|
Asian Residents of Montgomery
County, 1997 -
Census Update Survey Data
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Single
Family Detached
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Town-House
|
Garden
Apt.
|
High
Rise Apt.
|
All
Types
|
| Population |
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|
|
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|
| Household
Population |
48,490
|
19,520
|
16,745
|
4,750
|
89,505
|
| Asian
% of County Population |
9.9%
|
13.3%
|
12.4%
|
9.4%
|
10.9%
|
| %
Female |
52.5%
|
55.9%
|
52.2%
|
57.8%
|
53.4%
|
| Age
Distribution |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
0-4 |
7.0%
|
9.3%
|
5.8%
|
10.4%
|
7.4%
|
| %
5-17 |
21.2%
|
22.7%
|
14.6%
|
10.7%
|
19.7%
|
| %
18-29 |
13.5%
|
11.4%
|
23.7%
|
16.3%
|
15.1%
|
| %
30-44 |
23.8%
|
34.4%
|
33.6%
|
39.0%
|
28.8%
|
| %
45-64 |
27.4%
|
17.0%
|
17.0%
|
13.7%
|
22.5%
|
| %65-74 |
5.1%
|
3.6%
|
4.3%
|
5.2%
|
4.6%
|
| %
Over 74 |
2.1%
|
1.6%
|
0.9%
|
4.7%
|
1.9%
|
| Average
Age |
34.2
|
30.9
|
32.4
|
34.0
|
33.1
|
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|
|
|
|
|
| %
Hispanic Origin** |
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
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|
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| Educational
Attainment: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Persons
25 years and older |
30,555
|
11,990
|
11,740
|
3,340
|
57,625
|
| %<
H.S. Dipl |
8.6%
|
9.4%
|
13.2%
|
3.2%
|
9.3%
|
| %
H.S. Graduate |
21.3%
|
22.8%
|
13.0%
|
13.0%
|
19.6%
|
| %
Assoc/Trade Sch |
3.5%
|
4.6%
|
2.3%
|
2.6%
|
3.4%
|
| %
Bachelor's Degree |
30.2%
|
34.0%
|
33.7%
|
36.4%
|
31.9%
|
| %
Grad/Prof/PhD |
36.5%
|
29.4%
|
37.8%
|
44.8%
|
35.7%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Labor
Force |
|
|
|
|
|
| No.
Employed Residents*** |
26,835
|
10,860
|
9,465
|
2,405
|
49,565
|
| %
Female Emp*** |
66.4%
|
68.5%
|
59.6%
|
47.1%
|
64.5%
|
| Women/Children
<6 |
4,105
|
2,215
|
1,350
|
450
|
8,120
|
| %
Employed*** |
66.5%
|
58.8%
|
*
|
*
|
56.7%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Employer: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Private for Profit |
47.9%
|
59.2%
|
62.2%
|
37.7%
|
52.5%
|
| %
Private not for Profit |
15.3%
|
16.2%
|
16.7%
|
14.8%
|
15.7%
|
| %
Self Employed |
14.2%
|
8.6%
|
2.5%
|
2.2%
|
10.4%
|
| %
Government |
22.5%
|
16.0%
|
18.5%
|
45.3%
|
21.3%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Work
Location: |
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|
|
|
|
| %
In the County |
54.4%
|
53.5%
|
67.3%
|
52.7%
|
56.4%
|
| %
Inside Beltway |
13.7%
|
15.7%
|
29.8%
|
42.4%
|
18.3%
|
| %
Outside Beltway |
40.7%
|
37.8%
|
37.5%
|
10.3%
|
38.1%
|
| %
Elsewhere MD |
10.1%
|
10.3%
|
7.7%
|
7.6%
|
9.6%
|
| %
to D.C. |
25.0%
|
23.7%
|
17.1%
|
28.9%
|
23.5%
|
| %
to Virginia |
8.4%
|
10.0%
|
7.0%
|
3.7%
|
8.3%
|
| |
|
|
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|
| Work
Trip: |
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|
|
|
|
| %
Driving |
84.4%
|
85.6%
|
73.5%
|
66.0%
|
82.0%
|
| %
Alone |
73.3%
|
75.5%
|
63.4%
|
57.4%
|
71.4%
|
| %
Carpool |
11.1%
|
10.1%
|
10.1%
|
8.6%
|
10.6%
|
| %
Public Trans. |
9.1%
|
11.8%
|
23.3%
|
29.4%
|
13.1%
|
| %
Walk/Bicycle/Other |
0.9%
|
1.9%
|
3.2%
|
3.2%
|
1.6%
|
| %Working
at Home |
5.5%
|
0.7%
|
|
1.4%
|
3.3%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Access
to Metrorail |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Car |
70.8%
|
56.9%
|
54.8%
|
*
|
59.8%
|
| %
Ride-On/Metrobus |
24.9%
|
28.6%
|
25.6%
|
*
|
24.4%
|
| %
Walk/Bicycle |
4.2%
|
14.5%
|
19.7%
|
*
|
15.8%
|
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| Housing |
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|
|
|
|
| HHs
by Structure Type |
12,125
|
5,540
|
6,375
|
1,980
|
26,020
|
| %
Asian Households by Structure Type |
46.6%
|
21.4%
|
24.4%
|
7.6%
|
100.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Avg.
Household Size |
3.73
|
3.33
|
2.61
|
2.24
|
3.26
|
|
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| Tenure: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Rental |
6.1%
|
11.5%
|
90.3%
|
87.2%
|
34.0%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Average
Monthly Housing Costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Homeowners |
$1,735
|
$1,078
|
$894
|
$951
|
$1,508
|
| Renters |
$1,216
|
$1,090
|
$744
|
$863
|
$818
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| %
in Same Home 5 years |
62.0%
|
45.1%
|
21.0%
|
11.2%
|
44.8%
|
| Median
Yrs. Same Home |
8
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Average
Age of HH Head |
49.3%
|
43.6%
|
41.3%
|
44.4%
|
45.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| %
HHs with Foreign Born Head or Spouse |
87.9%
|
92.2%
|
92.3%
|
83.9%
|
89.6%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Households
by Type: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Family HHs |
96.9%
|
90.1%
|
78.3%
|
64.9%
|
88.5%
|
| %
Married-Couple |
88.6%
|
77.5%
|
65.7%
|
57.3%
|
78.2%
|
| %
Single-Parent |
6.6%
|
8.3%
|
6.8%
|
5.9%
|
6.9%
|
| %
Nonfamily HHs |
3.1%
|
9.9%
|
21.7%
|
35.1%
|
11.5%
|
| %
one-person HH |
2.5%
|
7.1%
|
19.1%
|
35.1%
|
10.0%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Persons
in Households: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
1 Person |
2.5%
|
7.1%
|
19.1%
|
35.1%
|
10.0%
|
| %
2 Persons |
19.8%
|
15.7%
|
33.9%
|
29.7%
|
23.1%
|
| %
3 Persons |
22.2%
|
33.2%
|
22.9%
|
15.2%
|
24.2%
|
| %
4 Persons |
29.1%
|
29.2%
|
17.0%
|
16.6%
|
25.2%
|
| %
5+ Persons |
26.4%
|
14.8%
|
7.1%
|
3.5%
|
17.5%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Avg.
Number of Cars |
2.4
|
1.9
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
2.0
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
HHs with Computers |
87.0%
|
79.6%
|
61.2%
|
67.7%
|
78.3%
|
| %
with Internet Connect |
64.6%
|
63.4%
|
63.6%
|
61.4%
|
64.0%
|
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|
|
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| Income |
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|
|
|
| 1996
HH Income |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Under $15,000 |
1.8%
|
2.7%
|
9.0%
|
15.1%
|
4.5%
|
| %$15,000
to $29,999 |
5.9%
|
3.9%
|
32.2%
|
16.6%
|
12.1%
|
| %
$30,000 to $49,999 |
9.9%
|
30.0%
|
28.5%
|
29.1%
|
19.6%
|
| %
$50,000 to $69,999 |
14.5%
|
21.9%
|
19.0%
|
17.8%
|
17.3%
|
| %
$70,000 to $99,999 |
21.9%
|
31.9%
|
8.2%
|
12.7%
|
20.3%
|
| %
$100,000 + |
46.0%
|
9.6%
|
3.2%
|
8.7%
|
26.2%
|
| 1996
Median HH Income |
$94,560
|
$61,945
|
$34,200
|
$38,715
|
$65,630
|
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|
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|
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|
| %
of HHs Spending |
|
|
|
|
|
| >
25% of Income on Housing Costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Homeowners |
34.7%
|
28.2%
|
*
|
*
|
33.4%
|
| %
Renters |
*
|
*
|
52.7%
|
52.2%
|
52.9%
|
* Insufficient data for reliable estimates.
** Those of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
*** Ages 16 and older and employed full- or part-time.
HH = Households
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