Laurel, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2445900, place: Laurel city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,006 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 361 (7.21%)
Kindergarten: 192 (3.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,946 (38.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 937 (18.72%)
College or graduate school: 1,570 (31.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,054 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 492 (3.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,172 (8.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,990 (21.28%)
Some college, no degree: 3,548 (25.25%)
Associate degree: 767 (5.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,165 (22.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,920 (13.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,373 (100%)
Never married: 5,706 (34.85%)
Now married, except separated: 7,022 (42.89%)
Separated: 741 (4.53%)
Total Widowed: 695 (4.24%)
Widowed Female: 556 (3.4%)
Total Divorced: 2,209 (13.49%)
Divorced Female: 1,263 (7.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 240 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (8.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,493 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,115 (13.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 267 (7.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,630 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,193 (16.09%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
--No disability: 11,437 (83.91%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,368 (100%)
--With a disability: 643 (47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,740 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,167 (43.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,430 (50.32%)
--Same county: 4,128 (22.03%)
--Different county: 5,302 (28.29%)
----Same state: 2,381 (12.71%)
----Different state: 2,921 (15.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,143 (6.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,054 (100%)
Native: 16,947 (84.51%)
--Born in United States: 16,490 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,052 (30.18%)
----Different state: 10,438 (52.05%)
--Born outside United States: 457 (2.28%)
Foreign born: 3,107 (15.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,525 (7.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,197 (5.97%)
--Not a citizen: 1,910 (9.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,107 (100%)
Europe: 269 (8.66%)
Asia: 1,237 (39.81%)
Africa: 603 (19.41%)
Oceania: 12 (0.39%)
Latin America: 909 (29.26%)
Northern America: 77 (2.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,740 (100%)
English only: 15,400 (82.18%)
Language other than English: 3,340 (17.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,489 (7.95%)
--Spanish: 1,218 (6.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 679 (3.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 886 (4.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (1.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 724 (3.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 412 (2.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,054 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,970% (104.57%)
Arab: 144 (0.72%)
Czech: 68 (0.34%)
Danish: 27 (0.13%)
Dutch: 209 (1.04%)
English: 1,530 (7.63%)
French (except Basque): 499 (2.49%)
French Canadian: 195 (0.97%)
German: 2,354 (11.74%)
Greek: 34 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 81 (0.4%)
Irish: 2,024 (10.09%)
Italian: 750 (3.74%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 160 (0.8%)
Polish: 561 (2.8%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.1%)
Russian: 102 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 322 (1.61%)
Scottish: 304 (1.52%)
Slovak: 45 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 754 (3.76%)
Swedish: 119 (0.59%)
Swiss: 57 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 30 (0.15%)
United States or American: 1,101 (5.49%)
Welsh: 263 (1.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 514 (2.56%)
Other ancestries: 8,675 (43.26%)

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