|
Hispanic* Residents of Montgomery County, 1997
-
Census Update Survey Data
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Single
Family Detached
|
Town-House
|
Garden
Apt.
|
High
Rise Apt.
|
All
Types
|
| Population |
|
|
|
|
|
| Household
Population |
30,780
|
16,190
|
20,280
|
3,470
|
70,720
|
| Hispanic
% of County Population |
6.3%
|
11.0%
|
15.0%
|
6.9%
|
8.6%
|
| %
Female |
53.0%
|
50.9%
|
54.0%
|
61.1%
|
53.2%
|
| Age
Distribution |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
0-4 |
9.2%
|
10.3%
|
9.7%
|
5.4%
|
9.4%
|
| %
5-17 |
26.0%
|
25.9%
|
21.7%
|
15.4%
|
24.2%
|
| %
18-29 |
14.8%
|
14.0%
|
21.4%
|
17.6%
|
16.7%
|
| %
30-44 |
23.8%
|
30.2%
|
33.6%
|
30.0%
|
28.4%
|
| %
45-64 |
21.3%
|
15.9%
|
10.7%
|
18.4%
|
16.9%
|
| %65-74 |
3.5%
|
2.9%
|
1.8%
|
7.9%
|
3.1%
|
| %
Over 74 |
1.5%
|
0.8%
|
1.0%
|
5.3%
|
1.4%
|
| Average
Age |
30.1
|
28.7
|
27.3
|
36.6
|
29.3
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Educational
Attainment: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Persons
25 years and older |
17,210
|
9,240
|
11,540
|
2,415
|
40,405
|
| %<
H.S. Dipl |
16.9%
|
19.1%
|
32.3%
|
18.6%
|
21.1%
|
| %
H.S. Graduate |
35.4%
|
36.4%
|
37.1%
|
19.5%
|
35.2%
|
| %
Assoc/Trade Sch |
3.4%
|
4.3%
|
6.9%
|
6.1%
|
4.6%
|
| %
Bachelor's Degree |
18.2%
|
20.7%
|
11.0%
|
31.8%
|
17.9%
|
| %
Grad/Prof/PhD |
26.0%
|
19.6%
|
12.7%
|
23.9%
|
21.2%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Labor
Force: |
|
|
|
|
|
| No.
Employed Residents*** |
16,115
|
9,045
|
11,345
|
1,820
|
38,325
|
| %
Female Emp*** |
70.1%
|
75.4%
|
76.4%
|
57.5%
|
71.8%
|
| Women/Children
<6 |
3,060
|
1,440
|
2,095
|
*
|
6,595
|
| %
Employed*** |
63.6%
|
76.9%
|
*
|
*
|
66.1%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Employer: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Private for Profit |
44.5%
|
48.5%
|
56.9%
|
44.0%
|
48.5%
|
| %
Private not for Profit |
20.4%
|
14.9%
|
12.7%
|
27.9%
|
17.6%
|
| %
Self Employed |
18.4%
|
12.2%
|
13.1%
|
6.9%
|
15.0%
|
| %
Government |
16.7%
|
24.4%
|
17.3%
|
21.2%
|
18.9%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Work
Location: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
In the County |
51.9%
|
62.1%
|
68.3%
|
44.2%
|
58.1%
|
| %
Inside Beltway |
21.2%
|
17.2%
|
27.9%
|
23.4%
|
22.1%
|
| %
Outside Beltway |
30.7%
|
44.9%
|
40.4%
|
20.8%
|
36.0%
|
| %
Elsewhere MD |
4.9%
|
7.5%
|
8.3%
|
2.7%
|
6.3%
|
| %
to D.C. |
35.9%
|
23.6%
|
16.3%
|
50.0%
|
28.7%
|
| %
to Virginia |
6.5%
|
4.6%
|
4.8%
|
3.0%
|
5.5%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Work
Trip: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Driving |
80.4%
|
88.1%
|
71.4%
|
65.0%
|
79.3%
|
| %
Alone |
68.2%
|
68.1%
|
60.7%
|
62.4%
|
66.0%
|
| %
Carpool |
12.2%
|
20.0%
|
10.7%
|
2.6%
|
13.3%
|
| %
Public Trans. |
14.0%
|
9.1%
|
26.0%
|
26.2%
|
16.4%
|
| %
Walk/Bicycle/Other |
1.7%
|
2.3%
|
2.1%
|
5.5%
|
2.1%
|
| %Working
at Home |
3.9%
|
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
3.3%
|
2.2%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Access
to Metrorail |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Car |
64.9%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
64.5%
|
| %
Ride-On/Metrobus |
20.8%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
18.1%
|
| %
Walk/Bicycle |
14.3%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
17.4%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing |
|
|
|
|
|
| HHs
by Structure Type |
6,790
|
4,200
|
6,465
|
1,515
|
18,900
|
| %
Hispanic Households by Structure Type |
35.7%
|
22.2%
|
34.2%
|
7.9%
|
100.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Avg.
Household Size |
3.92
|
3.70
|
3.04
|
2.06
|
3.42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tenure: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Rental |
10.8%
|
11.3%
|
82.8%
|
84.2%
|
41.4%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Average
Monthly Housing Costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Homeowners |
$1,490
|
$1,078
|
$794
|
$1,003
|
$1,268
|
| Renters |
$1,137
|
$772
|
$706
|
$666
|
$744
|
| %
in Same Home 5 years |
54.8%
|
56.6%
|
32.6%
|
33.4%
|
46.0%
|
| Median
Yrs. Same Home |
6
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Average
Age of HH Head |
46.4%
|
42.9%
|
39.8%
|
47.8%
|
43.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| %
HHs with Foreign Born Head or Spouse |
76.2%
|
83.5%
|
76.0%
|
73.3%
|
77.5%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Households
by Type: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Family HHs |
95.6%
|
93.2%
|
84.8%
|
57.9%
|
88.4%
|
| %
Married-Couple |
84.8%
|
81.4%
|
62.6%
|
41.2%
|
73.0%
|
| %
Single-Parent |
8.3%
|
9.3%
|
18.8%
|
16.7%
|
12.8%
|
| %
Nonfamily HHs |
4.4%
|
6.8%
|
15.2%
|
42.1%
|
11.6%
|
| %
one-person HH |
3.2%
|
6.1%
|
13.6%
|
41.0%
|
10.4%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Persons
in Households: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
1 Person |
3.2%
|
6.1%
|
13.6%
|
41.0%
|
10.4%
|
| %
2 Persons |
14.6%
|
13.6%
|
27.1%
|
35.9%
|
20.3%
|
| %
3 Persons |
22.6%
|
21.4%
|
24.6%
|
8.5%
|
21.9%
|
| %
4 Persons |
26.9%
|
31.6%
|
17.4%
|
8.7%
|
23.3%
|
| %
5+ Persons |
32.7%
|
27.3%
|
17.3%
|
5.8%
|
24.1%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Avg.
Number of Cars |
2.3
|
2.1
|
1.4
|
1.0
|
1.9
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
HHs with Computers |
76.4%
|
80.5%
|
42.9%
|
45.3%
|
65.0%
|
| %
with Internet Connect |
69.0%
|
65.1%
|
52.2%
|
72.3%
|
64.7%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Income |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1996
HH Income |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Under $15,000 |
|
|
14.3%
|
24.0%
|
6.2%
|
| %$15,000
to $29,999 |
10.0%
|
7.9%
|
39.8%
|
35.4%
|
20.6%
|
| %
$30,000 to $49,999 |
24.7%
|
37.3%
|
22.9%
|
18.0%
|
26.7%
|
| %
$50,000 to $69,999 |
13.1%
|
25.7%
|
17.6%
|
9.1%
|
17.2%
|
| %
$70,000 to $99,999 |
23.4%
|
18.8%
|
5.0%
|
6.2%
|
15.4%
|
| %
$100,000 + |
28.6%
|
10.4%
|
0.4%
|
7.3%
|
14.0%
|
| 1996
Median HH Income |
$72,760
|
$52,835
|
$28,780
|
$28,525
|
$47,310
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
of HHs Spending |
|
|
|
|
|
| >
25% of Income on Housing Costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Homeowners |
38.2%
|
45.2%
|
61.6%
|
*
|
42.8%
|
| %
Renters |
*
|
*
|
49.5%
|
74.4%
|
51.4%
|
* 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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