Ocean Grove, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3454480, place: Ocean Grove CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 466 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (7.3%)
Kindergarten: 31 (6.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 142 (30.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 58 (12.45%)
College or graduate school: 201 (43.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,546 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 131 (3.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 280 (7.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,015 (28.62%)
Some college, no degree: 606 (17.09%)
Associate degree: 231 (6.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 775 (21.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 508 (14.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,888 (100%)
Never married: 1,475 (37.94%)
Now married, except separated: 1,342 (34.52%)
Separated: 66 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 429 (11.03%)
Widowed Female: 408 (10.49%)
Total Divorced: 576 (14.81%)
Divorced Female: 365 (9.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (64.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,839 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 559 (14.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 275 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (11.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 447 (16.19%)
----Percent employed: 49%
--No disability: 2,314 (83.81%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 793 (100%)
--With a disability: 260 (32.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,083 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,860 (45.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,134 (52.27%)
--Same county: 1,227 (30.05%)
--Different county: 907 (22.21%)
----Same state: 504 (12.34%)
----Different state: 403 (9.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 89 (2.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,223 (100%)
Native: 3,922 (92.87%)
--Born in United States: 3,891 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,272 (53.8%)
----Different state: 1,619 (38.34%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 301 (7.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 148 (3.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 92 (2.18%)
--Not a citizen: 209 (4.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 301 (100%)
Europe: 80 (26.58%)
Asia: 92 (30.56%)
Africa: 13 (4.32%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 95 (31.56%)
Northern America: 21 (6.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,083 (100%)
English only: 3,641 (89.17%)
Language other than English: 442 (10.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 188 (4.6%)
--Spanish: 209 (5.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (2.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 177 (4.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (1.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 38 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.73%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,223 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,805% (113.78%)
Arab: 15 (0.36%)
Czech: 46 (1.09%)
Danish: 35 (0.83%)
Dutch: 71 (1.68%)
English: 688 (16.29%)
French (except Basque): 102 (2.42%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 864 (20.46%)
Greek: 48 (1.14%)
Hungarian: 45 (1.07%)
Irish: 931 (22.05%)
Italian: 643 (15.23%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.69%)
Norwegian: 112 (2.65%)
Polish: 99 (2.34%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.64%)
Russian: 57 (1.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (0.97%)
Scottish: 175 (4.14%)
Slovak: 8 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.38%)
Swedish: 92 (2.18%)
Swiss: 11 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 82 (1.94%)
Welsh: 40 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 528 (12.5%)

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