Dorchester County, MD Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dorchester county maryland dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,043	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	506	7.2
Kindergarten	371	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,475	49.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,679	23.8
College or graduate school	1,012	14.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,435	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,944	9.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,583	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,015	42.1
Some college, no degree	3,471	16.2
Associate degree	858	4.0
Bachelor's degree	1,453	6.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,111	5.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,810	100.0
Never married	6,063	24.4
Now married, except separated	13,209	53.2
Separated	806	3.2
Widowed	2,504	10.1
Female	2,066	8.3
Divorced	2,228	9.0
Female	1,283	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	743	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	351	47.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,486	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,392	14.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,316	100.0
With a disability	598	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	16,922	100.0
With a disability	3,776	22.3
Percent employed	62.3	(X)
No disability	13,146	77.7
Percent employed	78.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,261	100.0
With a disability	2,158	41.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	29,004	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,749	64.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,099	34.8
Same county	6,394	22.0
Different county	3,705	12.8
Same state	2,392	8.2
Different state	1,313	4.5
Elsewhere in 1995	156	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	30,674	100.0
Native	30,070	98.0
Born in United States	29,878	97.4
State of residence	24,032	78.3
Different state	5,846	19.1
Born outside United States	192	0.6
Foreign born	604	2.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	192	0.6
Naturalized citizen	276	0.9
Not a citizen	328	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	604	100.0
Europe	173	28.6
Asia	219	36.3
Africa	20	3.3
Oceania	11	1.8
Latin America	161	26.7
Northern America	20	3.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	29,004	100.0
English only	27,979	96.5
Language other than English	1,025	3.5
Speak English less than 'very well	419	1.4
Spanish	474	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	195	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	332	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	97	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	186	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	127	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	30,674	100.0
Total ancestries reported	26,129	85.2
Arab	22	0.1
Czech¹	79	0.3
Danish	24	0.1
Dutch	217	0.7
English	3,787	12.3
French (except Basque)¹	396	1.3
French Canadian¹	68	0.2
German	2,861	9.3
Greek	38	0.1
Hungarian	60	0.2
Irish¹	2,558	8.3
Italian	521	1.7
Lithuanian	27	0.1
Norwegian	123	0.4
Polish	389	1.3
Portuguese	23	0.1
Russian	12	0.0
Scotch-Irish	208	0.7
Scottish	490	1.6
Slovak	34	0.1
Subsaharan African	221	0.7
Swedish	162	0.5
Swiss	20	0.1
Ukrainian	25	0.1
United States or American	4,475	14.6
Welsh	217	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	77	0.3
Other ancestries	8,995	29.3

(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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