General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3463660, place: Riverton borough, New Jersey)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 567 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (6.17%)
Kindergarten: 43 (7.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 283 (49.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (20.46%)
College or graduate school: 90 (15.87%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,036 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (2.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 158 (7.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 523 (25.69%)
Some college, no degree: 440 (21.61%)
Associate degree: 128 (6.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 482 (23.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 256 (12.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,262 (100%)
Never married: 485 (21.44%)
Now married, except separated: 1,356 (59.95%)
Separated: 38 (1.68%)
Total Widowed: 212 (9.37%)
Widowed Female: 185 (8.18%)
Total Divorced: 171 (7.56%)
Divorced Female: 113 (5%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (9.09%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,157 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 350 (16.23%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 496 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (4.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,567 (100%)
--With a disability: 216 (13.78%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 1,351 (86.22%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 417 (100%)
--With a disability: 154 (36.93%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,601 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,690 (64.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 867 (33.33%)
--Same county: 557 (21.41%)
--Different county: 310 (11.92%)
----Same state: 144 (5.54%)
----Different state: 166 (6.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 44 (1.69%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,759 (100%)
Native: 2,687 (97.39%)
--Born in United States: 2,653 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,356 (49.15%)
----Different state: 1,297 (47.01%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (1.23%)
Foreign born: 72 (2.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (1.88%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (0.72%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 72 (100%)
Europe: 46 (63.89%)
Asia: 10 (13.89%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (15.28%)
Northern America: 5 (6.94%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,601 (100%)
English only: 2,502 (96.19%)
Language other than English: 99 (3.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.31%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 61 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,759 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,558% (128.96%)
Arab: 10 (0.36%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 9 (0.33%)
Dutch: 60 (2.17%)
English: 509 (18.45%)
French (except Basque): 123 (4.46%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.22%)
German: 681 (24.68%)
Greek: 11 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 68 (2.46%)
Irish: 805 (29.18%)
Italian: 341 (12.36%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.58%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.58%)
Polish: 263 (9.53%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.22%)
Russian: 11 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 93 (3.37%)
Scottish: 106 (3.84%)
Slovak: 4 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.04%)
Swedish: 29 (1.05%)
Swiss: 11 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.36%)
United States or American: 70 (2.54%)
Welsh: 38 (1.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 257 (9.31%)
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