Ocean City, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3454360, place: Ocean City city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,648 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 157 (5.93%)
Kindergarten: 116 (4.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,224 (46.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 604 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 547 (20.66%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,981 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 316 (2.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 942 (7.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,604 (30.08%)
Some college, no degree: 2,367 (19.76%)
Associate degree: 740 (6.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,778 (23.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,234 (10.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,391 (100%)
Never married: 3,003 (22.43%)
Now married, except separated: 6,971 (52.06%)
Separated: 294 (2.2%)
Total Widowed: 1,504 (11.23%)
Widowed Female: 1,339 (10%)
Total Divorced: 1,619 (12.09%)
Divorced Female: 911 (6.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 226 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (21.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,888 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,062 (16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,275 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (7.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,591 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,373 (15.98%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 7,218 (84.02%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,830 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,172 (30.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,862 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,962 (53.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,732 (45.3%)
--Same county: 2,869 (19.3%)
--Different county: 3,863 (25.99%)
----Same state: 2,072 (13.94%)
----Different state: 1,791 (12.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 168 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,378 (100%)
Native: 14,817 (96.35%)
--Born in United States: 14,677 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,320 (41.1%)
----Different state: 8,357 (54.34%)
--Born outside United States: 140 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 561 (3.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 189 (1.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 308 (2%)
--Not a citizen: 253 (1.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 561 (100%)
Europe: 249 (44.39%)
Asia: 127 (22.64%)
Africa: 88 (15.69%)
Oceania: 17 (3.03%)
Latin America: 80 (14.26%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,862 (100%)
English only: 13,861 (93.26%)
Language other than English: 1,001 (6.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 342 (2.3%)
--Spanish: 240 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (0.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 587 (3.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 166 (1.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 84 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,378 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,799% (122.25%)
Arab: 52 (0.34%)
Czech: 45 (0.29%)
Danish: 74 (0.48%)
Dutch: 193 (1.26%)
English: 2,292 (14.9%)
French (except Basque): 376 (2.45%)
French Canadian: 26 (0.17%)
German: 3,453 (22.45%)
Greek: 156 (1.01%)
Hungarian: 79 (0.51%)
Irish: 4,266 (27.74%)
Italian: 2,961 (19.25%)
Lithuanian: 97 (0.63%)
Norwegian: 84 (0.55%)
Polish: 492 (3.2%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.1%)
Russian: 140 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 451 (2.93%)
Scottish: 444 (2.89%)
Slovak: 51 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.17%)
Swedish: 149 (0.97%)
Swiss: 44 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 109 (0.71%)
United States or American: 540 (3.51%)
Welsh: 261 (1.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,922 (12.5%)

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