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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Carroll County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 29,245 100.0
      enrolled in school 5,729 100.0   Native 28,990 99.1
Nursery school, preschool 252 4.4       Born in United States 28,940 99.0
Kindergarten 239 4.2           State of residence 20,606 70.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 2,904 50.7           Different state 8,334 28.5
High school (grades 9-12) 1,399 24.4       Born outside United States 50 0.2
College or graduate school 935 16.3   Foreign born 255 0.9
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 100 0.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 124 0.4
  Population 25 years and over 21,006 100.0       Not a citizen 131 0.4
Less than 9th grade 3,699 17.6        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3,799 18.1   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 7,131 33.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 255 100.0
Some college, no degree 3,100 14.8   Europe 71 27.8
Associate degree 1,286 6.1   Asia 44 17.3
Bachelor's degree 1,217 5.8   Africa 11 4.3
Graduate or professional degree 774 3.7   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 123 48.2
Percent high school graduate or higher 64.3 (X)   Northern America 6 2.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 9.5 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 27,611 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 24,132 100.0   English only 26,841 97.2
Never married 3,778 15.7   Language other than English 770 2.8
Now married, except separated 15,612 64.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 243 0.9
Separated 721 3.0   Spanish 493 1.8
Widowed 2,101 8.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 147 0.5
 Female 1,783 7.4   Other Indo-European languages 208 0.8
Divorced 1,920 8.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 44 0.2
 Female 1,046 4.3   Asian and Pacific Island languages 69 0.2
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 52 0.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 29,245 100.0
           under 18 years 479 100.0     Total ancestries reported 20,561 70.3
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 250 52.2   Arab 43 0.1
        Czech¹ 13 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 16 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 23,128 100.0   Dutch 390 1.3
Civilian veterans 2,872 12.4   English 3,627 12.4
        French (except Basque)¹ 328 1.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 35 0.1
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 2,463 8.4
     Population 5 to 20 years 5,361 100.0   Greek 54 0.2
With a disability 362 6.8   Hungarian 26 0.1
     Population 21 to 64 years 17,227 100.0   Irish¹ 1,931 6.6
With a disability 4,207 24.4   Italian 356 1.2
 Percent employed 47.2 (X)   Lithuanian 17 0.1
No disability 13,020 75.6   Norwegian 89 0.3
 Percent employed 78.9 (X)   Polish 132 0.5
     Population 65 years and over 4,909 100.0   Portuguese 30 0.1
With a disability 2,473 50.4   Russian 45 0.2
        Scotch-Irish 627 2.1
        Scottish 387 1.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 27,611 100.0   Subsaharan African 66 0.2
Same house in 1995 19,196 69.5   Swedish 18 0.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 8,281 30.0   Swiss 63 0.2
 Same county 4,142 15.0   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 4,139 15.0   United States or American 7,159 24.5
  Same state 2,178 7.9   Welsh 76 0.3
  Different state 1,961 7.1   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 134 0.5   Other ancestries 2,570 8.8
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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