Cape May Court House, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3410300, place: Cape May Court House CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,103 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 63 (5.71%)
Kindergarten: 65 (5.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 546 (49.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 278 (25.2%)
College or graduate school: 151 (13.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,300 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 146 (4.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 370 (11.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,211 (36.7%)
Some college, no degree: 701 (21.24%)
Associate degree: 138 (4.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 520 (15.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 214 (6.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,785 (100%)
Never married: 895 (23.65%)
Now married, except separated: 2,020 (53.37%)
Separated: 86 (2.27%)
Total Widowed: 426 (11.25%)
Widowed Female: 357 (9.43%)
Total Divorced: 358 (9.46%)
Divorced Female: 246 (6.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 110 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 53 (48.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,565 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 562 (15.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 985 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (7.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,492 (100%)
--With a disability: 427 (17.13%)
----Percent employed: 67.2%
--No disability: 2,065 (82.87%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 657 (100%)
--With a disability: 258 (39.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,436 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,909 (65.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,507 (33.97%)
--Same county: 1,000 (22.54%)
--Different county: 507 (11.43%)
----Same state: 146 (3.29%)
----Different state: 361 (8.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (0.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,704 (100%)
Native: 4,490 (95.45%)
--Born in United States: 4,464 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,653 (56.4%)
----Different state: 1,811 (38.5%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 214 (4.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 76 (1.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 156 (3.32%)
--Not a citizen: 58 (1.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 214 (100%)
Europe: 54 (25.23%)
Asia: 117 (54.67%)
Africa: 20 (9.35%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (7.01%)
Northern America: 8 (3.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,436 (100%)
English only: 4,138 (93.28%)
Language other than English: 298 (6.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 128 (2.89%)
--Spanish: 82 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (1.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 116 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.97%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 87 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.88%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,704 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,696% (121.09%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.11%)
Danish: 26 (0.55%)
Dutch: 33 (0.7%)
English: 645 (13.71%)
French (except Basque): 106 (2.25%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.4%)
German: 972 (20.66%)
Greek: 40 (0.85%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.3%)
Irish: 1,209 (25.7%)
Italian: 707 (15.03%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.6%)
Polish: 248 (5.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 110 (2.34%)
Scottish: 138 (2.93%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 62 (1.32%)
Swedish: 99 (2.1%)
Swiss: 11 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.47%)
United States or American: 174 (3.7%)
Welsh: 74 (1.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 908 (19.3%)

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