Rising Sun, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2466275, place: Rising Sun town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 531 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (6.4%)
Kindergarten: 16 (3.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 276 (51.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 156 (29.38%)
College or graduate school: 49 (9.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 984 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 57 (5.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 126 (12.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 400 (40.65%)
Some college, no degree: 199 (20.22%)
Associate degree: 70 (7.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 89 (9.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (4.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,295 (100%)
Never married: 362 (27.95%)
Now married, except separated: 626 (48.34%)
Separated: 64 (4.94%)
Total Widowed: 103 (7.95%)
Widowed Female: 83 (6.41%)
Total Divorced: 140 (10.81%)
Divorced Female: 90 (6.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (57.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,173 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 157 (13.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 532 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (8.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 855 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (14.04%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
--No disability: 735 (85.96%)
----Percent employed: 88.2%
Population 65 years and over: 224 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (44.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,611 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 713 (44.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 893 (55.43%)
--Same county: 462 (28.68%)
--Different county: 431 (26.75%)
----Same state: 169 (10.49%)
----Different state: 262 (16.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,776 (100%)
Native: 1,753 (98.7%)
--Born in United States: 1,720 (100%)
----State of residence: 910 (51.24%)
----Different state: 810 (45.61%)
--Born outside United States: 33 (1.86%)
Foreign born: 23 (1.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.68%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23 (100%)
Europe: 13 (56.52%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 4 (17.39%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (26.09%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,611 (100%)
English only: 1,550 (96.21%)
Language other than English: 61 (3.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.5%)
--Spanish: 31 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,776 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,768% (99.55%)
Arab: 2 (0.11%)
Czech: 1 (0.06%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 98 (5.52%)
English: 150 (8.45%)
French (except Basque): 64 (3.6%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.17%)
German: 359 (20.21%)
Greek: 6 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.06%)
Irish: 289 (16.27%)
Italian: 104 (5.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.17%)
Polish: 75 (4.22%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.11%)
Russian: 2 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 56 (3.15%)
Scottish: 31 (1.75%)
Slovak: 4 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.11%)
Swedish: 19 (1.07%)
Swiss: 3 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.23%)
United States or American: 286 (16.1%)
Welsh: 24 (1.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 180 (10.14%)

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