Berkeley Heights, NJ

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3405350, place: Berkeley Heights CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,347 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 416 (12.43%)
Kindergarten: 216 (6.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,657 (49.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 587 (17.54%)
College or graduate school: 471 (14.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,267 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 324 (3.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 371 (4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,898 (20.48%)
Some college, no degree: 1,294 (13.96%)
Associate degree: 535 (5.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,699 (29.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,146 (23.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 52.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,326 (100%)
Never married: 1,827 (17.69%)
Now married, except separated: 7,238 (70.09%)
Separated: 58 (0.56%)
Total Widowed: 706 (6.84%)
Widowed Female: 565 (5.47%)
Total Divorced: 497 (4.81%)
Divorced Female: 275 (2.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 162 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (6.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,868 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,085 (11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,765 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (2.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,347 (100%)
--With a disability: 385 (5.24%)
----Percent employed: 64.4%
--No disability: 6,962 (94.76%)
----Percent employed: 76.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,809 (100%)
--With a disability: 495 (27.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,357 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,977 (64.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,899 (31.55%)
--Same county: 1,673 (13.54%)
--Different county: 2,226 (18.01%)
----Same state: 1,212 (9.81%)
----Different state: 1,014 (8.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 481 (3.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,407 (100%)
Native: 11,552 (86.16%)
--Born in United States: 11,385 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,215 (53.82%)
----Different state: 4,170 (31.1%)
--Born outside United States: 167 (1.25%)
Foreign born: 1,855 (13.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 659 (4.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,014 (7.56%)
--Not a citizen: 841 (6.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,855 (100%)
Europe: 694 (37.41%)
Asia: 751 (40.49%)
Africa: 12 (0.65%)
Oceania: 7 (0.38%)
Latin America: 354 (19.08%)
Northern America: 37 (1.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,357 (100%)
English only: 10,159 (82.21%)
Language other than English: 2,198 (17.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 781 (6.32%)
--Spanish: 411 (3.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 190 (1.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,154 (9.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 350 (2.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 616 (4.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 241 (1.95%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,407 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,124% (127.72%)
Arab: 95 (0.71%)
Czech: 159 (1.19%)
Danish: 111 (0.83%)
Dutch: 189 (1.41%)
English: 1,206 (9%)
French (except Basque): 276 (2.06%)
French Canadian: 41 (0.31%)
German: 2,319 (17.3%)
Greek: 149 (1.11%)
Hungarian: 295 (2.2%)
Irish: 3,016 (22.5%)
Italian: 3,407 (25.41%)
Lithuanian: 123 (0.92%)
Norwegian: 110 (0.82%)
Polish: 758 (5.65%)
Portuguese: 142 (1.06%)
Russian: 627 (4.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 151 (1.13%)
Scottish: 346 (2.58%)
Slovak: 124 (0.92%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.17%)
Swedish: 99 (0.74%)
Swiss: 71 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 94 (0.7%)
United States or American: 307 (2.29%)
Welsh: 33 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 34 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 2,819 (21.03%)

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