Charles County, MD Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Charles county maryland dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	35,134	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,611	7.4
Kindergarten	2,036	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	16,395	46.7
High school (grades 9-12)	7,793	22.2
College or graduate school	6,299	17.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	76,987	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,099	4.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,811	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	25,682	33.4
Some college, no degree	19,973	25.9
Associate degree	5,016	6.5
Bachelor's degree	10,158	13.2
Graduate or professional degree	5,248	6.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	91,548	100.0
Never married	23,432	25.6
Now married, except separated	52,620	57.5
Separated	2,774	3.0
Widowed	4,522	4.9
Female	3,710	4.1
Divorced	8,200	9.0
Female	4,751	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,867	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,245	43.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	83,853	100.0
Civilian veterans	14,442	17.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	30,208	100.0
With a disability	2,094	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	69,664	100.0
With a disability	12,206	17.5
Percent employed	64.4	(X)
No disability	57,458	82.5
Percent employed	82.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,009	100.0
With a disability	3,833	42.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	111,916	100.0
Same house in 1995	62,183	55.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	47,652	42.6
Same county	22,028	19.7
Different county	25,624	22.9
Same state	14,104	12.6
Different state	11,520	10.3
Elsewhere in 1995	2,081	1.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	120,546	100.0
Native	117,076	97.1
Born in United States	115,215	95.6
State of residence	49,849	41.4
Different state	65,366	54.2
Born outside United States	1,861	1.5
Foreign born	3,470	2.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,009	0.8
Naturalized citizen	2,021	1.7
Not a citizen	1,449	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,470	100.0
Europe	973	28.0
Asia	1,406	40.5
Africa	100	2.9
Oceania	9	0.3
Latin America	799	23.0
Northern America	183	5.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	111,916	100.0
English only	106,185	94.9
Language other than English	5,731	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	1,928	1.7
Spanish	2,329	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	768	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	1,837	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	539	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,224	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	550	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	120,546	100.0
Total ancestries reported	122,696	101.8
Arab	450	0.4
Czech¹	474	0.4
Danish	163	0.1
Dutch	1,537	1.3
English	14,007	11.6
French (except Basque)¹	3,095	2.6
French Canadian¹	706	0.6
German	16,731	13.9
Greek	450	0.4
Hungarian	568	0.5
Irish¹	16,067	13.3
Italian	6,408	5.3
Lithuanian	378	0.3
Norwegian	1,056	0.9
Polish	2,965	2.5
Portuguese	283	0.2
Russian	501	0.4
Scotch-Irish	2,082	1.7
Scottish	1,956	1.6
Slovak	403	0.3
Subsaharan African	970	0.8
Swedish	773	0.6
Swiss	224	0.2
Ukrainian	336	0.3
United States or American	8,903	7.4
Welsh	548	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	439	0.4
Other ancestries	40,223	33.4

(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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