U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Salisbury, MD

Wicomico County, Maryland

Latitude: 38.365806     Longitude: -75.593361
Population 26,295 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2469925, place: Salisbury city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,579 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 331 (3.86%)
Kindergarten: 295 (3.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,464 (28.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,244 (14.5%)
College or graduate school: 4,245 (49.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,512 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 933 (6.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,252 (16.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,213 (31.18%)
Some college, no degree: 2,554 (18.9%)
Associate degree: 704 (5.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,694 (12.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,162 (8.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,789 (100%)
Never married: 9,243 (46.71%)
Now married, except separated: 6,133 (30.99%)
Separated: 776 (3.92%)
Total Widowed: 1,405 (7.1%)
Widowed Female: 1,105 (5.58%)
Total Divorced: 2,232 (11.28%)
Divorced Female: 1,474 (7.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 596 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 227 (38.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,793 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,150 (11.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,774 (100%)
--With a disability: 602 (8.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,573 (20.16%)
----Percent employed: 59.1%
--No disability: 10,188 (79.84%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,652 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,093 (41.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,789 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,259 (40.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,834 (56.32%)
--Same county: 6,352 (27.87%)
--Different county: 6,482 (28.44%)
----Same state: 3,590 (15.75%)
----Different state: 2,892 (12.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 696 (3.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,159 (100%)
Native: 22,551 (93.34%)
--Born in United States: 22,421 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,000 (57.95%)
----Different state: 8,421 (34.86%)
--Born outside United States: 130 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 1,608 (6.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,018 (4.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 539 (2.23%)
--Not a citizen: 1,069 (4.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,608 (100%)
Europe: 163 (10.14%)
Asia: 791 (49.19%)
Africa: 49 (3.05%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 576 (35.82%)
Northern America: 29 (1.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,789 (100%)
English only: 20,580 (90.31%)
Language other than English: 2,209 (9.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,292 (5.67%)
--Spanish: 675 (2.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 417 (1.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 905 (3.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 426 (1.87%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 586 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 444 (1.95%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,159 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,023% (95.3%)
Arab: 72 (0.3%)
Czech: 68 (0.28%)
Danish: 30 (0.12%)
Dutch: 156 (0.65%)
English: 2,487 (10.29%)
French (except Basque): 425 (1.76%)
French Canadian: 87 (0.36%)
German: 2,639 (10.92%)
Greek: 87 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.06%)
Irish: 2,599 (10.76%)
Italian: 1,108 (4.59%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.01%)
Norwegian: 89 (0.37%)
Polish: 378 (1.56%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.03%)
Russian: 112 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 337 (1.39%)
Scottish: 427 (1.77%)
Slovak: 57 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 484 (2%)
Swedish: 145 (0.6%)
Swiss: 104 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 57 (0.24%)
United States or American: 2,123 (8.79%)
Welsh: 132 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 349 (1.44%)
Other ancestries: 8,446 (34.96%)

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