Ridgely, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2466000, place: Ridgely town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 338 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (10.65%)
Kindergarten: 22 (6.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 164 (48.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 76 (22.49%)
College or graduate school: 40 (11.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 852 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 74 (8.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 187 (21.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 349 (40.96%)
Some college, no degree: 122 (14.32%)
Associate degree: 31 (3.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 59 (6.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 30 (3.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,007 (100%)
Never married: 280 (27.81%)
Now married, except separated: 490 (48.66%)
Separated: 42 (4.17%)
Total Widowed: 83 (8.24%)
Widowed Female: 57 (5.66%)
Total Divorced: 112 (11.12%)
Divorced Female: 74 (7.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 945 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 150 (15.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 298 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (11.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 749 (100%)
--With a disability: 150 (20.03%)
----Percent employed: 54%
--No disability: 599 (79.97%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 158 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (51.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,207 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 622 (51.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 579 (47.97%)
--Same county: 297 (24.61%)
--Different county: 282 (23.36%)
----Same state: 212 (17.56%)
----Different state: 70 (5.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,345 (100%)
Native: 1,298 (96.51%)
--Born in United States: 1,289 (100%)
----State of residence: 958 (71.23%)
----Different state: 331 (24.61%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 47 (3.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (1.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.82%)
--Not a citizen: 36 (2.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 47 (100%)
Europe: 9 (19.15%)
Asia: 8 (17.02%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 28 (59.57%)
Northern America: 2 (4.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,207 (100%)
English only: 1,134 (93.95%)
Language other than English: 73 (6.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (2.73%)
--Spanish: 43 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (1.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,345 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,264% (93.98%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.82%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 19 (1.41%)
English: 139 (10.33%)
French (except Basque): 9 (0.67%)
French Canadian: 16 (1.19%)
German: 251 (18.66%)
Greek: 21 (1.56%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.07%)
Irish: 135 (10.04%)
Italian: 50 (3.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.89%)
Polish: 34 (2.53%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.26%)
Scottish: 8 (0.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 150 (11.15%)
Welsh: 22 (1.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 360 (26.77%)

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