Avalon, NJ

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3402320, place: Avalon borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 316 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (8.54%)
Kindergarten: 20 (6.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 156 (49.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 50 (15.82%)
College or graduate school: 63 (19.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,780 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (0.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 118 (6.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 500 (28.09%)
Some college, no degree: 391 (21.97%)
Associate degree: 91 (5.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 480 (26.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 195 (10.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,888 (100%)
Never married: 264 (13.98%)
Now married, except separated: 1,309 (69.33%)
Separated: 22 (1.17%)
Total Widowed: 179 (9.48%)
Widowed Female: 126 (6.67%)
Total Divorced: 114 (6.04%)
Divorced Female: 72 (3.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (57.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,836 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 368 (20.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (7.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,090 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (12.84%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
--No disability: 950 (87.16%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
Population 65 years and over: 705 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (24.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,080 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,405 (67.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 675 (32.45%)
--Same county: 134 (6.44%)
--Different county: 541 (26.01%)
----Same state: 180 (8.65%)
----Different state: 361 (17.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,143 (100%)
Native: 2,106 (98.27%)
--Born in United States: 2,095 (100%)
----State of residence: 581 (27.11%)
----Different state: 1,514 (70.65%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 37 (1.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (1.31%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 37 (100%)
Europe: 33 (89.19%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (10.81%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,080 (100%)
English only: 2,011 (96.68%)
Language other than English: 69 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.44%)
--Spanish: 19 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 46 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,143 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,466% (115.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 12 (0.56%)
Dutch: 11 (0.51%)
English: 383 (17.87%)
French (except Basque): 59 (2.75%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.23%)
German: 465 (21.7%)
Greek: 5 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 23 (1.07%)
Irish: 674 (31.45%)
Italian: 318 (14.84%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.7%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.56%)
Polish: 124 (5.79%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.98%)
Scotch-Irish: 50 (2.33%)
Scottish: 34 (1.59%)
Slovak: 10 (0.47%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (0.89%)
Swiss: 10 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.75%)
United States or American: 97 (4.53%)
Welsh: 15 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 88 (4.11%)

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