South Kensington, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2473600, place: South Kensington CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,805 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 207 (11.47%)
Kindergarten: 97 (5.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 789 (43.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 329 (18.23%)
College or graduate school: 383 (21.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,767 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 72 (1.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 157 (2.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 520 (9.02%)
Some college, no degree: 806 (13.98%)
Associate degree: 242 (4.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,793 (31.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,177 (37.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 68.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,227 (100%)
Never married: 1,134 (18.21%)
Now married, except separated: 4,109 (65.99%)
Separated: 107 (1.72%)
Total Widowed: 517 (8.3%)
Widowed Female: 449 (7.21%)
Total Divorced: 360 (5.78%)
Divorced Female: 225 (3.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 70 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,958 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 795 (13.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,355 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (6.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,394 (100%)
--With a disability: 366 (8.33%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
--No disability: 4,028 (91.67%)
----Percent employed: 86.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,279 (100%)
--With a disability: 374 (29.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,228 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,699 (65.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,363 (32.69%)
--Same county: 1,407 (19.47%)
--Different county: 956 (13.23%)
----Same state: 141 (1.95%)
----Different state: 815 (11.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 166 (2.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,865 (100%)
Native: 6,894 (87.65%)
--Born in United States: 6,767 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,442 (18.33%)
----Different state: 5,325 (67.71%)
--Born outside United States: 127 (1.61%)
Foreign born: 971 (12.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 388 (4.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 444 (5.65%)
--Not a citizen: 527 (6.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 971 (100%)
Europe: 375 (38.62%)
Asia: 244 (25.13%)
Africa: 26 (2.68%)
Oceania: 23 (2.37%)
Latin America: 236 (24.3%)
Northern America: 67 (6.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,228 (100%)
English only: 6,130 (84.81%)
Language other than English: 1,098 (15.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 234 (3.24%)
--Spanish: 493 (6.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (1.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 373 (5.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 182 (2.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (0.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,865 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,912% (126.03%)
Arab: 33 (0.42%)
Czech: 85 (1.08%)
Danish: 15 (0.19%)
Dutch: 149 (1.89%)
English: 1,293 (16.44%)
French (except Basque): 308 (3.92%)
French Canadian: 76 (0.97%)
German: 1,496 (19.02%)
Greek: 91 (1.16%)
Hungarian: 53 (0.67%)
Irish: 1,824 (23.19%)
Italian: 739 (9.4%)
Lithuanian: 64 (0.81%)
Norwegian: 136 (1.73%)
Polish: 308 (3.92%)
Portuguese: 40 (0.51%)
Russian: 263 (3.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 268 (3.41%)
Scottish: 340 (4.32%)
Slovak: 39 (0.5%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.43%)
Swedish: 46 (0.58%)
Swiss: 74 (0.94%)
Ukrainian: 40 (0.51%)
United States or American: 404 (5.14%)
Welsh: 115 (1.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,579 (20.08%)

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