Belford, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3404600, place: Belford CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 417 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 86 (20.62%)
Kindergarten: 32 (7.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 132 (31.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 98 (23.5%)
College or graduate school: 69 (16.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 900 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9 (1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 84 (9.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 374 (41.56%)
Some college, no degree: 219 (24.33%)
Associate degree: 63 (7%)
Bachelor's degree: 120 (13.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 31 (3.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,057 (100%)
Never married: 284 (26.87%)
Now married, except separated: 637 (60.26%)
Separated: 7 (0.66%)
Total Widowed: 43 (4.07%)
Widowed Female: 31 (2.93%)
Total Divorced: 86 (8.14%)
Divorced Female: 47 (4.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 987 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 129 (13.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 343 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (12.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 817 (100%)
--With a disability: 177 (21.66%)
----Percent employed: 72.3%
--No disability: 640 (78.34%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 99 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (54.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,271 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 798 (62.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 471 (37.06%)
--Same county: 386 (30.37%)
--Different county: 85 (6.69%)
----Same state: 41 (3.23%)
----Different state: 44 (3.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,426 (100%)
Native: 1,387 (97.27%)
--Born in United States: 1,361 (100%)
----State of residence: 901 (63.18%)
----Different state: 460 (32.26%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (1.82%)
Foreign born: 39 (2.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (2.31%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 39 (100%)
Europe: 37 (94.87%)
Asia: 2 (5.13%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,271 (100%)
English only: 1,144 (90.01%)
Language other than English: 127 (9.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (2.99%)
--Spanish: 47 (3.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 60 (4.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (1.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,426 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,156% (151.19%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 36 (2.52%)
English: 76 (5.33%)
French (except Basque): 37 (2.59%)
French Canadian: 17 (1.19%)
German: 336 (23.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 34 (2.38%)
Irish: 627 (43.97%)
Italian: 545 (38.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 68 (4.77%)
Polish: 123 (8.63%)
Portuguese: 22 (1.54%)
Russian: 6 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.49%)
Scottish: 33 (2.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 16 (1.12%)
United States or American: 11 (0.77%)
Welsh: 16 (1.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.56%)
Other ancestries: 138 (9.68%)

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