Bellmawr, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3404750, place: Bellmawr borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,421 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 151 (6.24%)
Kindergarten: 98 (4.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,187 (49.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 559 (23.09%)
College or graduate school: 426 (17.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,925 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 478 (6.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,539 (19.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,560 (44.92%)
Some college, no degree: 1,170 (14.76%)
Associate degree: 357 (4.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 599 (7.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 222 (2.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,342 (100%)
Never married: 2,588 (27.7%)
Now married, except separated: 4,923 (52.7%)
Separated: 277 (2.97%)
Total Widowed: 938 (10.04%)
Widowed Female: 710 (7.6%)
Total Divorced: 616 (6.59%)
Divorced Female: 369 (3.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 256 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 99 (38.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,897 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,207 (13.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,236 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (5.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,528 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,216 (18.63%)
----Percent employed: 58.4%
--No disability: 5,312 (81.37%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,955 (100%)
--With a disability: 852 (43.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,740 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,018 (74.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,521 (23.47%)
--Same county: 1,838 (17.11%)
--Different county: 683 (6.36%)
----Same state: 387 (3.6%)
----Different state: 296 (2.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 201 (1.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,262 (100%)
Native: 10,415 (92.48%)
--Born in United States: 10,363 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,206 (55.11%)
----Different state: 4,157 (36.91%)
--Born outside United States: 52 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 847 (7.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 421 (3.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 382 (3.39%)
--Not a citizen: 465 (4.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 847 (100%)
Europe: 267 (31.52%)
Asia: 434 (51.24%)
Africa: 6 (0.71%)
Oceania: 4 (0.47%)
Latin America: 131 (15.47%)
Northern America: 5 (0.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,740 (100%)
English only: 9,468 (88.16%)
Language other than English: 1,272 (11.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 570 (5.31%)
--Spanish: 282 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 141 (1.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 745 (6.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 288 (2.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 224 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 132 (1.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,262 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,363% (127.54%)
Arab: 13 (0.12%)
Czech: 11 (0.1%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 107 (0.95%)
English: 983 (8.73%)
French (except Basque): 199 (1.77%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.15%)
German: 2,422 (21.51%)
Greek: 49 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 59 (0.52%)
Irish: 3,538 (31.42%)
Italian: 3,501 (31.09%)
Lithuanian: 94 (0.83%)
Norwegian: 61 (0.54%)
Polish: 1,355 (12.03%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.04%)
Russian: 55 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 79 (0.7%)
Scottish: 103 (0.91%)
Slovak: 42 (0.37%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 32 (0.28%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.31%)
United States or American: 324 (2.88%)
Welsh: 103 (0.91%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 1,165 (10.34%)

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