Burlington, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3408920, place: Burlington city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,339 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 135 (5.77%)
Kindergarten: 184 (7.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,051 (44.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 543 (23.22%)
College or graduate school: 426 (18.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,646 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 444 (6.68%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,048 (15.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,530 (38.07%)
Some college, no degree: 1,427 (21.47%)
Associate degree: 395 (5.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 558 (8.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 244 (3.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,793 (100%)
Never married: 2,372 (30.44%)
Now married, except separated: 3,564 (45.73%)
Separated: 279 (3.58%)
Total Widowed: 822 (10.55%)
Widowed Female: 672 (8.62%)
Total Divorced: 756 (9.7%)
Divorced Female: 442 (5.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 174 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (36.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,384 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,071 (14.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,033 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (5.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,354 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,088 (20.32%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 4,266 (79.68%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,664 (100%)
--With a disability: 829 (49.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,098 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,597 (61.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,281 (36.06%)
--Same county: 2,297 (25.25%)
--Different county: 984 (10.82%)
----Same state: 415 (4.56%)
----Different state: 569 (6.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 220 (2.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,736 (100%)
Native: 9,129 (93.77%)
--Born in United States: 9,034 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,360 (65.32%)
----Different state: 2,674 (27.47%)
--Born outside United States: 95 (0.98%)
Foreign born: 607 (6.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 306 (3.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 225 (2.31%)
--Not a citizen: 382 (3.92%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 607 (100%)
Europe: 226 (37.23%)
Asia: 191 (31.47%)
Africa: 33 (5.44%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 125 (20.59%)
Northern America: 32 (5.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,098 (100%)
English only: 8,221 (90.36%)
Language other than English: 877 (9.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 415 (4.56%)
--Spanish: 253 (2.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (1.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 530 (5.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 266 (2.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 48 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,736 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,959% (112.56%)
Arab: 66 (0.68%)
Czech: 15 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 124 (1.27%)
English: 936 (9.61%)
French (except Basque): 194 (1.99%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.03%)
German: 1,364 (14.01%)
Greek: 7 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 146 (1.5%)
Irish: 1,617 (16.61%)
Italian: 1,688 (17.34%)
Lithuanian: 40 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.22%)
Polish: 952 (9.78%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.05%)
Russian: 38 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 103 (1.06%)
Scottish: 100 (1.03%)
Slovak: 34 (0.35%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.34%)
Swedish: 46 (0.47%)
Swiss: 14 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.16%)
United States or American: 235 (2.41%)
Welsh: 87 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 139 (1.43%)
Other ancestries: 2,936 (30.16%)

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