Beachwood, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3404180, place: Beachwood borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,894 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 188 (6.5%)
Kindergarten: 194 (6.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,466 (50.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 660 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 386 (13.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,636 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 107 (1.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 726 (10.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,930 (44.15%)
Some college, no degree: 1,543 (23.25%)
Associate degree: 457 (6.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 648 (9.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 225 (3.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,827 (100%)
Never married: 1,966 (25.12%)
Now married, except separated: 4,645 (59.35%)
Separated: 136 (1.74%)
Total Widowed: 397 (5.07%)
Widowed Female: 315 (4.02%)
Total Divorced: 683 (8.73%)
Divorced Female: 408 (5.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 251 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (33.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,337 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 963 (13.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 182 (6.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,126 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,079 (17.61%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
--No disability: 5,047 (82.39%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 876 (100%)
--With a disability: 315 (35.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,606 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,591 (68.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,973 (30.95%)
--Same county: 1,889 (19.66%)
--Different county: 1,084 (11.28%)
----Same state: 620 (6.45%)
----Different state: 464 (4.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 42 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,316 (100%)
Native: 9,928 (96.24%)
--Born in United States: 9,790 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,481 (72.52%)
----Different state: 2,309 (22.38%)
--Born outside United States: 138 (1.34%)
Foreign born: 388 (3.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 136 (1.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 209 (2.03%)
--Not a citizen: 179 (1.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 388 (100%)
Europe: 109 (28.09%)
Asia: 101 (26.03%)
Africa: 9 (2.32%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 148 (38.14%)
Northern America: 21 (5.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,606 (100%)
English only: 8,981 (93.49%)
Language other than English: 625 (6.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 251 (2.61%)
--Spanish: 371 (3.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 166 (1.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 137 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 82 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,316 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,093% (126.92%)
Arab: 30 (0.29%)
Czech: 31 (0.3%)
Danish: 32 (0.31%)
Dutch: 282 (2.73%)
English: 660 (6.4%)
French (except Basque): 287 (2.78%)
French Canadian: 89 (0.86%)
German: 2,238 (21.69%)
Greek: 113 (1.1%)
Hungarian: 191 (1.85%)
Irish: 2,626 (25.46%)
Italian: 2,917 (28.28%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 153 (1.48%)
Polish: 999 (9.68%)
Portuguese: 22 (0.21%)
Russian: 135 (1.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 92 (0.89%)
Scottish: 224 (2.17%)
Slovak: 42 (0.41%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 154 (1.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 87 (0.84%)
United States or American: 465 (4.51%)
Welsh: 23 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,177 (11.41%)

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