Rumson, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3465130, place: Rumson borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,246 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 240 (10.69%)
Kindergarten: 107 (4.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,198 (53.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 476 (21.19%)
College or graduate school: 225 (10.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,630 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (0.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 121 (2.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 515 (11.12%)
Some college, no degree: 651 (14.06%)
Associate degree: 369 (7.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,804 (38.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,155 (24.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 63.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,185 (100%)
Never married: 872 (16.82%)
Now married, except separated: 3,657 (70.53%)
Separated: 17 (0.33%)
Total Widowed: 329 (6.35%)
Widowed Female: 281 (5.42%)
Total Divorced: 310 (5.98%)
Divorced Female: 206 (3.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 62 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (12.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,856 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 589 (12.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,882 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (3.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,827 (100%)
--With a disability: 271 (7.08%)
----Percent employed: 56.8%
--No disability: 3,556 (92.92%)
----Percent employed: 71.7%
Population 65 years and over: 913 (100%)
--With a disability: 240 (26.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,622 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,250 (64.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,275 (34.36%)
--Same county: 1,470 (22.2%)
--Different county: 805 (12.16%)
----Same state: 261 (3.94%)
----Different state: 544 (8.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 97 (1.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,137 (100%)
Native: 6,845 (95.91%)
--Born in United States: 6,827 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,180 (58.57%)
----Different state: 2,647 (37.09%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 292 (4.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 82 (1.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 220 (3.08%)
--Not a citizen: 72 (1.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 292 (100%)
Europe: 176 (60.27%)
Asia: 53 (18.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 44 (15.07%)
Northern America: 19 (6.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,622 (100%)
English only: 6,244 (94.29%)
Language other than English: 378 (5.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.91%)
--Spanish: 106 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 241 (3.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,137 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,076% (127.17%)
Arab: 64 (0.9%)
Czech: 30 (0.42%)
Danish: 39 (0.55%)
Dutch: 198 (2.77%)
English: 983 (13.77%)
French (except Basque): 181 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 77 (1.08%)
German: 1,281 (17.95%)
Greek: 82 (1.15%)
Hungarian: 75 (1.05%)
Irish: 2,384 (33.4%)
Italian: 1,174 (16.45%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 152 (2.13%)
Polish: 441 (6.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 201 (2.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 124 (1.74%)
Scottish: 254 (3.56%)
Slovak: 19 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 107 (1.5%)
Swiss: 46 (0.64%)
Ukrainian: 67 (0.94%)
United States or American: 379 (5.31%)
Welsh: 69 (0.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 637 (8.93%)

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