Smithsburg, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2472900, place: Smithsburg town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 684 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (7.02%)
Kindergarten: 30 (4.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 303 (44.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 176 (25.73%)
College or graduate school: 127 (18.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,196 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 43 (3.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 141 (11.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 404 (33.78%)
Some college, no degree: 240 (20.07%)
Associate degree: 111 (9.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 172 (14.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (7.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,508 (100%)
Never married: 400 (26.53%)
Now married, except separated: 895 (59.35%)
Separated: 21 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 60 (3.98%)
Widowed Female: 52 (3.45%)
Total Divorced: 132 (8.75%)
Divorced Female: 89 (5.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,348 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 198 (14.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 615 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (7.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,119 (100%)
--With a disability: 217 (19.39%)
----Percent employed: 71.4%
--No disability: 902 (80.61%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 129 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (38.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,871 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 875 (46.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 971 (51.9%)
--Same county: 445 (23.78%)
--Different county: 526 (28.11%)
----Same state: 323 (17.26%)
----Different state: 203 (10.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (1.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,065 (100%)
Native: 2,024 (98.01%)
--Born in United States: 2,009 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,194 (57.82%)
----Different state: 815 (39.47%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 41 (1.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (1.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.87%)
--Not a citizen: 23 (1.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 11 (26.83%)
Asia: 6 (14.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 22 (53.66%)
Northern America: 2 (4.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,871 (100%)
English only: 1,792 (95.78%)
Language other than English: 79 (4.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (1.87%)
--Spanish: 55 (2.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (1.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,065 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,286% (110.7%)
Arab: 1 (0.05%)
Czech: 2 (0.1%)
Danish: 2 (0.1%)
Dutch: 23 (1.11%)
English: 214 (10.36%)
French (except Basque): 27 (1.31%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.19%)
German: 746 (36.13%)
Greek: 5 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.44%)
Irish: 402 (19.47%)
Italian: 120 (5.81%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.82%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.39%)
Polish: 48 (2.32%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.24%)
Russian: 4 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (1.21%)
Scottish: 62 (3%)
Slovak: 6 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 36 (1.74%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.15%)
United States or American: 188 (9.1%)
Welsh: 27 (1.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 302 (14.62%)

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