New Carrollton, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2455400, place: New Carrollton city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,016 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 190 (4.73%)
Kindergarten: 173 (4.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,765 (43.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 844 (21.02%)
College or graduate school: 1,044 (26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,024 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 317 (3.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 899 (11.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,367 (29.5%)
Some college, no degree: 1,993 (24.84%)
Associate degree: 434 (5.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,242 (15.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 772 (9.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,772 (100%)
Never married: 3,554 (36.37%)
Now married, except separated: 4,284 (43.84%)
Separated: 428 (4.38%)
Total Widowed: 478 (4.89%)
Widowed Female: 404 (4.13%)
Total Divorced: 1,028 (10.52%)
Divorced Female: 641 (6.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 433 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 165 (38.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,256 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,112 (12.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,213 (100%)
--With a disability: 314 (9.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,626 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,541 (20.21%)
----Percent employed: 62.9%
--No disability: 6,085 (79.79%)
----Percent employed: 77.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,037 (100%)
--With a disability: 361 (34.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,884 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,741 (56.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,551 (38.3%)
--Same county: 2,931 (24.66%)
--Different county: 1,620 (13.63%)
----Same state: 452 (3.8%)
----Different state: 1,168 (9.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 592 (4.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,845 (100%)
Native: 10,361 (80.66%)
--Born in United States: 10,240 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,202 (24.93%)
----Different state: 7,038 (54.79%)
--Born outside United States: 121 (0.94%)
Foreign born: 2,484 (19.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,160 (9.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,025 (7.98%)
--Not a citizen: 1,459 (11.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,484 (100%)
Europe: 153 (6.16%)
Asia: 434 (17.47%)
Africa: 764 (30.76%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,121 (45.13%)
Northern America: 12 (0.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,884 (100%)
English only: 9,601 (80.79%)
Language other than English: 2,283 (19.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 801 (6.74%)
--Spanish: 873 (7.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 417 (3.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 605 (5.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 170 (1.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 245 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,845 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,399% (96.53%)
Arab: 17 (0.13%)
Czech: 13 (0.1%)
Danish: 20 (0.16%)
Dutch: 44 (0.34%)
English: 466 (3.63%)
French (except Basque): 113 (0.88%)
French Canadian: 27 (0.21%)
German: 695 (5.41%)
Greek: 42 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.05%)
Irish: 623 (4.85%)
Italian: 299 (2.33%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.09%)
Polish: 164 (1.28%)
Portuguese: 41 (0.32%)
Russian: 13 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (0.49%)
Scottish: 57 (0.44%)
Slovak: 14 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 1,117 (8.7%)
Swedish: 37 (0.29%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.11%)
United States or American: 369 (2.87%)
Welsh: 55 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 627 (4.88%)
Other ancestries: 7,432 (57.86%)

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