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Population:

  • Total Population: 247,842
  • Males: 121,501
  • Females: 126,341

Ethnicity:

  • White: 179,679
  • Black/African American: 35,035
  • Hispanic: 7,824
  • Native American/Eskimo: 362
  • Asian: 18,630
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 119
  • Other: 743
  • 2 or more: 5,450

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (197,630)
  2. Spanish (7,375)
  3. Korean (5,130)
  4. Chinese (2,770)
  5. French (1,405)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 28,113

  1. Korea (4,706)
  2. India (3,098)
  3. China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (1,599)
  4. Philippines (1,081)
  5. Mexico (994)
  6. United Kingdom (892)
  7. Germany (811)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Catholic Church (66,119)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (12,174)
  3. Jewish Estimate (10,000)
  4. Southern Baptist Convention (7,409)
  5. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (6,050)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 45,230
    • Sensory: 4,621
    • Physical: 10,255
    • Mental: 7,100
    • Self-care: 3,321
    • Go outside home: 8,423
    • Employment: 11,547

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 1,220

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 90,043
    • Utility gas: 34,294
    • Bottled or LP gas: 2,053
    • Electricity: 43,860
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 9,207
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 376
    • Solar Energy: 25
    • Other fuel: 123
    • No fuel used: 105

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 159,975
    • No vehicle: 6,284
    • 1 or more vehicle: 153,691

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 653
    • No High School: 3,176
    • Some High School: 7,438
    • High School: 26,513
    • Some College: 29,943
    • Associate's Degree: 9,148
    • College Degree: 48,210
    • Master's Degree: 25,907
    • Professional Degree: 6,818
    • Doctoral Degree: 5,502

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 90,043
    • Owners with phone: 66,297
    • Owners without phone: 117
    • Renters with phone: 23,414
    • Renters without phone: 215

    10 closest counties:

    1. Baltimore city, Maryland
    2. Baltimore County, Maryland
    3. Montgomery County, Maryland
    4. Prince George's County, Maryland
    5. Anne Arundel County, Maryland
    6. District of Columbia, District Of Columbia
    7. Carroll County, Maryland
    8. Arlington County, Virginia
    9. Alexandria city, Virginia
    10. Falls Church city, Virginia

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    20701, 20723, 20759, 20763, 20777, 20794, 21029, 21036, 21041, 21042, 21043, 21044, 21045, 21046, 21075, 21150, 21163, 21723, 21737, 21738, 21765, 21794, 21797

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • WSME (1120 AM) CLARKESVILLE, MD
    • WWNB (1490 AM) CLARKSVILLE, MD

    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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