Rio Grande, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3463180, place: Rio Grande CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 525 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (5.14%)
Kindergarten: 30 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 268 (51.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 130 (24.76%)
College or graduate school: 70 (13.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,699 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 140 (8.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 379 (22.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 755 (44.44%)
Some college, no degree: 207 (12.18%)
Associate degree: 40 (2.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 153 (9.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (1.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,038 (100%)
Never married: 585 (28.7%)
Now married, except separated: 983 (48.23%)
Separated: 22 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 176 (8.64%)
Widowed Female: 137 (6.72%)
Total Divorced: 272 (13.35%)
Divorced Female: 166 (8.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 64 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 59 (92.19%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,947 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 284 (14.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 543 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (10.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,416 (100%)
--With a disability: 467 (32.98%)
----Percent employed: 57.6%
--No disability: 949 (67.02%)
----Percent employed: 71%
Population 65 years and over: 419 (100%)
--With a disability: 241 (57.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,378 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,522 (64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 856 (36%)
--Same county: 668 (28.09%)
--Different county: 188 (7.91%)
----Same state: 72 (3.03%)
----Different state: 116 (4.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,476 (100%)
Native: 2,446 (98.79%)
--Born in United States: 2,439 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,500 (60.58%)
----Different state: 939 (37.92%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 30 (1.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.57%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 24 (80%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 6 (20%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,378 (100%)
English only: 2,317 (97.43%)
Language other than English: 61 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.97%)
--Spanish: 37 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,476 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,855% (115.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.2%)
Danish: 11 (0.44%)
Dutch: 53 (2.14%)
English: 302 (12.2%)
French (except Basque): 59 (2.38%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.36%)
German: 368 (14.86%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.32%)
Irish: 556 (22.46%)
Italian: 318 (12.84%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.36%)
Polish: 126 (5.09%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.61%)
Russian: 23 (0.93%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.85%)
Scottish: 37 (1.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 38 (1.53%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 26 (1.05%)
United States or American: 607 (24.52%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 255 (10.3%)

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