Forestville, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2429000, place: Forestville CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,627 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 232 (6.4%)
Kindergarten: 128 (3.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,796 (49.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 774 (21.34%)
College or graduate school: 697 (19.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,223 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 264 (3.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,225 (14.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,873 (34.94%)
Some college, no degree: 2,098 (25.51%)
Associate degree: 422 (5.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,068 (12.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 273 (3.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,751 (100%)
Never married: 3,643 (37.36%)
Now married, except separated: 3,757 (38.53%)
Separated: 482 (4.94%)
Total Widowed: 700 (7.18%)
Widowed Female: 619 (6.35%)
Total Divorced: 1,169 (11.99%)
Divorced Female: 740 (7.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 514 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 193 (37.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,182 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,300 (14.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,141 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (5.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,609 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,661 (21.83%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 5,948 (78.17%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 935 (100%)
--With a disability: 390 (41.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,861 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,739 (56.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,937 (41.62%)
--Same county: 3,254 (27.43%)
--Different county: 1,683 (14.19%)
----Same state: 236 (1.99%)
----Different state: 1,447 (12.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 185 (1.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,741 (100%)
Native: 12,231 (96%)
--Born in United States: 12,157 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,660 (20.88%)
----Different state: 9,497 (74.54%)
--Born outside United States: 74 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 510 (4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 202 (1.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 267 (2.1%)
--Not a citizen: 243 (1.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 510 (100%)
Europe: 43 (8.43%)
Asia: 109 (21.37%)
Africa: 140 (27.45%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 144 (28.24%)
Northern America: 74 (14.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,861 (100%)
English only: 11,146 (93.97%)
Language other than English: 715 (6.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 251 (2.12%)
--Spanish: 287 (2.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (1.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 160 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 119 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,741 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,143% (87.46%)
Arab: 33 (0.26%)
Czech: 6 (0.05%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (0.05%)
English: 190 (1.49%)
French (except Basque): 58 (0.46%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.24%)
German: 170 (1.33%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.05%)
Irish: 231 (1.81%)
Italian: 78 (0.61%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 22 (0.17%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.13%)
Russian: 23 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 67 (0.53%)
Scottish: 23 (0.18%)
Slovak: 7 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 231 (1.81%)
Swedish: 8 (0.06%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.05%)
United States or American: 248 (1.95%)
Welsh: 13 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 145 (1.14%)
Other ancestries: 9,508 (74.63%)

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