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Language Spoken At Home in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 92,419 | 100% |
English only | 83,484 | 90.3% |
Language other than English | 8,935 | 9.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 3,840 | 4.2% |
Spanish | 5,019 | 5.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,413 | 2.6% |
Other Indo-European languages | 3,113 | 3.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,065 | 1.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 720 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 322 | 0.3% |
Other languages | 83 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 40 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 96,987 | 100% |
American | 5,151 | 5.3% |
Arab | 83 | 0.1% |
Czech | 127 | 0.1% |
Danish | 375 | 0.4% |
Dutch | 1,658 | 1.7% |
English | 11,959 | 12.3% |
French (except Basque) | 2,310 | 2.4% |
French Canadian | 202 | 0.2% |
German | 22,331 | 23.0% |
Greek | 574 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 745 | 0.8% |
Irish | 29,111 | 30.0% |
Italian | 17,969 | 18.5% |
Lithuanian | 424 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 562 | 0.6% |
Polish | 6,388 | 6.6% |
Portuguese | 277 | 0.3% |
Russian | 1,253 | 1.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 988 | 1.0% |
Scottish | 1,906 | 2.0% |
Slovak | 192 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 381 | 0.4% |
Swedish | 1,385 | 1.4% |
Swiss | 306 | 0.3% |
Ukrainian | 735 | 0.8% |
Welsh | 921 | 0.9% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 295 | 0.3% |
Households By Type in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 43,514 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 28,604 | 65.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 10,606 | 24.4% |
Married-couple family | 22,195 | 51.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 7,135 | 16.4% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 2,059 | 4.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,015 | 2.3% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 4,350 | 10.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,456 | 5.6% |
Nonfamily households | 14,910 | 34.3% |
Householder living alone | 12,817 | 29.5% |
65 years and over | 6,115 | 14.1% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 11,904 | 27.4% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 15,380 | 35.3% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 94,355 | 100% |
Householder | 43,514 | 46.1% |
Spouse | 22,133 | 23.5% |
Child | 21,328 | 22.6% |
Other relatives | 3,424 | 3.6% |
Nonrelatives | 3,956 | 4.2% |
Unmarried partner | 2,591 | 2.7% |
Marital Status in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 39,762 | 100% |
Never married | 11,476 | 28.9% |
Now married, except separated | 23,337 | 58.7% |
Separated | 604 | 1.5% |
Widowed | 1,305 | 3.3% |
Divorced | 3,040 | 7.6% |
Females 15 years and over | 42,669 | 100% |
Never married | 9,044 | 21.2% |
Now married, except separated | 23,002 | 53.9% |
Separated | 522 | 1.2% |
Widowed | 5,199 | 12.2% |
Divorced | 4,902 | 11.5% |
Fertility in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 1,016 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 361 | 35.5% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 37 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 52 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 38 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 109 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 17 | 0% |
Grandparents in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,945 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 713 | 36.7% |
Less than 1 year | 103 | 5.3% |
1 or 2 years | 178 | 9.2% |
3 or 4 years | 83 | 4.3% |
5 or more years | 349 | 17.9% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 713 | 100% |
Who are female | 475 | 66.6% |
Who are married | 401 | 56.2% |
School Enrollment in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 19,002 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 1,166 | 6.1% |
Kindergarten | 917 | 4.8% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 7,885 | 41.5% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 4,705 | 24.8% |
College or graduate school | 4,329 | 22.8% |
Educational Attainment in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 71,072 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 2,203 | 3.1% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 5,402 | 7.6% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 25,898 | 36.4% |
Some college, no degree | 13,431 | 18.9% |
Associate's degree | 4,543 | 6.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 12,756 | 17.9% |
Graduate or professional degree | 6,839 | 9.6% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 89.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 27.6% |
Veteran Status in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 77,841 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 9,274 | 11.9% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 94,305 | 100% |
With a disability | 12,094 | 12.8% |
Under 18 years | 18,192 | 100% |
With a disability | 635 | 3.5% |
18 to 64 years | 55,662 | 100% |
With a disability | 5,193 | 9.3% |
65 years and over | 20,451 | 100% |
With a disability | 6,266 | 30.6% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 96,239 | 100% |
Same house | 84,978 | 88.3% |
Different house in the U.S. | 10,472 | 10.9% |
Same county | 5,533 | 5.7% |
Different county | 4,939 | 5.1% |
Same state | 1,912 | 2.0% |
Different state | 3,027 | 3.1% |
Abroad | 789 | 0.8% |
Place Of Birth in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 96,987 | 100% |
Native | 92,298 | 95.2% |
Born in United States | 91,135 | 94.0% |
State of residence | 45,636 | 47.1% |
Different state | 45,499 | 46.9% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 1,163 | 1.2% |
Foreign born | 4,689 | 4.8% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 4,689 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 1,961 | 41.8% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 2,728 | 58.2% |
Year of Entry in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 5,852 | 100% |
Native | 1,163 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,163 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 4,689 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 422 | 9.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 4,267 | 91.0% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Cape May County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 4,689 | 100% |
Europe | 1,669 | 35.6% |
Asia | 815 | 17.4% |
Africa | 48 | 1.0% |
Oceania | 30 | 0.6% |
Latin America | 2,050 | 43.7% |
Northern America | 77 | 1.6% |