Rockville, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2467675, place: Rockville city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,109 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 922 (7.61%)
Kindergarten: 685 (5.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,969 (41.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,642 (21.82%)
College or graduate school: 2,891 (23.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 33,216 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,543 (4.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,072 (6.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,392 (16.23%)
Some college, no degree: 5,339 (16.07%)
Associate degree: 1,289 (3.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,081 (24.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9,500 (28.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 52.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 38,044 (100%)
Never married: 10,239 (26.91%)
Now married, except separated: 21,748 (57.17%)
Separated: 820 (2.16%)
Total Widowed: 2,193 (5.76%)
Widowed Female: 1,888 (4.96%)
Total Divorced: 3,044 (8%)
Divorced Female: 1,953 (5.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 893 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 197 (22.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 36,099 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,841 (10.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,270 (100%)
--With a disability: 543 (5.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,163 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,441 (12.22%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
--No disability: 24,722 (87.78%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,457 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,949 (35.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 44,311 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 22,640 (51.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,662 (37.6%)
--Same county: 10,259 (23.15%)
--Different county: 6,403 (14.45%)
----Same state: 1,366 (3.08%)
----Different state: 5,037 (11.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,009 (11.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 47,257 (100%)
Native: 32,613 (69.01%)
--Born in United States: 31,905 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,064 (23.41%)
----Different state: 20,841 (44.1%)
--Born outside United States: 708 (1.5%)
Foreign born: 14,644 (30.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8,365 (17.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,266 (11.14%)
--Not a citizen: 9,378 (19.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14,644 (100%)
Europe: 2,303 (15.73%)
Asia: 7,021 (47.94%)
Africa: 744 (5.08%)
Oceania: 25 (0.17%)
Latin America: 4,414 (30.14%)
Northern America: 137 (0.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 44,311 (100%)
English only: 27,962 (63.1%)
Language other than English: 16,349 (36.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,463 (16.84%)
--Spanish: 5,353 (12.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,669 (6.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,659 (10.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,679 (3.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,122 (11.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,853 (6.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 47,257 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 51,415% (108.8%)
Arab: 395 (0.84%)
Czech: 306 (0.65%)
Danish: 201 (0.43%)
Dutch: 331 (0.7%)
English: 3,866 (8.18%)
French (except Basque): 922 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 264 (0.56%)
German: 5,416 (11.46%)
Greek: 352 (0.74%)
Hungarian: 279 (0.59%)
Irish: 5,199 (11%)
Italian: 1,930 (4.08%)
Lithuanian: 157 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 358 (0.76%)
Polish: 1,398 (2.96%)
Portuguese: 130 (0.28%)
Russian: 1,999 (4.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 837 (1.77%)
Scottish: 984 (2.08%)
Slovak: 120 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 669 (1.42%)
Swedish: 366 (0.77%)
Swiss: 88 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 342 (0.72%)
United States or American: 2,444 (5.17%)
Welsh: 355 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 485 (1.03%)
Other ancestries: 21,222 (44.91%)

Return to Rockville,MD.