Paramount-long Meadow, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2459787, place: Paramount-Long Meadow CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 648 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (4.78%)
Kindergarten: 56 (8.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 320 (49.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 165 (25.46%)
College or graduate school: 76 (11.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,876 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 122 (6.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 122 (6.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 480 (25.59%)
Some college, no degree: 338 (18.02%)
Associate degree: 142 (7.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 375 (19.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 297 (15.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,137 (100%)
Never married: 318 (14.88%)
Now married, except separated: 1,523 (71.27%)
Separated: 17 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 138 (6.46%)
Widowed Female: 115 (5.38%)
Total Divorced: 141 (6.6%)
Divorced Female: 83 (3.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,023 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 324 (16.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 591 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (1.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,453 (100%)
--With a disability: 192 (13.21%)
----Percent employed: 47.9%
--No disability: 1,261 (86.79%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 355 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (26.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,554 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,479 (57.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,058 (41.43%)
--Same county: 698 (27.33%)
--Different county: 360 (14.1%)
----Same state: 59 (2.31%)
----Different state: 301 (11.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,710 (100%)
Native: 2,638 (97.34%)
--Born in United States: 2,630 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,476 (54.46%)
----Different state: 1,154 (42.58%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 72 (2.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 49 (1.81%)
--Not a citizen: 23 (0.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 72 (100%)
Europe: 22 (30.56%)
Asia: 42 (58.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (11.11%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,554 (100%)
English only: 2,471 (96.75%)
Language other than English: 83 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (1.21%)
--Spanish: 20 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 35 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.74%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,710 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,765% (102.03%)
Arab: 8 (0.3%)
Czech: 19 (0.7%)
Danish: 19 (0.7%)
Dutch: 29 (1.07%)
English: 285 (10.52%)
French (except Basque): 76 (2.8%)
French Canadian: 44 (1.62%)
German: 874 (32.25%)
Greek: 8 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.81%)
Irish: 232 (8.56%)
Italian: 263 (9.7%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.48%)
Polish: 157 (5.79%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 34 (1.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (1.14%)
Scottish: 43 (1.59%)
Slovak: 21 (0.77%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 47 (1.73%)
Swiss: 6 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.85%)
United States or American: 280 (10.33%)
Welsh: 13 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 218 (8.04%)

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