Mount Rainier, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2454275, place: Mount Rainier city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,439 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 98 (4.02%)
Kindergarten: 120 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 870 (35.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 609 (24.97%)
College or graduate school: 742 (30.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,327 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 554 (10.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 902 (16.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,525 (28.63%)
Some college, no degree: 1,093 (20.52%)
Associate degree: 246 (4.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 521 (9.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 486 (9.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,686 (100%)
Never married: 2,950 (44.12%)
Now married, except separated: 2,240 (33.5%)
Separated: 438 (6.55%)
Total Widowed: 437 (6.54%)
Widowed Female: 362 (5.41%)
Total Divorced: 621 (9.29%)
Divorced Female: 335 (5.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 260 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 113 (43.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,338 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 513 (8.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,809 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (5.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,445 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,283 (23.56%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 4,162 (76.44%)
----Percent employed: 77.9%
Population 65 years and over: 543 (100%)
--With a disability: 269 (49.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,820 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,444 (44.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,614 (46.21%)
--Same county: 1,572 (20.1%)
--Different county: 2,042 (26.11%)
----Same state: 368 (4.71%)
----Different state: 1,674 (21.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 762 (9.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,463 (100%)
Native: 6,115 (72.26%)
--Born in United States: 5,943 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,286 (15.2%)
----Different state: 4,657 (55.03%)
--Born outside United States: 172 (2.03%)
Foreign born: 2,348 (27.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,203 (14.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 654 (7.73%)
--Not a citizen: 1,694 (20.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,348 (100%)
Europe: 72 (3.07%)
Asia: 244 (10.39%)
Africa: 420 (17.89%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,592 (67.8%)
Northern America: 20 (0.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,820 (100%)
English only: 5,499 (70.32%)
Language other than English: 2,321 (29.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,333 (17.05%)
--Spanish: 1,425 (18.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 889 (11.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 278 (3.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (1.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 197 (2.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 140 (1.79%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,463 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,807% (92.25%)
Arab: 29 (0.34%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 102 (1.21%)
English: 174 (2.06%)
French (except Basque): 21 (0.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 360 (4.25%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.33%)
Irish: 292 (3.45%)
Italian: 61 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.24%)
Polish: 76 (0.9%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 50 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (0.76%)
Scottish: 50 (0.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 631 (7.46%)
Swedish: 56 (0.66%)
Swiss: 77 (0.91%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.13%)
United States or American: 213 (2.52%)
Welsh: 15 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 611 (7.22%)
Other ancestries: 4,866 (57.5%)

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