Bergenfield, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3405170, place: Bergenfield borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,004 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 488 (6.97%)
Kindergarten: 447 (6.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,910 (41.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,420 (20.27%)
College or graduate school: 1,739 (24.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,831 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 876 (4.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,515 (8.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,066 (28.41%)
Some college, no degree: 3,594 (20.16%)
Associate degree: 1,023 (5.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,999 (22.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,758 (9.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,792 (100%)
Never married: 5,490 (26.4%)
Now married, except separated: 11,921 (57.33%)
Separated: 446 (2.15%)
Total Widowed: 1,641 (7.89%)
Widowed Female: 1,371 (6.59%)
Total Divorced: 1,294 (6.22%)
Divorced Female: 773 (3.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 819 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 116 (14.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,759 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,931 (9.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,527 (100%)
--With a disability: 464 (8.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,269 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,562 (16.78%)
----Percent employed: 71.4%
--No disability: 12,707 (83.22%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 3,613 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,225 (33.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,426 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,782 (64.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,314 (29.94%)
--Same county: 4,332 (17.74%)
--Different county: 2,982 (12.21%)
----Same state: 761 (3.12%)
----Different state: 2,221 (9.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,330 (5.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,247 (100%)
Native: 17,810 (67.86%)
--Born in United States: 17,355 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,931 (37.84%)
----Different state: 7,424 (28.29%)
--Born outside United States: 455 (1.73%)
Foreign born: 8,437 (32.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,255 (12.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,657 (17.74%)
--Not a citizen: 3,780 (14.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,437 (100%)
Europe: 1,143 (13.55%)
Asia: 4,312 (51.11%)
Africa: 204 (2.42%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,738 (32.45%)
Northern America: 40 (0.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,426 (100%)
English only: 14,788 (60.54%)
Language other than English: 9,638 (39.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,600 (14.74%)
--Spanish: 3,717 (15.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,533 (6.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,845 (7.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 595 (2.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,822 (15.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,421 (5.82%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,247 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,211% (115.1%)
Arab: 154 (0.59%)
Czech: 157 (0.6%)
Danish: 21 (0.08%)
Dutch: 287 (1.09%)
English: 951 (3.62%)
French (except Basque): 328 (1.25%)
French Canadian: 37 (0.14%)
German: 2,807 (10.69%)
Greek: 409 (1.56%)
Hungarian: 137 (0.52%)
Irish: 4,242 (16.16%)
Italian: 4,419 (16.84%)
Lithuanian: 35 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 119 (0.45%)
Polish: 809 (3.08%)
Portuguese: 45 (0.17%)
Russian: 350 (1.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 199 (0.76%)
Scottish: 208 (0.79%)
Slovak: 67 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 313 (1.19%)
Swedish: 173 (0.66%)
Swiss: 131 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 99 (0.38%)
United States or American: 699 (2.66%)
Welsh: 48 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 590 (2.25%)
Other ancestries: 12,377 (47.16%)

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