Walkersville, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2481275, place: Walkersville town, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,587 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 157 (9.89%)
Kindergarten: 101 (6.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 749 (47.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 341 (21.49%)
College or graduate school: 239 (15.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,232 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 102 (3.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 187 (5.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 865 (26.76%)
Some college, no degree: 772 (23.89%)
Associate degree: 395 (12.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 600 (18.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 311 (9.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,953 (100%)
Never married: 840 (21.25%)
Now married, except separated: 2,538 (64.2%)
Separated: 51 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 278 (7.03%)
Widowed Female: 219 (5.54%)
Total Divorced: 246 (6.22%)
Divorced Female: 153 (3.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 61 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,687 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 683 (18.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,398 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (5.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,965 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (8.74%)
----Percent employed: 52.9%
--No disability: 2,706 (91.26%)
----Percent employed: 87%
Population 65 years and over: 421 (100%)
--With a disability: 193 (45.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,908 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,004 (61.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,896 (38.63%)
--Same county: 1,140 (23.23%)
--Different county: 756 (15.4%)
----Same state: 318 (6.48%)
----Different state: 438 (8.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,238 (100%)
Native: 5,132 (97.98%)
--Born in United States: 5,081 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,678 (51.13%)
----Different state: 2,403 (45.88%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.97%)
Foreign born: 106 (2.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 42 (0.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 92 (1.76%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 106 (100%)
Europe: 38 (35.85%)
Asia: 42 (39.62%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (16.98%)
Northern America: 8 (7.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,908 (100%)
English only: 4,769 (97.17%)
Language other than English: 139 (2.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (1.37%)
--Spanish: 124 (2.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (1.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,238 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,680% (108.44%)
Arab: 63 (1.2%)
Czech: 10 (0.19%)
Danish: 45 (0.86%)
Dutch: 46 (0.88%)
English: 724 (13.82%)
French (except Basque): 206 (3.93%)
French Canadian: 37 (0.71%)
German: 1,598 (30.51%)
Greek: 47 (0.9%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.27%)
Irish: 715 (13.65%)
Italian: 443 (8.46%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.21%)
Polish: 94 (1.79%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 31 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 115 (2.2%)
Scottish: 217 (4.14%)
Slovak: 47 (0.9%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 86 (1.64%)
Swiss: 31 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.4%)
United States or American: 485 (9.26%)
Welsh: 91 (1.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 495 (9.45%)

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