Greater Landover, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2434711, place: Greater Landover CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,451 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 415 (5.57%)
Kindergarten: 380 (5.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,767 (50.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,717 (23.04%)
College or graduate school: 1,172 (15.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,921 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 720 (5.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,490 (19.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,976 (38.51%)
Some college, no degree: 3,126 (24.19%)
Associate degree: 454 (3.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 838 (6.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 317 (2.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,250 (100%)
Never married: 7,087 (43.61%)
Now married, except separated: 5,713 (35.16%)
Separated: 1,098 (6.76%)
Total Widowed: 858 (5.28%)
Widowed Female: 679 (4.18%)
Total Divorced: 1,494 (9.19%)
Divorced Female: 868 (5.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,185 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 562 (47.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,178 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,730 (11.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,500 (100%)
--With a disability: 650 (10%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,022 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,391 (26.04%)
----Percent employed: 59.9%
--No disability: 9,631 (73.96%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,237 (100%)
--With a disability: 481 (38.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,773 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,636 (51.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,247 (44.51%)
--Same county: 5,999 (28.88%)
--Different county: 3,248 (15.64%)
----Same state: 455 (2.19%)
----Different state: 2,793 (13.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 890 (4.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,807 (100%)
Native: 21,007 (92.11%)
--Born in United States: 20,856 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,856 (25.68%)
----Different state: 15,000 (65.77%)
--Born outside United States: 151 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 1,800 (7.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,246 (5.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 411 (1.8%)
--Not a citizen: 1,389 (6.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,800 (100%)
Europe: 31 (1.72%)
Asia: 57 (3.17%)
Africa: 950 (52.78%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 735 (40.83%)
Northern America: 27 (1.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,773 (100%)
English only: 18,672 (89.89%)
Language other than English: 2,101 (10.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 958 (4.61%)
--Spanish: 897 (4.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 458 (2.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 305 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 131 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,807 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,958% (87.51%)
Arab: 10 (0.04%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 28 (0.12%)
English: 109 (0.48%)
French (except Basque): 57 (0.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 153 (0.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 119 (0.52%)
Italian: 88 (0.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (0.11%)
Scottish: 16 (0.07%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1,265 (5.55%)
Swedish: 12 (0.05%)
Swiss: 7 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.03%)
United States or American: 389 (1.71%)
Welsh: 23 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 377 (1.65%)
Other ancestries: 17,259 (75.67%)

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