Garrett County, MD Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Garrett county maryland dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,978	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	303	4.3
Kindergarten	354	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,620	51.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,686	24.2
College or graduate school	1,015	14.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	20,004	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,583	7.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,572	12.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,719	43.6
Some college, no degree	3,227	16.1
Associate degree	1,133	5.7
Bachelor's degree	1,636	8.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,134	5.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	23,739	100.0
Never married	4,656	19.6
Now married, except separated	15,048	63.4
Separated	532	2.2
Widowed	1,658	7.0
Female	1,375	5.8
Divorced	1,845	7.8
Female	951	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	421	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	194	46.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	22,343	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,980	13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,794	100.0
With a disability	504	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	16,589	100.0
With a disability	3,159	19.0
Percent employed	51.6	(X)
No disability	13,430	81.0
Percent employed	75.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,126	100.0
With a disability	1,836	44.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	28,033	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,790	67.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,193	32.8
Same county	5,240	18.7
Different county	3,953	14.1
Same state	1,862	6.6
Different state	2,091	7.5
Elsewhere in 1995	50	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	29,846	100.0
Native	29,595	99.2
Born in United States	29,510	98.9
State of residence	19,083	63.9
Different state	10,427	34.9
Born outside United States	85	0.3
Foreign born	251	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	76	0.3
Naturalized citizen	158	0.5
Not a citizen	93	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	251	100.0
Europe	157	62.5
Asia	27	10.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	18	7.2
Northern America	49	19.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	28,033	100.0
English only	27,017	96.4
Language other than English	1,016	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	276	1.0
Spanish	197	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	789	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	215	0.8
Asian and Pacific Island languages	30	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	14	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	29,846	100.0
Total ancestries reported	23,975	80.3
Arab	5	0.0
Czech¹	32	0.1
Danish	2	0.0
Dutch	796	2.7
English	2,541	8.5
French (except Basque)¹	294	1.0
French Canadian¹	82	0.3
German	8,104	27.2
Greek	52	0.2
Hungarian	38	0.1
Irish¹	2,647	8.9
Italian	777	2.6
Lithuanian	58	0.2
Norwegian	82	0.3
Polish	395	1.3
Portuguese	24	0.1
Russian	41	0.1
Scotch-Irish	383	1.3
Scottish	590	2.0
Slovak	61	0.2
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	177	0.6
Swiss	286	1.0
Ukrainian	72	0.2
United States or American	4,259	14.3
Welsh	223	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,954	6.5

(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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