Brooklawn, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3408170, place: Brooklawn borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 612 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (7.68%)
Kindergarten: 40 (6.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 307 (50.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 136 (22.22%)
College or graduate school: 82 (13.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,525 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 68 (4.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 235 (15.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 789 (51.74%)
Some college, no degree: 258 (16.92%)
Associate degree: 55 (3.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 66 (4.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (3.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,839 (100%)
Never married: 584 (31.76%)
Now married, except separated: 809 (43.99%)
Separated: 39 (2.12%)
Total Widowed: 154 (8.37%)
Widowed Female: 124 (6.74%)
Total Divorced: 253 (13.76%)
Divorced Female: 150 (8.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (20%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,743 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 231 (13.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 548 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (3.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,344 (100%)
--With a disability: 183 (13.62%)
----Percent employed: 68.3%
--No disability: 1,161 (86.38%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 303 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (33.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,195 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,372 (62.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 814 (37.08%)
--Same county: 514 (23.42%)
--Different county: 300 (13.67%)
----Same state: 180 (8.2%)
----Different state: 120 (5.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,354 (100%)
Native: 2,283 (96.98%)
--Born in United States: 2,261 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,595 (67.76%)
----Different state: 666 (28.29%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.93%)
Foreign born: 71 (3.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 22 (0.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 44 (1.87%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (1.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 71 (100%)
Europe: 29 (40.85%)
Asia: 21 (29.58%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (29.58%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,195 (100%)
English only: 2,053 (93.53%)
Language other than English: 142 (6.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (2.37%)
--Spanish: 91 (4.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (1.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,354 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,989% (126.98%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.55%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 42 (1.78%)
English: 222 (9.43%)
French (except Basque): 33 (1.4%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 513 (21.79%)
Greek: 23 (0.98%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.3%)
Irish: 884 (37.55%)
Italian: 489 (20.77%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 208 (8.84%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 13 (0.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (1.27%)
Scottish: 66 (2.8%)
Slovak: 19 (0.81%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (0.51%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.81%)
United States or American: 46 (1.95%)
Welsh: 19 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 35 (1.49%)
Other ancestries: 290 (12.32%)

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