SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Population 3 years and over enrolled in school14,157100.0 Nursery school, preschool8726.2 Kindergarten9486.7 Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,…
SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population 16 years and over38,624100.0 In labor force25,00164.7 Civilian labor force18,05946.8 Employed16,52042.8 Unemployed1,5394.0 Percent of…
SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units21,030100.0 UNITS IN STRUCTURE 1-unit, detached9,93147.2 1-unit, attached1,8528.8 2 units1,0615.0 3 or 4 units2,14610.2 5 to 9 units6803.2 10…
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(Encyclopedia) Portobelo,&sp;Porto BelloPorto Belloboth: pôrˌtōbĕlˈō [key], or Puerto BelloPuerto Bellopwārˈtō bāˈyō [key], town, central Panama, on the Caribbean Sea. The site, an excellent…
(Encyclopedia) Washington, Martha, 1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va. The daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones Dandridge, she first married (1749) Daniel Parke Custis…
(Encyclopedia) White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks White), 1899–1985, American writer, b. Mt. Vernon, N.Y., grad. Cornell, 1921. A witty, satiric observer of contemporary society, White was a member of the…
(Encyclopedia) Teagarden, Jack (Weldon Leo Teagarden), 1905–64, American jazz trombonist and singer, b. Vernon, Tex. One of the earliest white bluesmen, he came from a jazz-playing family and was…
(Encyclopedia) PotomacPotomacpətōˈmək [key], river, 285 mi (459 km) long, formed SE of Cumberland, Md., by the confluence of its North and South branches and flowing generally SE to Chesapeake Bay.…
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