Worcester County, MD Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Worcester county maryland dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,832	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	641	6.5
Kindergarten	528	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,464	45.4
High school (grades 9-12)	2,518	25.6
College or graduate school	1,681	17.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,092	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,745	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,500	13.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,641	34.1
Some college, no degree	7,039	20.6
Associate degree	1,789	5.2
Bachelor's degree	4,961	14.6
Graduate or professional degree	2,417	7.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	38,690	100.0
Never married	8,511	22.0
Now married, except separated	22,502	58.2
Separated	1,031	2.7
Widowed	3,401	8.8
Female	2,728	7.1
Divorced	3,245	8.4
Female	1,777	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,058	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	551	52.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,947	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,730	18.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,515	100.0
With a disability	756	8.9

Population 21 to 64 years	25,996	100.0
With a disability	5,025	19.3
Percent employed	61.5	(X)
No disability	20,971	80.7
Percent employed	75.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,058	100.0
With a disability	3,373	37.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	44,260	100.0
Same house in 1995	24,464	55.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,407	43.8
Same county	8,517	19.2
Different county	10,890	24.6
Same state	6,090	13.8
Different state	4,800	10.8
Elsewhere in 1995	389	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	46,543	100.0
Native	45,291	97.3
Born in United States	45,052	96.8
State of residence	27,313	58.7
Different state	17,739	38.1
Born outside United States	239	0.5
Foreign born	1,252	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	547	1.2
Naturalized citizen	595	1.3
Not a citizen	657	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,252	100.0
Europe	506	40.4
Asia	279	22.3
Africa	68	5.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	349	27.9
Northern America	50	4.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	44,260	100.0
English only	41,998	94.9
Language other than English	2,262	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	858	1.9
Spanish	871	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	369	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	957	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	291	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	202	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	141	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	46,543	100.0
Total ancestries reported	47,377	101.8
Arab	137	0.3
Czech¹	200	0.4
Danish	86	0.2
Dutch	660	1.4
English	6,878	14.8
French (except Basque)¹	924	2.0
French Canadian¹	301	0.6
German	8,317	17.9
Greek	379	0.8
Hungarian	211	0.5
Irish¹	7,050	15.1
Italian	2,632	5.7
Lithuanian	183	0.4
Norwegian	249	0.5
Polish	1,568	3.4
Portuguese	44	0.1
Russian	273	0.6
Scotch-Irish	715	1.5
Scottish	1,163	2.5
Slovak	137	0.3
Subsaharan African	311	0.7
Swedish	340	0.7
Swiss	84	0.2
Ukrainian	285	0.6
United States or American	4,027	8.7
Welsh	518	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	39	0.1
Other ancestries	9,666	20.8

(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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