Washington County, MD Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Washington county maryland dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	29,792	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,566	5.3
Kindergarten	1,810	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	14,202	47.7
High school (grades 9-12)	7,362	24.7
College or graduate school	4,852	16.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	90,371	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,702	6.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	14,368	15.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	35,122	38.9
Some college, no degree	16,889	18.7
Associate degree	5,066	5.6
Bachelor's degree	7,992	8.8
Graduate or professional degree	5,232	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	106,122	100.0
Never married	22,373	21.1
Now married, except separated	63,598	59.9
Separated	2,488	2.3
Widowed	7,570	7.1
Female	6,031	5.7
Divorced	10,093	9.5
Female	5,463	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,133	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	979	45.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	100,840	100.0
Civilian veterans	14,639	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	26,556	100.0
With a disability	2,009	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	70,943	100.0
With a disability	13,114	18.5
Percent employed	58.9	(X)
No disability	57,829	81.5
Percent employed	81.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	17,560	100.0
With a disability	7,562	43.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	123,780	100.0
Same house in 1995	71,007	57.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	51,965	42.0
Same county	28,722	23.2
Different county	23,243	18.8
Same state	14,065	11.4
Different state	9,178	7.4
Elsewhere in 1995	808	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	131,923	100.0
Native	129,446	98.1
Born in United States	128,623	97.5
State of residence	89,456	67.8
Different state	39,167	29.7
Born outside United States	823	0.6
Foreign born	2,477	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	886	0.7
Naturalized citizen	1,360	1.0
Not a citizen	1,117	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,477	100.0
Europe	828	33.4
Asia	878	35.4
Africa	137	5.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	530	21.4
Northern America	104	4.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	123,780	100.0
English only	119,772	96.8
Language other than English	4,008	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	1,318	1.1
Spanish	1,787	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	494	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,449	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	403	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	648	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	340	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	131,923	100.0
Total ancestries reported	111,530	84.5
Arab	155	0.1
Czech¹	298	0.2
Danish	193	0.1
Dutch	2,067	1.6
English	10,766	8.2
French (except Basque)¹	2,251	1.7
French Canadian¹	348	0.3
German	34,648	26.3
Greek	248	0.2
Hungarian	318	0.2
Irish¹	13,590	10.3
Italian	4,389	3.3
Lithuanian	154	0.1
Norwegian	504	0.4
Polish	1,905	1.4
Portuguese	163	0.1
Russian	475	0.4
Scotch-Irish	1,419	1.1
Scottish	2,144	1.6
Slovak	273	0.2
Subsaharan African	425	0.3
Swedish	794	0.6
Swiss	820	0.6
Ukrainian	189	0.1
United States or American	18,412	14.0
Welsh	855	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	162	0.1
Other ancestries	13,565	10.3

(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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