (4.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,971 (100%)
Never married: 590 (29.93%)
Now married, except separated: 899 (45.61%)
Separated: 55 (2.79%)
Total Widowed: 191 (9.69%)
Widowed Female: 147 (7.46%)
Total Divorced: 236 (11.97%)
Divorced Female: 157 (7.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 153 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (49.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,871 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 348 (18.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 599 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (8.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,458 (100%)
--With a disability: 333 (22.84%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
--No disability: 1,125 (77.16%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 335 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (27.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,414 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,615 (66.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 793 (32.85%)
--Same county: 441 (18.27%)
--Different county: 352 (14.58%)
----Same state: 14 (0.58%)
----Different state: 338 (14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,621 (100%)
Native: 2,466 (94.09%)
--Born in United States: 2,420 (100%)
----State of residence: 398 (15.19%)
----Different state: 2,022 (77.15%)
--Born outside United States: 46 (1.76%)
Foreign born: 155 (5.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 74 (2.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 76 (2.9%)
--Not a citizen: 79 (3.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 155 (100%)
Europe: 18 (11.61%)
Asia: 95 (61.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 42 (27.1%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,414 (100%)
English only: 2,217 (91.84%)
Language other than English: 197 (8.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (3.56%)
--Spanish: 67 (2.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 30 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 100 (4.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (2.82%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,621 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,555% (97.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.31%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 56 (2.14%)
English: 74 (2.82%)
French (except Basque): 14 (0.53%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.23%)
German: 68 (2.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 114 (4.35%)
Italian: 6 (0.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 11 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.46%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.84%)
Swedish: 19 (0.72%)
Swiss: 6 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 35 (1.34%)
Welsh: 15 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 37 (1.41%)
Other ancestries: 2,041 (77.87%)

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