Wicomico County, MD Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wicomico county maryland dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	24,554	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,316	5.4
Kindergarten	1,066	4.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,066	41.0
High school (grades 9-12)	4,872	19.8
College or graduate school	7,234	29.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	53,521	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,190	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,149	13.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	18,396	34.4
Some college, no degree	10,376	19.4
Associate degree	2,692	5.0
Bachelor's degree	7,326	13.7
Graduate or professional degree	4,392	8.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	67,303	100.0
Never married	20,328	30.2
Now married, except separated	33,696	50.1
Separated	2,093	3.1
Widowed	4,755	7.1
Female	3,869	5.7
Divorced	6,431	9.6
Female	4,067	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,073	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	898	43.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	63,580	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,978	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	20,786	100.0
With a disability	1,675	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	47,416	100.0
With a disability	8,709	18.4
Percent employed	63.9	(X)
No disability	38,707	81.6
Percent employed	81.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	10,103	100.0
With a disability	4,093	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	79,444	100.0
Same house in 1995	42,881	54.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	35,419	44.6
Same county	19,697	24.8
Different county	15,722	19.8
Same state	7,686	9.7
Different state	8,036	10.1
Elsewhere in 1995	1,144	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	84,644	100.0
Native	81,380	96.1
Born in United States	80,904	95.6
State of residence	53,246	62.9
Different state	27,658	32.7
Born outside United States	476	0.6
Foreign born	3,264	3.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,704	2.0
Naturalized citizen	1,467	1.7
Not a citizen	1,797	2.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,264	100.0
Europe	491	15.0
Asia	1,509	46.2
Africa	124	3.8
Oceania	10	0.3
Latin America	1,048	32.1
Northern America	82	2.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	79,444	100.0
English only	74,842	94.2
Language other than English	4,602	5.8
Speak English less than 'very well	2,324	2.9
Spanish	1,729	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	971	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	1,612	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	565	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,105	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	747	0.9

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	84,644	100.0
Total ancestries reported	79,626	94.1
Arab	185	0.2
Czech¹	220	0.3
Danish	83	0.1
Dutch	790	0.9
English	11,012	13.0
French (except Basque)¹	1,527	1.8
French Canadian¹	294	0.3
German	10,435	12.3
Greek	470	0.6
Hungarian	152	0.2
Irish¹	9,575	11.3
Italian	3,436	4.1
Lithuanian	133	0.2
Norwegian	396	0.5
Polish	1,459	1.7
Portuguese	54	0.1
Russian	419	0.5
Scotch-Irish	1,088	1.3
Scottish	1,376	1.6
Slovak	139	0.2
Subsaharan African	839	1.0
Swedish	413	0.5
Swiss	154	0.2
Ukrainian	231	0.3
United States or American	9,479	11.2
Welsh	705	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	457	0.5
Other ancestries	24,105	28.5

(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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