Barnegat Light, NJ

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3403130, place: Barnegat Light borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 130 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (10%)
Kindergarten: 2 (1.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 68 (52.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 17 (13.08%)
College or graduate school: 30 (23.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 610 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12 (1.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 36 (5.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 179 (29.34%)
Some college, no degree: 104 (17.05%)
Associate degree: 42 (6.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 131 (21.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 106 (17.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 661 (100%)
Never married: 98 (14.83%)
Now married, except separated: 398 (60.21%)
Separated: 10 (1.51%)
Total Widowed: 96 (14.52%)
Widowed Female: 69 (10.44%)
Total Divorced: 59 (8.93%)
Divorced Female: 30 (4.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 641 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 133 (20.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 105 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (1.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 356 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (11.24%)
----Percent employed: 70%
--No disability: 316 (88.76%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
Population 65 years and over: 272 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (26.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 738 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 516 (69.92%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 216 (29.27%)
--Same county: 52 (7.05%)
--Different county: 164 (22.22%)
----Same state: 117 (15.85%)
----Different state: 47 (6.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 772 (100%)
Native: 747 (96.76%)
--Born in United States: 737 (100%)
----State of residence: 430 (55.7%)
----Different state: 307 (39.77%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (1.3%)
Foreign born: 25 (3.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (2.85%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 25 (100%)
Europe: 8 (32%)
Asia: 3 (12%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 4 (16%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 10 (40%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 738 (100%)
English only: 684 (92.68%)
Language other than English: 54 (7.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.49%)
--Spanish: 15 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 32 (4.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 772 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,013% (131.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.52%)
Danish: 7 (0.91%)
Dutch: 21 (2.72%)
English: 134 (17.36%)
French (except Basque): 31 (4.02%)
French Canadian: 18 (2.33%)
German: 179 (23.19%)
Greek: 12 (1.55%)
Hungarian: 23 (2.98%)
Irish: 216 (27.98%)
Italian: 113 (14.64%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.65%)
Norwegian: 38 (4.92%)
Polish: 67 (8.68%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (3.37%)
Scottish: 15 (1.94%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (2.46%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 38 (4.92%)
Welsh: 13 (1.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 27 (3.5%)

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