Atlantic City, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3402080, place: Atlantic City city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,989 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 629 (6.3%)
Kindergarten: 713 (7.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,924 (49.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,149 (21.51%)
College or graduate school: 1,574 (15.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,521 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,153 (11.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,965 (26.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,153 (30.74%)
Some college, no degree: 4,440 (16.74%)
Associate degree: 1,059 (3.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,911 (7.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 840 (3.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 31,468 (100%)
Never married: 12,200 (38.77%)
Now married, except separated: 10,904 (34.65%)
Separated: 1,825 (5.8%)
Total Widowed: 3,030 (9.63%)
Widowed Female: 2,366 (7.52%)
Total Divorced: 3,509 (11.15%)
Divorced Female: 1,865 (5.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,334 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 616 (46.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 30,073 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,082 (10.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,914 (100%)
--With a disability: 865 (9.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,893 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,994 (34.92%)
----Percent employed: 53.5%
--No disability: 14,899 (65.08%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,365 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,417 (45.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 37,546 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,127 (50.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,200 (40.48%)
--Same county: 11,783 (31.38%)
--Different county: 3,417 (9.1%)
----Same state: 1,114 (2.97%)
----Different state: 2,303 (6.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,219 (8.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 40,517 (100%)
Native: 30,508 (75.3%)
--Born in United States: 28,365 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,539 (45.76%)
----Different state: 9,826 (24.25%)
--Born outside United States: 2,143 (5.29%)
Foreign born: 10,009 (24.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,544 (16.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,462 (8.54%)
--Not a citizen: 6,547 (16.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,009 (100%)
Europe: 637 (6.36%)
Asia: 4,027 (40.23%)
Africa: 362 (3.62%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4,953 (49.49%)
Northern America: 30 (0.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 37,546 (100%)
English only: 23,119 (61.58%)
Language other than English: 14,427 (38.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,189 (21.81%)
--Spanish: 8,760 (23.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,894 (13.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,767 (7.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,310 (3.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,538 (6.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,832 (4.88%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 40,517 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,972% (88.78%)
Arab: 134 (0.33%)
Czech: 13 (0.03%)
Danish: 11 (0.03%)
Dutch: 97 (0.24%)
English: 604 (1.49%)
French (except Basque): 201 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.03%)
German: 825 (2.04%)
Greek: 190 (0.47%)
Hungarian: 104 (0.26%)
Irish: 1,653 (4.08%)
Italian: 1,990 (4.91%)
Lithuanian: 61 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 33 (0.08%)
Polish: 425 (1.05%)
Portuguese: 30 (0.07%)
Russian: 444 (1.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 124 (0.31%)
Scottish: 101 (0.25%)
Slovak: 15 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 662 (1.63%)
Swedish: 41 (0.1%)
Swiss: 7 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 52 (0.13%)
United States or American: 953 (2.35%)
Welsh: 75 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 390 (0.96%)
Other ancestries: 26,724 (65.96%)

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