Brass Castle, NJ

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3407360, place: Brass Castle CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 464 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (4.96%)
Kindergarten: 27 (5.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 164 (35.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 103 (22.2%)
College or graduate school: 147 (31.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,008 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (1.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 69 (6.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 250 (24.8%)
Some college, no degree: 324 (32.14%)
Associate degree: 83 (8.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 238 (23.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,246 (100%)
Never married: 292 (23.43%)
Now married, except separated: 833 (66.85%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 55 (4.41%)
Widowed Female: 28 (2.25%)
Total Divorced: 66 (5.3%)
Divorced Female: 37 (2.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,158 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 122 (10.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 338 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (4.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 912 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (8.44%)
----Percent employed: 85.7%
--No disability: 835 (91.56%)
----Percent employed: 86.3%
Population 65 years and over: 187 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (57.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,437 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 997 (69.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 432 (30.06%)
--Same county: 242 (16.84%)
--Different county: 190 (13.22%)
----Same state: 173 (12.04%)
----Different state: 17 (1.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,540 (100%)
Native: 1,499 (97.34%)
--Born in United States: 1,482 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,140 (74.03%)
----Different state: 342 (22.21%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (1.1%)
Foreign born: 41 (2.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.97%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (1.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 33 (80.49%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (19.51%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,437 (100%)
English only: 1,420 (98.82%)
Language other than English: 17 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,540 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,994% (129.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 17 (1.1%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 26 (1.69%)
English: 120 (7.79%)
French (except Basque): 125 (8.12%)
French Canadian: 17 (1.1%)
German: 370 (24.03%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 35 (2.27%)
Irish: 272 (17.66%)
Italian: 340 (22.08%)
Lithuanian: 100 (6.49%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 134 (8.7%)
Portuguese: 16 (1.04%)
Russian: 8 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (1.43%)
Scottish: 66 (4.29%)
Slovak: 10 (0.65%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 103 (6.69%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.45%)
United States or American: 66 (4.29%)
Welsh: 7 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 133 (8.64%)

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