Table DP-1.

Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic area: Bethesda CDP, Maryland
[For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,277 100.0 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE

Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,277 100.0
SEX AND AGE Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 5.4
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,820 46.7 Mexican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 0.6
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,457 53.3 Puerto Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 0.3
Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,148 5.7 Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 0.4
5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,464 6.3 Other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,263 4.1
10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,555 6.4 Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,277 94.6
15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,565 4.6 White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,210 81.8
20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,942 3.5 RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,305 13.2 Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,277 100.0
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,813 15.9 In households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,481 98.6
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,976 16.2 Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,659 42.8
55 to 59 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,565 6.4 Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,644 22.9
60 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,420 4.4 Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,962 25.3
65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,634 8.4 Own child under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,736 21.2
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,699 6.7 Other relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151 2.1
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,191 2.2 Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 0.4
Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 (X) Nonrelatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,065 5.5
Unmarried partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 1.2
18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,165 78.1 In group quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 1.4
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,704 35.6 Institutionalized population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 0.4
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,461 42.4 Noninstitutionalized population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 1.1
21 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,261 76.5
62 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,917 19.7 HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,524 17.2 Total households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,659 100.0
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,003 7.2 Family households (families). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,466 61.1
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,521 10.0 With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 6,632 28.0
Married-couple family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,644 53.4
RACE With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 5,757 24.3
One race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,110 97.9 Female householder, no husband present . . . . . 1,418 6.0
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,460 85.9 With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 696 2.9
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,476 2.7 Nonfamily households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,193 38.9
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . 92 0.2 Householder living alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,609 32.2
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,376 7.9 Householder 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,753 11.6
Asian Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,019 1.8
Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346 2.4 Households with individuals under 18 years . . . . . 6,797 28.7
Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 0.7 Households with individuals 65 years and over . . 6,769 28.6
Japanese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 0.8
Average household size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30 (X)
Korean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 1.1
Average family size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.92 (X)
Vietnamese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 0.2
Other Asian 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 0.8
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . 26 -
Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,368 100.0
Native Hawaiian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,659 97.1
Guamanian or Chamorro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 -
Vacant housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709 2.9
Samoan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 -
For seasonal, recreational, or
Other Pacific Islander 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - occasional use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 0.9
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 1.2
Two or more races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167 2.1 Homeowner vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 (X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 (X)
Race alone or in combination with one
or more other races: 3 HOUSING TENURE
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,453 87.7 Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,659 100.0
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,710 3.1 Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,352 69.1
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 0.4 Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,307 30.9
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,942 8.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . . . 60 0.1 Average household size of owner-occupied units. 2.47 (X)
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,154 2.1 Average household size of renter-occupied units . 1.92 (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: Bethesda CDP, 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,300 100.0
enrolled in school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,514 100.0 Native. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,470 78.6
Nursery school, preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 9.8 Born in United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,400 76.7
Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 5.5 State of residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,187 11.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,686 42.1 Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,213 65.5
High school (grades 9-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870 21.2 Born outside United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070 1.9
College or graduate school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,891 21.4 Foreign born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,830 21.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,309 9.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Naturalized citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,005 9.1
Population 25 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 40,764 100.0 Not a citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,825 12.3
Less than 9th grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 1.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 1.5 REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
High school graduate (includes equivalency). . . . . 2,458 6.0 Total (excluding born at sea). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,830 100.0
Some college, no degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,893 9.6 Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,078 34.5
Associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022 2.5 Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,270 36.1
Bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,251 30.1 Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 5.7
Graduate or professional degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,904 48.8 Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 1.2
Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,376 20.1
Percent high school graduate or higher . . . . . . . . . 97.0 (X) Northern America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 2.4
Percent bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 (X)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
MARITAL STATUS Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,241 100.0
Population 15 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 45,186 100.0 English only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,970 76.5
Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,431 25.3 Language other than English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,271 23.5
Now married, except separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,802 59.3 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 3,393 6.5
Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 1.4 Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,946 5.6
Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,155 7.0 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 902 1.7
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,553 5.6 Other Indo-European languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,734 11.0
Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,174 7.0 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 1,262 2.4
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,237 5.0 Asian and Pacific Island languages . . . . . . . . . . . 2,812 5.4
Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 1,112 2.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Grandparent living in household with
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,300 100.0
one or more own grandchildren under
18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 100.0 Total ancestries reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,607 116.8
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren . . . . . . 101 29.4 Arab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 1.0
Czech1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 0.7
VETERAN STATUS Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 0.6
Civilian population 18 years and over . . 42,681 100.0 Dutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 1.4
Civilian veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,809 11.3 English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,243 13.1
French (except Basque)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,867 3.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN French Canadian1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 0.6
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,212 13.0
Population 5 to 20 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,865 100.0 Greek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805 1.5
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 5.8 Hungarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840 1.5
Irish1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,649 13.8
Population 21 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,266 100.0 Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,199 5.8
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,576 8.0 Lithuanian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 0.5
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.1 (X) Norwegian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 1.2
No disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,690 92.0 Polish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,573 4.7
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.6 (X) Portuguese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 0.4
Population 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 9,396 100.0 Russian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,363 6.1
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,525 26.9 Scotch-Irish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,153 2.1
Scottish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,781 3.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995 Slovak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 0.3
Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . 52,241 100.0 Subsaharan African. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 1.0
Same house in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,950 53.5 Swedish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887 1.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,172 38.6 Swiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 0.7
Same county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,369 17.9 Ukrainian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 0.8
Different county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,803 20.7 United States or American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,534 4.6
Same state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,280 2.5 Welsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 1.1
Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,523 18.2 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) . . . . . . . . 189 0.3
Elsewhere in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,119 7.9 Other ancestries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,642 31.9

-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: Bethesda CDP, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,414 100.0 Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,654 100.0
In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,401 68.4 Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 3.2
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,870 67.3 $10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 2.0
Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,241 65.8 $15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 3.9
Unemployed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 1.4 $25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,287 5.4
Percent of civilian labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 (X) $35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,748 7.4
Armed Forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 1.2 $50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,638 15.4
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,013 31.6 $75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,113 13.2
Females 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,181 100.0 $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,633 19.6
In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,799 61.2 $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,824 11.9
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,658 60.6 $200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,267 18.0
Median household income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,102 (X)
Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,247 58.9
Own children under 6 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,712 100.0 With earnings . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,451 82.2
All parents in family in labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,271 61.2 Mean earnings (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,309 (X)
With Social Security income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,740 24.3
COMMUTING TO WORK Mean Social Security income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . 13,335 (X)
Workers 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,463 100.0 With Supplemental Security Income . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 1.3
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,943 60.9 Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,550 8.7 (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,402 (X)
Public transportation (including taxicab) . . . . . . . . . 4,334 14.7 With public assistance income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 0.8
Walked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,764 6.0 Mean public assistance income (dollars)1 . . . . . 3,594 (X)
Other means. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 1.7 With retirement income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,059 21.4
Worked at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,359 8.0 Mean retirement income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,796 (X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 (X)
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,628 100.0
Employed civilian population Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 1.4
16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,241 100.0 $10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 0.5
OCCUPATION $15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 1.9
Management, professional, and related $25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 2.8
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,122 75.7 $35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 4.0
Service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,679 5.7 $50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,583 10.8
Sales and office occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,711 16.1 $75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,025 13.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . 17 0.1 $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,306 22.6
Construction, extraction, and maintenance $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,372 16.2
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 1.4 $200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,805 26.0
Production, transportation, and material moving Median family income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,160 (X)
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 1.1
Per capita income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,479 (X)
INDUSTRY Median earnings (dollars):
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Male full-time, year-round workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,797 (X)
and mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 0.1 Female full-time, year-round workers . . . . . . . . . . . 57,569 (X)
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 1.8
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 1.9 Number Percent
Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 0.7 below below
Retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680 5.7 poverty poverty
Subject level level
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities . . . . 347 1.2
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,173 7.4
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,326 11.4 Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 1.7
Professional, scientific, management, adminis- With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 124 1.8
trative, and waste management services . . . . . . . 7,783 26.6 With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . 40 1.7
Educational, health and social services . . . . . . . . . 5,612 19.2
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation Families with female householder, no
and food services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,241 4.2 husband present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 6.2
Other services (except public administration) . . . . 2,103 7.2 With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 64 8.2
Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,643 12.5 With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . 11 9.7

CLASS OF WORKER Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,828 3.3

Private wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,098 65.3 18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,562 3.7
Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,367 25.2 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 4.1
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated Related children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 1.8
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,706 9.3 Related children 5 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 1.9
Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 0.2 Unrelated individuals 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . 1,134 9.5

-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: Bethesda CDP, 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,364 100.0 OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

UNITS IN STRUCTURE Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,663 100.0
1-unit, detached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,822 60.8 1.00 or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,301 98.5
1-unit, attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,137 4.7 1.01 to 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 0.8
2 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 0.2 1.51 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 0.8
3 or 4 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 0.8
5 to 9 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 2.4 Specified owner-occupied units . . . . . . . . 13,301 100.0
10 to 19 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 1.9 VALUE
20 or more units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,113 29.2 Less than $50,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 0.3
Mobile home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - $50,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 0.2
Boat, RV, van, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 0.9
$150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 2.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT $200,000 to $299,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,480 18.6
1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 0.4 $300,000 to $499,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,252 47.0
1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983 4.0 $500,000 to $999,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,510 26.4
1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 3.6 $1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 4.2
1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,660 6.8 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,114 12.8
1960 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,701 19.3 MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,792 44.3 MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,145 8.8 With a mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,485 71.3
Less than $300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
ROOMS $300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 0.1
1 room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 2.9 $500 to $699 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 0.5
2 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359 5.6 $700 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 2.6
3 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,283 9.4 $1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 7.4
4 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,674 11.0 $1,500 to $1,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980 14.9
5 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,019 8.3 $2,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,087 45.8
6 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,305 9.5 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,923 (X)
7 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,800 11.5 Not mortgaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,816 28.7
8 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,166 13.0 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 (X)
9 or more rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,054 29.0
Median (rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 (X) SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,663 100.0 INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,954 44.8
1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,251 18.0 15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,297 17.3
1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,708 28.3 20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,637 12.3
1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,486 14.7 25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 7.6
1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,964 16.8 30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 4.7
1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,367 10.0 35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,719 12.9
1969 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,887 12.2 Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 0.4

VEHICLES AVAILABLE Specified renter-occupied units . . . . . . . . 7,290 100.0

None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,732 7.3 GROSS RENT
1 ........................................... 9,477 40.0 Less than $200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 2.0
2 ........................................... 9,624 40.7 $200 to $299 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 1.3
3 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,830 12.0 $300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 2.0
$500 to $749 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 10.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL $750 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,271 31.2
Utility gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,580 74.3 $1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,824 25.0
Bottled, tank, or LP gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 1.0 $1,500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,732 23.8
Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,237 17.9 No cash rent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 3.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,439 6.1 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013 (X)
Coal or coke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 0.2 Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,665 22.8
No fuel used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 0.4 15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,254 17.2
20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161 15.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS 25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731 10.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 0.2 30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 7.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 0.4 35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 22.2
No telephone service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 0.3 Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 4.8

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

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

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