Beach Haven West, NJ

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3404120, place: Beach Haven West CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 612 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (5.72%)
Kindergarten: 14 (2.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 259 (42.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 166 (27.12%)
College or graduate school: 138 (22.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,593 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 95 (2.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 556 (15.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,360 (37.85%)
Some college, no degree: 658 (18.31%)
Associate degree: 217 (6.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 482 (13.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 225 (6.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,880 (100%)
Never married: 698 (17.99%)
Now married, except separated: 2,474 (63.76%)
Separated: 63 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 384 (9.9%)
Widowed Female: 279 (7.19%)
Total Divorced: 261 (6.73%)
Divorced Female: 163 (4.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 41 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (31.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,770 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 861 (22.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 450 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (15.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,460 (100%)
--With a disability: 481 (19.55%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
--No disability: 1,979 (80.45%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,250 (100%)
--With a disability: 367 (29.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,160 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,591 (62.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,552 (37.31%)
--Same county: 572 (13.75%)
--Different county: 980 (23.56%)
----Same state: 702 (16.88%)
----Different state: 278 (6.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,292 (100%)
Native: 4,157 (96.85%)
--Born in United States: 4,133 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,778 (64.73%)
----Different state: 1,355 (31.57%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 135 (3.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 113 (2.63%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (0.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 135 (100%)
Europe: 63 (46.67%)
Asia: 29 (21.48%)
Africa: 17 (12.59%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (19.26%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,160 (100%)
English only: 3,893 (93.58%)
Language other than English: 267 (6.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (2.31%)
--Spanish: 87 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 155 (3.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (1.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 25 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,292 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,522% (128.66%)
Arab: 24 (0.56%)
Czech: 61 (1.42%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 80 (1.86%)
English: 405 (9.44%)
French (except Basque): 142 (3.31%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.21%)
German: 1,049 (24.44%)
Greek: 7 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 76 (1.77%)
Irish: 1,182 (27.54%)
Italian: 1,078 (25.12%)
Lithuanian: 51 (1.19%)
Norwegian: 63 (1.47%)
Polish: 441 (10.27%)
Portuguese: 25 (0.58%)
Russian: 74 (1.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 82 (1.91%)
Scottish: 122 (2.84%)
Slovak: 34 (0.79%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.12%)
Swedish: 95 (2.21%)
Swiss: 15 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 70 (1.63%)
Welsh: 40 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 292 (6.8%)

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