Brigantine, NJ

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3407810, place: Brigantine city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,712 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 175 (6.45%)
Kindergarten: 180 (6.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,350 (49.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 479 (17.66%)
College or graduate school: 528 (19.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,314 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 284 (3.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,159 (12.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,045 (32.69%)
Some college, no degree: 2,007 (21.55%)
Associate degree: 601 (6.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,426 (15.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 792 (8.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,344 (100%)
Never married: 2,694 (26.04%)
Now married, except separated: 5,279 (51.03%)
Separated: 409 (3.95%)
Total Widowed: 776 (7.5%)
Widowed Female: 637 (6.16%)
Total Divorced: 1,186 (11.47%)
Divorced Female: 608 (5.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 199 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 150 (75.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,943 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,465 (14.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,304 (100%)
--With a disability: 138 (5.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,546 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,787 (23.68%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
--No disability: 5,759 (76.32%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 2,069 (100%)
--With a disability: 714 (34.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,945 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,954 (49.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,666 (47.43%)
--Same county: 2,974 (24.9%)
--Different county: 2,692 (22.54%)
----Same state: 1,099 (9.2%)
----Different state: 1,593 (13.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 325 (2.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,594 (100%)
Native: 11,045 (87.7%)
--Born in United States: 10,740 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,272 (41.86%)
----Different state: 5,468 (43.42%)
--Born outside United States: 305 (2.42%)
Foreign born: 1,549 (12.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 796 (6.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 813 (6.46%)
--Not a citizen: 736 (5.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,549 (100%)
Europe: 344 (22.21%)
Asia: 681 (43.96%)
Africa: 44 (2.84%)
Oceania: 7 (0.45%)
Latin America: 443 (28.6%)
Northern America: 30 (1.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,945 (100%)
English only: 9,388 (78.59%)
Language other than English: 2,557 (21.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 850 (7.12%)
--Spanish: 1,277 (10.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 467 (3.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 964 (8.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 260 (2.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 218 (1.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (0.81%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,594 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,348% (121.87%)
Arab: 18 (0.14%)
Czech: 8 (0.06%)
Danish: 16 (0.13%)
Dutch: 181 (1.44%)
English: 1,259 (10%)
French (except Basque): 307 (2.44%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.13%)
German: 2,047 (16.25%)
Greek: 126 (1%)
Hungarian: 105 (0.83%)
Irish: 3,080 (24.46%)
Italian: 2,796 (22.2%)
Lithuanian: 105 (0.83%)
Norwegian: 57 (0.45%)
Polish: 797 (6.33%)
Portuguese: 22 (0.17%)
Russian: 194 (1.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 198 (1.57%)
Scottish: 149 (1.18%)
Slovak: 38 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 147 (1.17%)
Swedish: 68 (0.54%)
Swiss: 17 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 154 (1.22%)
United States or American: 304 (2.41%)
Welsh: 107 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 23 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 3,008 (23.88%)

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