North Laurel, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2456725, place: North Laurel CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,040 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 498 (8.25%)
Kindergarten: 404 (6.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,793 (46.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,228 (20.33%)
College or graduate school: 1,117 (18.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,005 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 415 (3.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 921 (7.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,899 (22.29%)
Some college, no degree: 2,812 (21.62%)
Associate degree: 813 (6.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,150 (24.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,995 (15.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,404 (100%)
Never married: 3,916 (25.42%)
Now married, except separated: 9,334 (60.59%)
Separated: 384 (2.49%)
Total Widowed: 456 (2.96%)
Widowed Female: 359 (2.33%)
Total Divorced: 1,314 (8.53%)
Divorced Female: 690 (4.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 428 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 240 (56.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,377 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,871 (13.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,053 (100%)
--With a disability: 361 (7.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,809 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,529 (11.94%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
--No disability: 11,280 (88.06%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 921 (100%)
--With a disability: 397 (43.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,970 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,261 (54.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,122 (42.81%)
--Same county: 2,036 (10.73%)
--Different county: 6,086 (32.08%)
----Same state: 4,329 (22.82%)
----Different state: 1,757 (9.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 587 (3.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,633 (100%)
Native: 18,359 (88.98%)
--Born in United States: 17,887 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,909 (43.18%)
----Different state: 8,978 (43.51%)
--Born outside United States: 472 (2.29%)
Foreign born: 2,274 (11.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 635 (3.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,368 (6.63%)
--Not a citizen: 906 (4.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,274 (100%)
Europe: 264 (11.61%)
Asia: 1,033 (45.43%)
Africa: 164 (7.21%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 772 (33.95%)
Northern America: 41 (1.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,970 (100%)
English only: 16,422 (86.57%)
Language other than English: 2,548 (13.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 948 (5%)
--Spanish: 879 (4.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 342 (1.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 753 (3.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 218 (1.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 731 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 379 (2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,633 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,598% (114.37%)
Arab: 99 (0.48%)
Czech: 166 (0.8%)
Danish: 58 (0.28%)
Dutch: 307 (1.49%)
English: 2,423 (11.74%)
French (except Basque): 418 (2.03%)
French Canadian: 125 (0.61%)
German: 3,973 (19.26%)
Greek: 178 (0.86%)
Hungarian: 102 (0.49%)
Irish: 3,120 (15.12%)
Italian: 1,471 (7.13%)
Lithuanian: 66 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 69 (0.33%)
Polish: 691 (3.35%)
Portuguese: 28 (0.14%)
Russian: 376 (1.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 376 (1.82%)
Scottish: 281 (1.36%)
Slovak: 58 (0.28%)
Subsaharan African: 483 (2.34%)
Swedish: 166 (0.8%)
Swiss: 36 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 60 (0.29%)
United States or American: 1,230 (5.96%)
Welsh: 217 (1.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 455 (2.21%)
Other ancestries: 6,566 (31.82%)

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