Takoma Park, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2476650, place: Takoma Park city, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,764 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 313 (6.57%)
Kindergarten: 203 (4.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,837 (38.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 790 (16.58%)
College or graduate school: 1,621 (34.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,673 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 764 (6.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 976 (8.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,806 (15.47%)
Some college, no degree: 1,884 (16.14%)
Associate degree: 450 (3.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,613 (22.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,180 (27.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,666 (100%)
Never married: 4,783 (35%)
Now married, except separated: 6,439 (47.12%)
Separated: 475 (3.48%)
Total Widowed: 744 (5.44%)
Widowed Female: 554 (4.05%)
Total Divorced: 1,225 (8.96%)
Divorced Female: 762 (5.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 340 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 110 (32.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,113 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,004 (7.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,438 (100%)
--With a disability: 219 (6.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,975 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,757 (16.01%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
--No disability: 9,218 (83.99%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,374 (100%)
--With a disability: 534 (38.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,930 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,421 (52.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,340 (39.8%)
--Same county: 2,785 (17.48%)
--Different county: 3,555 (22.32%)
----Same state: 1,005 (6.31%)
----Different state: 2,550 (16.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,169 (7.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,180 (100%)
Native: 12,263 (71.38%)
--Born in United States: 11,972 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,943 (17.13%)
----Different state: 9,029 (52.56%)
--Born outside United States: 291 (1.69%)
Foreign born: 4,917 (28.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,185 (12.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,919 (11.17%)
--Not a citizen: 2,998 (17.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,917 (100%)
Europe: 371 (7.55%)
Asia: 647 (13.16%)
Africa: 1,410 (28.68%)
Oceania: 6 (0.12%)
Latin America: 2,416 (49.14%)
Northern America: 67 (1.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,930 (100%)
English only: 10,896 (68.4%)
Language other than English: 5,034 (31.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,070 (12.99%)
--Spanish: 2,265 (14.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,079 (6.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,218 (7.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 402 (2.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 447 (2.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 251 (1.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,180 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,065% (105.15%)
Arab: 78 (0.45%)
Czech: 51 (0.3%)
Danish: 60 (0.35%)
Dutch: 161 (0.94%)
English: 1,186 (6.9%)
French (except Basque): 265 (1.54%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.34%)
German: 1,418 (8.25%)
Greek: 41 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 73 (0.42%)
Irish: 1,310 (7.63%)
Italian: 616 (3.59%)
Lithuanian: 52 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 86 (0.5%)
Polish: 367 (2.14%)
Portuguese: 52 (0.3%)
Russian: 434 (2.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 250 (1.46%)
Scottish: 361 (2.1%)
Slovak: 26 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 1,765 (10.27%)
Swedish: 176 (1.02%)
Swiss: 68 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 137 (0.8%)
United States or American: 426 (2.48%)
Welsh: 135 (0.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 763 (4.44%)
Other ancestries: 7,649 (44.52%)

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