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Baltimore Maryland Social and demographic information
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Baltimore Maryland Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Baltimore city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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|
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Total
poplulation |
651,154 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
184,513 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
621,516 |
95.4 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
10,231 |
5.5 |
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Born in
United States |
617,196 |
94.8 |
| Kindergarten |
8,855 |
4.8 |
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State
of residence |
463,333 |
71.2 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
78,606 |
42.6 |
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Different state |
153,863 |
23.6 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
38,085 |
20.6 |
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Born
outside United States |
4,320 |
0.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
48,736 |
26.4 |
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Foreign born |
29,638 |
4.6 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
14,057 |
2.2 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
13,521 |
2.1 |
| Population
25 years and over |
419,581 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
16,117 |
2.5 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
39,507 |
9.4 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
93,192 |
22.2 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
118,175 |
28.2 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
29,638 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
73,677 |
17.6 |
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Europe |
7,214 |
24.3 |
| Associate
degree |
14,706 |
3.5 |
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Asia |
7,879 |
26.6 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
43,746 |
10.4 |
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Africa |
3,691 |
12.5 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
36,578 |
8.7 |
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Oceania |
136 |
0.5 |
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Latin America |
10,193 |
34.4 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
68.4 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
525 |
1.8 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
19.1 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
609,345 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
515,550 |
100.0 |
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English only |
562,065 |
92.2 |
| Never married |
219,273 |
42.5 |
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Language other
than English |
47,280 |
7.8 |
| Now married,
except separated |
165,121 |
32.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
18,113 |
3.0 |
| Separated |
28,722 |
5.6 |
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Spanish |
17,805 |
2.9 |
| Widowed |
48,168 |
9.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
7,100 |
1.2 |
| Female |
39,062 |
7.6 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
17,985 |
3.0 |
| Divorced |
54,266 |
10.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
6,307 |
1.0 |
| Female |
31,946 |
6.2 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
6,543 |
1.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,522 |
0.6 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
651,154 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
26,277 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
582,123 |
89.4 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
13,707 |
52.2 |
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Arab |
1,298 |
0.2 |
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Czech¹ |
2,206 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
488 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
489,644 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
3,024 |
0.5 |
| Civilian
veterans |
55,092 |
11.3 |
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English |
21,015 |
3.2 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
4,721 |
0.7 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
824 |
0.1 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
48,423 |
7.4 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
150,873 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
2,693 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
17,725 |
11.7 |
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Hungarian |
1,245 |
0.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
363,171 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
39,045 |
6.0 |
| With a
disability |
102,163 |
28.1 |
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Italian |
18,492 |
2.8 |
| Percent
employed |
48.8 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
1,519 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
261,008 |
71.9 |
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Norwegian |
1,347 |
0.2 |
| Percent
employed |
69.0 |
(X) |
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Polish |
18,400 |
2.8 |
| Population
65 years and over |
82,401 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
310 |
0.0 |
| With a
disability |
42,156 |
51.2 |
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Russian |
5,526 |
0.8 |
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Scotch-Irish |
3,274 |
0.5 |
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Scottish |
4,306 |
0.7 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
536 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
609,345 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
10,160 |
1.6 |
| Same house in
1995 |
347,954 |
57.1 |
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Swedish |
1,439 |
0.2 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
248,735 |
40.8 |
|
Swiss |
571 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
171,684 |
28.2 |
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Ukrainian |
1,567 |
0.2 |
| Different
county |
77,051 |
12.6 |
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United States
or American |
16,056 |
2.5 |
| Same state |
39,630 |
6.5 |
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Welsh |
2,137 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
37,421 |
6.1 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
6,597 |
1.0 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
12,656 |
2.1 |
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Other
ancestries |
364,904 |
56.0 |
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| Date: December
29, 2004 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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