U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Thurmont, MD

Frederick County, Maryland

Latitude: 39.624974     Longitude: -77.410245
Population 6,036 (2005)
Elevation of Thurmont, Maryland: 523 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2477825, place: Thurmont town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,415 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 99 (7%)
Kindergarten: 61 (4.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 777 (54.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 311 (21.98%)
College or graduate school: 167 (11.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,546 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 136 (3.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 347 (9.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,287 (36.29%)
Some college, no degree: 826 (23.29%)
Associate degree: 217 (6.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 500 (14.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 233 (6.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,102 (100%)
Never married: 818 (19.94%)
Now married, except separated: 2,595 (63.26%)
Separated: 83 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 260 (6.34%)
Widowed Female: 189 (4.61%)
Total Divorced: 346 (8.43%)
Divorced Female: 219 (5.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 85 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (55.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,860 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 570 (14.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,295 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (8.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,206 (100%)
--With a disability: 510 (15.91%)
----Percent employed: 70.2%
--No disability: 2,696 (84.09%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 532 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (30.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,056 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,595 (51.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,424 (47.94%)
--Same county: 1,594 (31.53%)
--Different county: 830 (16.42%)
----Same state: 291 (5.76%)
----Different state: 539 (10.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 37 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,535 (100%)
Native: 5,454 (98.54%)
--Born in United States: 5,385 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,180 (57.45%)
----Different state: 2,205 (39.84%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (1.25%)
Foreign born: 81 (1.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (0.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 69 (1.25%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 81 (100%)
Europe: 51 (62.96%)
Asia: 16 (19.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (8.64%)
Northern America: 7 (8.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,056 (100%)
English only: 4,930 (97.51%)
Language other than English: 126 (2.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.95%)
--Spanish: 52 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 67 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,535 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,118% (92.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 31 (0.56%)
Danish: 19 (0.34%)
Dutch: 58 (1.05%)
English: 404 (7.3%)
French (except Basque): 170 (3.07%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.11%)
German: 1,512 (27.32%)
Greek: 6 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.25%)
Irish: 589 (10.64%)
Italian: 326 (5.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.29%)
Polish: 142 (2.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 72 (1.3%)
Scottish: 157 (2.84%)
Slovak: 13 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 31 (0.56%)
Swiss: 17 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.13%)
United States or American: 1,067 (19.28%)
Welsh: 30 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 431 (7.79%)

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