Table DP-1.

Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic area: Takoma Park city, Maryland
[For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,299 100.0 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE

Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,299 100.0
SEX AND AGE Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494 14.4
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,149 47.1 Mexican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 1.4
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,150 52.9 Puerto Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 0.7
Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,237 7.2 Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 0.5
5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204 7.0 Other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,048 11.8
10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,057 6.1 Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,805 85.6
15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013 5.9 White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,638 44.2
20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,081 6.2 RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,822 16.3 Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,299 100.0
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,384 19.6 In households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,802 97.1
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,746 15.9 Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,893 39.8
55 to 59 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 4.1 Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,654 15.3
60 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 3.0 Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,597 26.6
65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 4.5 Own child under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,645 21.1
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 3.0 Other relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160 6.7
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 1.3 Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 1.9
Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.6 (X) Nonrelatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498 8.7
Unmarried partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 2.7
18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,224 76.4 In group quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 2.9
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,111 35.3 Institutionalized population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 0.7
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,113 41.1 Noninstitutionalized population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 2.2
21 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,567 72.6
62 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,822 10.5 HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,529 8.8 Total households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,893 100.0
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 3.5 Family households (families). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,948 57.3
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 5.4 With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 2,121 30.8
Married-couple family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,654 38.5
RACE With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 1,418 20.6
One race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,439 95.0 Female householder, no husband present . . . . . 977 14.2
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,440 48.8 With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 562 8.2
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,876 34.0 Nonfamily households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,945 42.7
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . 76 0.4 Householder living alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,219 32.2
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 4.4 Householder 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 7.9
Asian Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 1.9
Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 0.5 Households with individuals under 18 years . . . . . 2,342 34.0
Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 0.6 Households with individuals 65 years and over . . 1,160 16.8
Japanese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 0.2
Average household size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.44 (X)
Korean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 0.2
Average family size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13 (X)
Vietnamese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 0.6
Other Asian 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 0.4
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . 6 -
Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,187 100.0
Native Hawaiian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,893 95.9
Guamanian or Chamorro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Vacant housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 4.1
Samoan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
For seasonal, recreational, or
Other Pacific Islander 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - occasional use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 0.3
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,287 7.4
Two or more races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 5.0 Homeowner vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 (X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 (X)
Race alone or in combination with one
or more other races: 3 HOUSING TENURE
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,910 51.5 Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,893 100.0
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,375 36.9 Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,128 45.4
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 1.2 Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,765 54.6
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 5.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . . . 33 0.2 Average household size of owner-occupied units. 2.71 (X)
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,829 10.6 Average household size of renter-occupied units . 2.21 (X)

- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

1
Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2
Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3
In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages
may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.

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U.S. Census Bureau
Table DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Takoma Park city, Maryland
[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 population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,180 100.0
enrolled in school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,764 100.0 Native. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,263 71.4
Nursery school, preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 6.6 Born in United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,972 69.7
Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 4.3 State of residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,943 17.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,837 38.6 Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,029 52.6
High school (grades 9-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 16.6 Born outside United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 1.7
College or graduate school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,621 34.0 Foreign born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,917 28.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,185 12.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Naturalized citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,919 11.2
Population 25 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 11,673 100.0 Not a citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,998 17.5
Less than 9th grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 6.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 8.4 REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
High school graduate (includes equivalency). . . . . 1,806 15.5 Total (excluding born at sea). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,917 100.0
Some college, no degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,884 16.1 Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 7.5
Associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 3.9 Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 13.2
Bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,613 22.4 Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,410 28.7
Graduate or professional degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,180 27.2 Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0.1
Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,416 49.1
Percent high school graduate or higher . . . . . . . . . 85.1 (X) Northern America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 1.4
Percent bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.6 (X)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
MARITAL STATUS Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,930 100.0
Population 15 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 13,666 100.0 English only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,896 68.4
Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,783 35.0 Language other than English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,034 31.6
Now married, except separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,439 47.1 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 2,070 13.0
Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 3.5 Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,265 14.2
Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 5.4 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 1,079 6.8
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 4.1 Other Indo-European languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,218 7.6
Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,225 9.0 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 402 2.5
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 5.6 Asian and Pacific Island languages . . . . . . . . . . . 447 2.8
Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 251 1.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Grandparent living in household with
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,180 100.0
one or more own grandchildren under
18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 100.0 Total ancestries reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,065 105.2
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren . . . . . . 110 32.4 Arab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 0.5
Czech1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 0.3
VETERAN STATUS Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 0.3
Civilian population 18 years and over . . 13,113 100.0 Dutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 0.9
Civilian veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004 7.7 English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,186 6.9
French (except Basque)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 1.5
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN French Canadian1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 0.3
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,418 8.3
Population 5 to 20 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,438 100.0 Greek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 0.2
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 6.4 Hungarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 0.4
Irish1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,310 7.6
Population 21 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,975 100.0 Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 3.6
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,757 16.0 Lithuanian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 0.3
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 (X) Norwegian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 0.5
No disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,218 84.0 Polish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 2.1
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.3 (X) Portuguese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 0.3
Population 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 1,374 100.0 Russian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 2.5
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 38.9 Scotch-Irish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 1.5
Scottish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 2.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995 Slovak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 0.2
Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . 15,930 100.0 Subsaharan African. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,765 10.3
Same house in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,421 52.9 Swedish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 1.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,340 39.8 Swiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 0.4
Same county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,785 17.5 Ukrainian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 0.8
Different county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,555 22.3 United States or American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 2.5
Same state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005 6.3 Welsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 0.8
Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,550 16.0 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) . . . . . . . . 763 4.4
Elsewhere in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,169 7.3 Other ancestries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,649 44.5

-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

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The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsa-
tian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Table DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Takoma Park city, Maryland
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

EMPLOYMENT STATUS INCOME IN 1999

Population 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,500 100.0 Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,873 100.0
In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,135 75.1 Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 9.9
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,125 75.0 $10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 4.3
Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,548 70.7 $15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 10.2
Unemployed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 4.3 $25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805 11.7
Percent of civilian labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 (X) $35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,060 15.4
Armed Forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 0.1 $50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317 19.2
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,365 24.9 $75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 11.3
Females 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,179 100.0 $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 10.8
In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,103 71.1 $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 4.2
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,103 71.1 $200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 3.1
Median household income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,490 (X)
Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,752 66.2
Own children under 6 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,433 100.0 With earnings . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,988 87.1
All parents in family in labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 69.5 Mean earnings (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,435 (X)
With Social Security income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030 15.0
COMMUTING TO WORK Mean Social Security income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . 9,315 (X)
Workers 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,370 100.0 With Supplemental Security Income . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 2.6
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,936 52.7 Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144 12.2 (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,414 (X)
Public transportation (including taxicab) . . . . . . . . . 2,330 24.9 With public assistance income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 2.5
Walked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 4.8 Mean public assistance income (dollars)1 . . . . . 3,269 (X)
Other means. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1.6 With retirement income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 11.1
Worked at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 3.9 Mean retirement income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,942 (X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 (X)
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,970 100.0
Employed civilian population Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 5.3
16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,548 100.0 $10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 3.5
OCCUPATION $15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 9.1
Management, professional, and related $25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 8.7
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,168 54.1 $35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 12.3
Service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,287 13.5 $50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 19.5
Sales and office occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,780 18.6 $75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634 16.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . - - $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 15.5
Construction, extraction, and maintenance $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 6.1
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 8.0 $200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 4.2
Production, transportation, and material moving Median family income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,434 (X)
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 5.8
Per capita income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,437 (X)
INDUSTRY Median earnings (dollars):
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Male full-time, year-round workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,668 (X)
and mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0.1 Female full-time, year-round workers . . . . . . . . . . . 35,073 (X)
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 6.1
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 2.0 Number Percent
Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 1.2 below below
Retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 7.9 poverty poverty
Subject level level
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities . . . . 372 3.9
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 7.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 5.4 Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 8.4
Professional, scientific, management, adminis- With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 200 8.7
trative, and waste management services . . . . . . . 1,312 13.7 With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . 102 10.2
Educational, health and social services . . . . . . . . . 2,413 25.3
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation Families with female householder, no
and food services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 7.7 husband present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 16.1
Other services (except public administration) . . . . 1,005 10.5 With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 90 16.0
Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852 8.9 With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . 30 16.0

CLASS OF WORKER Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,722 10.3

Private wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,721 70.4 18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,295 10.2
Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020 21.2 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 20.5
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated Related children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 10.5
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 8.3 Related children 5 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 9.1
Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 0.1 Unrelated individuals 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . 719 17.5

-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

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If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator.
See text.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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Table DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Takoma Park city, Maryland
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,173 100.0 OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

UNITS IN STRUCTURE Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,880 100.0
1-unit, detached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,305 46.1 1.00 or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,337 92.1
1-unit, attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 1.6 1.01 to 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 4.8
2 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 2.8 1.51 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 3.1
3 or 4 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 7.1
5 to 9 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 9.2 Specified owner-occupied units . . . . . . . . 2,797 100.0
10 to 19 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 7.2 VALUE
20 or more units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,875 26.1 Less than $50,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 0.5
Mobile home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - $50,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 2.6
Boat, RV, van, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 17.6
$150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 974 34.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT $200,000 to $299,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 29.5
1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 0.1 $300,000 to $499,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 14.4
1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 0.6 $500,000 to $999,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 0.6
1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 0.9 $1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 2.8 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,200 (X)
1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 9.4
1960 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350 18.8 MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,901 40.4 MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,939 27.0 With a mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,244 80.2
Less than $300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
ROOMS $300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 0.7
1 room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 5.4 $500 to $699 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 1.9
2 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 8.1 $700 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 4.8
3 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143 15.9 $1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,002 35.8
4 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013 14.1 $1,500 to $1,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 22.6
5 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085 15.1 $2,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 14.5
6 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 11.9 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,466 (X)
7 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759 10.6 Not mortgaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 19.8
8 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 9.0 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 (X)
9 or more rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 9.7
Median (rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 (X) SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,880 100.0 INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 33.4
1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,345 19.5 15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 15.0
1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,277 33.1 20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 17.2
1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,118 16.3 25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 9.9
1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,074 15.6 30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 6.8
1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 8.6 35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 16.6
1969 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 6.9 Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1.1

VEHICLES AVAILABLE Specified renter-occupied units . . . . . . . . 3,750 100.0

None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113 16.2 GROSS RENT
1 ........................................... 3,080 44.8 Less than $200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 5.7
2 ........................................... 2,092 30.4 $200 to $299 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 1.3
3 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 8.6 $300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 9.7
$500 to $749 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,804 48.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL $750 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014 27.0
Utility gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,545 80.6 $1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 4.5
Bottled, tank, or LP gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 1.1 $1,500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 1.3
Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 10.3 No cash rent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 2.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 6.9 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 (X)
Coal or coke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 0.7 Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 17.7
No fuel used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 0.4 15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 15.8
20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 15.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS 25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 12.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 1.0 30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 8.8
Lacking complete kitchen facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 0.8 35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934 24.9
No telephone service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 1.5 Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 4.7

-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.

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