Ventnor City, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3475620, place: Ventnor City city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,678 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 197 (7.36%)
Kindergarten: 163 (6.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,184 (44.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 562 (20.99%)
College or graduate school: 572 (21.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,470 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 632 (6.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,237 (13.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,139 (33.15%)
Some college, no degree: 2,037 (21.51%)
Associate degree: 402 (4.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,293 (13.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 730 (7.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,687 (100%)
Never married: 2,843 (26.6%)
Now married, except separated: 5,221 (48.85%)
Separated: 258 (2.41%)
Total Widowed: 1,174 (10.99%)
Widowed Female: 962 (9%)
Total Divorced: 1,191 (11.14%)
Divorced Female: 664 (6.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 160 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 90 (56.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,336 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,279 (12.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,281 (100%)
--With a disability: 174 (7.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,404 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,695 (22.89%)
----Percent employed: 70%
--No disability: 5,709 (77.11%)
----Percent employed: 74.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,522 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,056 (41.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,207 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,065 (49.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,500 (45.06%)
--Same county: 3,906 (32%)
--Different county: 1,594 (13.06%)
----Same state: 591 (4.84%)
----Different state: 1,003 (8.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 642 (5.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,910 (100%)
Native: 9,938 (76.98%)
--Born in United States: 9,610 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,200 (40.28%)
----Different state: 4,410 (34.16%)
--Born outside United States: 328 (2.54%)
Foreign born: 2,972 (23.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,640 (12.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,302 (10.09%)
--Not a citizen: 1,670 (12.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,972 (100%)
Europe: 650 (21.87%)
Asia: 829 (27.89%)
Africa: 61 (2.05%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,392 (46.84%)
Northern America: 40 (1.35%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,207 (100%)
English only: 8,400 (68.81%)
Language other than English: 3,807 (31.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,021 (16.56%)
--Spanish: 1,920 (15.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,184 (9.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,309 (10.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 547 (4.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 460 (3.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 240 (1.97%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,910 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,918% (107.81%)
Arab: 130 (1.01%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 30 (0.23%)
Dutch: 168 (1.3%)
English: 795 (6.16%)
French (except Basque): 320 (2.48%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.17%)
German: 1,125 (8.71%)
Greek: 255 (1.98%)
Hungarian: 30 (0.23%)
Irish: 1,995 (15.45%)
Italian: 2,940 (22.77%)
Lithuanian: 42 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.25%)
Polish: 470 (3.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 536 (4.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 70 (0.54%)
Scottish: 153 (1.19%)
Slovak: 8 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 40 (0.31%)
Swiss: 10 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 87 (0.67%)
United States or American: 350 (2.71%)
Welsh: 76 (0.59%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 104 (0.81%)
Other ancestries: 4,130 (31.99%)

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