Hammonton, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3429430, place: Hammonton town, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,779 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 212 (7.63%)
Kindergarten: 97 (3.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,390 (50.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 711 (25.58%)
College or graduate school: 369 (13.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,696 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,050 (12.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,340 (15.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,382 (38.89%)
Some college, no degree: 1,214 (13.96%)
Associate degree: 301 (3.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,006 (11.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 403 (4.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,195 (100%)
Never married: 2,590 (25.4%)
Now married, except separated: 5,712 (56.03%)
Separated: 200 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 857 (8.41%)
Widowed Female: 699 (6.86%)
Total Divorced: 836 (8.2%)
Divorced Female: 494 (4.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 287 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (24.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,719 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,097 (11.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,535 (100%)
--With a disability: 188 (7.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,019 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,334 (19.01%)
----Percent employed: 59.1%
--No disability: 5,685 (80.99%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,060 (100%)
--With a disability: 856 (41.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,827 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,927 (67.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,499 (29.58%)
--Same county: 2,406 (20.34%)
--Different county: 1,093 (9.24%)
----Same state: 581 (4.91%)
----Different state: 512 (4.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 401 (3.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,604 (100%)
Native: 11,581 (91.88%)
--Born in United States: 11,097 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,333 (66.11%)
----Different state: 2,764 (21.93%)
--Born outside United States: 484 (3.84%)
Foreign born: 1,023 (8.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 504 (4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 359 (2.85%)
--Not a citizen: 664 (5.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,023 (100%)
Europe: 375 (36.66%)
Asia: 19 (1.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 614 (60.02%)
Northern America: 15 (1.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,827 (100%)
English only: 9,644 (81.54%)
Language other than English: 2,183 (18.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,104 (9.33%)
--Spanish: 1,471 (12.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 816 (6.9%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 699 (5.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 288 (2.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,604 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,906% (118.26%)
Arab: 19 (0.15%)
Czech: 25 (0.2%)
Danish: 25 (0.2%)
Dutch: 76 (0.6%)
English: 730 (5.79%)
French (except Basque): 209 (1.66%)
French Canadian: 43 (0.34%)
German: 1,519 (12.05%)
Greek: 40 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 69 (0.55%)
Irish: 1,856 (14.73%)
Italian: 6,841 (54.28%)
Lithuanian: 56 (0.44%)
Norwegian: 43 (0.34%)
Polish: 515 (4.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 53 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (0.5%)
Scottish: 88 (0.7%)
Slovak: 31 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 73 (0.58%)
Swiss: 28 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 123 (0.98%)
United States or American: 173 (1.37%)
Welsh: 47 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,161 (17.15%)

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