Hillcrest Heights, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2438975, place: Hillcrest Heights CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,504 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 307 (6.82%)
Kindergarten: 249 (5.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,899 (42.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,123 (24.93%)
College or graduate school: 926 (20.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,769 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 274 (2.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,266 (11.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,856 (35.81%)
Some college, no degree: 3,052 (28.34%)
Associate degree: 527 (4.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,259 (11.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 535 (4.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,821 (100%)
Never married: 5,332 (41.59%)
Now married, except separated: 4,269 (33.3%)
Separated: 690 (5.38%)
Total Widowed: 909 (7.09%)
Widowed Female: 760 (5.93%)
Total Divorced: 1,621 (12.64%)
Divorced Female: 1,036 (8.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 710 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 276 (38.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,096 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,549 (12.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,605 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (5.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,972 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,324 (23.31%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
--No disability: 7,648 (76.69%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,562 (100%)
--With a disability: 525 (33.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,189 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,002 (59.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,092 (40.11%)
--Same county: 3,668 (24.15%)
--Different county: 2,424 (15.96%)
----Same state: 183 (1.2%)
----Different state: 2,241 (14.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 95 (0.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,183 (100%)
Native: 15,691 (96.96%)
--Born in United States: 15,625 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,315 (14.31%)
----Different state: 13,310 (82.25%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 492 (3.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 127 (0.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 310 (1.92%)
--Not a citizen: 182 (1.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 492 (100%)
Europe: 64 (13.01%)
Asia: 69 (14.02%)
Africa: 120 (24.39%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 239 (48.58%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,189 (100%)
English only: 14,440 (95.07%)
Language other than English: 749 (4.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 276 (1.82%)
--Spanish: 417 (2.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 176 (1.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 229 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 62 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,183 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,940% (92.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.09%)
Danish: 7 (0.04%)
Dutch: 31 (0.19%)
English: 110 (0.68%)
French (except Basque): 25 (0.15%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 154 (0.95%)
Greek: 26 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.04%)
Irish: 192 (1.19%)
Italian: 113 (0.7%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 26 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.09%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 19 (0.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 351 (2.17%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.15%)
United States or American: 130 (0.8%)
Welsh: 6 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 196 (1.21%)
Other ancestries: 13,482 (83.31%)

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