Wildwood, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3481170, place: Wildwood city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,350 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (4%)
Kindergarten: 51 (3.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 712 (52.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 344 (25.48%)
College or graduate school: 189 (14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,531 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 288 (8.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 901 (25.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,496 (42.37%)
Some college, no degree: 515 (14.59%)
Associate degree: 90 (2.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 177 (5.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 64 (1.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,330 (100%)
Never married: 1,353 (31.25%)
Now married, except separated: 1,844 (42.59%)
Separated: 195 (4.5%)
Total Widowed: 488 (11.27%)
Widowed Female: 359 (8.29%)
Total Divorced: 450 (10.39%)
Divorced Female: 256 (5.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 128 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 61 (47.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,117 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 616 (14.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,310 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (15.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,100 (100%)
--With a disability: 809 (26.1%)
----Percent employed: 44.7%
--No disability: 2,291 (73.9%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
Population 65 years and over: 789 (100%)
--With a disability: 363 (46.01%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,199 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,437 (46.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,430 (46.74%)
--Same county: 1,600 (30.78%)
--Different county: 830 (15.96%)
----Same state: 340 (6.54%)
----Different state: 490 (9.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 332 (6.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,545 (100%)
Native: 5,294 (95.47%)
--Born in United States: 4,755 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,309 (41.64%)
----Different state: 2,446 (44.11%)
--Born outside United States: 539 (9.72%)
Foreign born: 251 (4.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 114 (2.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 96 (1.73%)
--Not a citizen: 155 (2.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 251 (100%)
Europe: 44 (17.53%)
Asia: 27 (10.76%)
Africa: 16 (6.37%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 159 (63.35%)
Northern America: 5 (1.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,199 (100%)
English only: 4,127 (79.38%)
Language other than English: 1,072 (20.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 607 (11.68%)
--Spanish: 913 (17.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 540 (10.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 149 (2.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (1.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,545 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,898% (106.37%)
Arab: 16 (0.29%)
Czech: 6 (0.11%)
Danish: 13 (0.23%)
Dutch: 83 (1.5%)
English: 311 (5.61%)
French (except Basque): 116 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 45 (0.81%)
German: 639 (11.52%)
Greek: 5 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.38%)
Irish: 1,198 (21.61%)
Italian: 832 (15%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 42 (0.76%)
Polish: 223 (4.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 31 (0.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 86 (1.55%)
Scottish: 51 (0.92%)
Slovak: 19 (0.34%)
Subsaharan African: 85 (1.53%)
Swedish: 40 (0.72%)
Swiss: 27 (0.49%)
Ukrainian: 85 (1.53%)
United States or American: 109 (1.97%)
Welsh: 28 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 33 (0.6%)
Other ancestries: 1,742 (31.42%)

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