Gloucester City, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3426820, place: Gloucester City city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,068 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 248 (8.08%)
Kindergarten: 197 (6.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,484 (48.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 723 (23.57%)
College or graduate school: 416 (13.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,438 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 498 (6.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,558 (20.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,436 (46.2%)
Some college, no degree: 1,073 (14.43%)
Associate degree: 266 (3.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 478 (6.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 129 (1.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,009 (100%)
Never married: 2,898 (32.17%)
Now married, except separated: 4,140 (45.95%)
Separated: 265 (2.94%)
Total Widowed: 920 (10.21%)
Widowed Female: 792 (8.79%)
Total Divorced: 786 (8.72%)
Divorced Female: 414 (4.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 334 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 141 (42.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,456 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,210 (14.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,792 (100%)
--With a disability: 274 (9.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,287 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,228 (19.53%)
----Percent employed: 53.2%
--No disability: 5,059 (80.47%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,691 (100%)
--With a disability: 839 (49.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,779 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,099 (65.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,642 (33.79%)
--Same county: 2,693 (24.98%)
--Different county: 949 (8.8%)
----Same state: 628 (5.83%)
----Different state: 321 (2.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 38 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,475 (100%)
Native: 11,366 (99.05%)
--Born in United States: 11,315 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,007 (78.49%)
----Different state: 2,308 (20.11%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 109 (0.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 24 (0.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 57 (0.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 109 (100%)
Europe: 20 (18.35%)
Asia: 33 (30.28%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 56 (51.38%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,779 (100%)
English only: 10,349 (96.01%)
Language other than English: 430 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 160 (1.48%)
--Spanish: 229 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (1.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 158 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 43 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,475 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,223% (123.95%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.09%)
Danish: 5 (0.04%)
Dutch: 153 (1.33%)
English: 1,150 (10.02%)
French (except Basque): 292 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.16%)
German: 2,543 (22.16%)
Greek: 16 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 47 (0.41%)
Irish: 4,863 (42.38%)
Italian: 2,173 (18.94%)
Lithuanian: 46 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 62 (0.54%)
Polish: 798 (6.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 81 (0.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 215 (1.87%)
Scottish: 151 (1.32%)
Slovak: 23 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.04%)
Swedish: 130 (1.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 28 (0.24%)
United States or American: 588 (5.12%)
Welsh: 148 (1.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 671 (5.85%)

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