Asbury Park, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3401960, place: Asbury Park city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,034 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 502 (9.97%)
Kindergarten: 322 (6.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,440 (48.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,005 (19.96%)
College or graduate school: 765 (15.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,936 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 988 (9.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,236 (22.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,206 (32.27%)
Some college, no degree: 2,053 (20.66%)
Associate degree: 343 (3.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 761 (7.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 349 (3.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,508 (100%)
Never married: 5,892 (47.11%)
Now married, except separated: 3,650 (29.18%)
Separated: 548 (4.38%)
Total Widowed: 1,120 (8.95%)
Widowed Female: 890 (7.12%)
Total Divorced: 1,298 (10.38%)
Divorced Female: 701 (5.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 740 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 393 (53.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,821 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,189 (10.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,221 (100%)
--With a disability: 636 (15.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,233 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,764 (29.94%)
----Percent employed: 49.2%
--No disability: 6,469 (70.06%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,832 (100%)
--With a disability: 891 (48.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,391 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,676 (43.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,542 (49%)
--Same county: 5,948 (38.65%)
--Different county: 1,594 (10.36%)
----Same state: 884 (5.74%)
----Different state: 710 (4.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,173 (7.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,930 (100%)
Native: 13,761 (81.28%)
--Born in United States: 13,130 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,844 (58.15%)
----Different state: 3,286 (19.41%)
--Born outside United States: 631 (3.73%)
Foreign born: 3,169 (18.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,027 (11.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 784 (4.63%)
--Not a citizen: 2,385 (14.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,169 (100%)
Europe: 166 (5.24%)
Asia: 179 (5.65%)
Africa: 50 (1.58%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,767 (87.31%)
Northern America: 7 (0.22%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,391 (100%)
English only: 11,713 (76.1%)
Language other than English: 3,678 (23.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,035 (13.22%)
--Spanish: 2,048 (13.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,246 (8.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,440 (9.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 708 (4.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 118 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.45%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,930 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,152% (89.5%)
Arab: 74 (0.44%)
Czech: 19 (0.11%)
Danish: 5 (0.03%)
Dutch: 64 (0.38%)
English: 266 (1.57%)
French (except Basque): 44 (0.26%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.09%)
German: 454 (2.68%)
Greek: 105 (0.62%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.2%)
Irish: 833 (4.92%)
Italian: 753 (4.45%)
Lithuanian: 71 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.09%)
Polish: 201 (1.19%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.04%)
Russian: 29 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (0.18%)
Scottish: 69 (0.41%)
Slovak: 8 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 276 (1.63%)
Swedish: 32 (0.19%)
Swiss: 5 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.13%)
United States or American: 305 (1.8%)
Welsh: 59 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,629 (9.62%)
Other ancestries: 9,726 (57.45%)

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