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DP-2. Social Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) - Sample data
Geographic Area: Montgomery County, Maryland

NOTE: For information on confidentiality, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expstf390.htm.


Subject


Number

 

 

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

757,027

Urban population

722,987

Rural population

34,040

Farm population

1,110

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

193,806

Preprimary school

18,690

Elementary or high school

111,981

Percent in private school

16.9

College

63,135

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

512,839

Less than 9th grade

19,937

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

28,355

High school graduate

85,907

Some college, no degree

94,332

Associate degree

28,177

Bachelor's degree

137,105

Graduate or professional degree

119,026

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

90.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

49.9

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

700,270

Lived in same house

325,751

Lived in different house in U.S.

329,689

Same state

204,454

Same county

168,162

Different county

36,292

Different state

125,235

Lived abroad

44,830

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

513,711

With a mobility or self-care limitation

13,490

With a mobility limitation

6,086

With a self-care limitation

10,244

With a work disability

23,691

In labor force

13,457

Prevented from working

7,863

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

73,058

With a mobility or self-care limitation

11,727

With a mobility limitation

9,513

With a self-care limitation

6,624

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

148

Women 25 to 34 years

843

Women 35 to 44 years

1,610

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

78,332

65 years and over

20,008

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

757,027

Native population

615,861

Percent born in state of residence

24.9

Foreign-born population

141,166

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

74,092

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

700,270

Speak a language other than English

148,418

Do not speak English "very well"

60,308

Speak Spanish

47,523

Do not speak English "very well"

23,023

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

38,923

Do not speak English "very well"

20,059

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

959,992

Arab

6,873

Austrian

6,774

Belgian

1,177

Canadian

1,942

Czech

4,208

Danish

3,776

Dutch

12,136

English

115,702

Finnish

1,418

French (except Basque)

23,993

French Canadian

4,916

German

152,866

Greek

9,428

Hungarian

7,990

Irish

115,841

Italian

42,405

Lithuanian

4,918

Norwegian

6,032

Polish

36,603

Portuguese

2,635

Romanian

3,680

Russian

41,568

Scotch-Irish

16,860

Scottish

22,345

Slovak

6,070

Subsaharan African

10,857

Swedish

9,892

Swiss

3,767

Ukrainian

3,788

United States or American

20,015

Welsh

8,622

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

9,890

Yugoslavian

1,288

Other ancestries

239,717

(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
             Matrices P1, P6, P13, P28, P33, P34, P36, P38, P39, P42, P43, P54, P58, P64, P66, P69.