Severn, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2471150, place: Severn CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,740 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 606 (5.64%)
Kindergarten: 597 (5.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,169 (48.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,134 (19.87%)
College or graduate school: 2,234 (20.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 21,904 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 684 (3.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,810 (8.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,960 (27.21%)
Some college, no degree: 6,117 (27.93%)
Associate degree: 1,499 (6.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,950 (18.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,884 (8.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 26,178 (100%)
Never married: 6,330 (24.18%)
Now married, except separated: 15,538 (59.36%)
Separated: 920 (3.51%)
Total Widowed: 1,021 (3.9%)
Widowed Female: 832 (3.18%)
Total Divorced: 2,369 (9.05%)
Divorced Female: 1,508 (5.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 976 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 391 (40.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 23,403 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,568 (23.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,999 (100%)
--With a disability: 654 (7.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20,378 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,738 (13.44%)
----Percent employed: 64.4%
--No disability: 17,640 (86.56%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,703 (100%)
--With a disability: 694 (40.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 32,390 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,917 (49.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,090 (46.59%)
--Same county: 6,511 (20.1%)
--Different county: 8,579 (26.49%)
----Same state: 4,053 (12.51%)
----Different state: 4,526 (13.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,383 (4.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 35,179 (100%)
Native: 32,718 (93%)
--Born in United States: 31,372 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,997 (42.63%)
----Different state: 16,375 (46.55%)
--Born outside United States: 1,346 (3.83%)
Foreign born: 2,461 (7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 638 (1.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,480 (4.21%)
--Not a citizen: 981 (2.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,461 (100%)
Europe: 582 (23.65%)
Asia: 1,184 (48.11%)
Africa: 141 (5.73%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 539 (21.9%)
Northern America: 15 (0.61%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 32,390 (100%)
English only: 28,907 (89.25%)
Language other than English: 3,483 (10.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,051 (3.24%)
--Spanish: 1,288 (3.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 355 (1.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 854 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,198 (3.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 563 (1.74%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 35,179 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,119% (105.51%)
Arab: 15 (0.04%)
Czech: 181 (0.51%)
Danish: 82 (0.23%)
Dutch: 330 (0.94%)
English: 2,591 (7.37%)
French (except Basque): 672 (1.91%)
French Canadian: 293 (0.83%)
German: 5,546 (15.77%)
Greek: 138 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 153 (0.43%)
Irish: 3,950 (11.23%)
Italian: 1,751 (4.98%)
Lithuanian: 131 (0.37%)
Norwegian: 408 (1.16%)
Polish: 1,027 (2.92%)
Portuguese: 97 (0.28%)
Russian: 164 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 378 (1.07%)
Scottish: 565 (1.61%)
Slovak: 56 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 578 (1.64%)
Swedish: 195 (0.55%)
Swiss: 31 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 51 (0.14%)
United States or American: 1,724 (4.9%)
Welsh: 162 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 470 (1.34%)
Other ancestries: 15,380 (43.72%)

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