U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Butler, NJ

Morris County, New Jersey

Latitude: 40.999497     Longitude: -74.346326
Population 8,091 (2005)
Elevation of Butler, New Jersey: 480 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3409040, place: Butler borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,612 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 128 (7.94%)
Kindergarten: 152 (9.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 644 (39.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 346 (21.46%)
College or graduate school: 342 (21.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,293 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 261 (4.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 488 (9.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,013 (38.03%)
Some college, no degree: 1,059 (20.01%)
Associate degree: 196 (3.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 884 (16.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 392 (7.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,070 (100%)
Never married: 1,477 (24.33%)
Now married, except separated: 3,600 (59.31%)
Separated: 142 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 451 (7.43%)
Widowed Female: 387 (6.38%)
Total Divorced: 400 (6.59%)
Divorced Female: 217 (3.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (44.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,799 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 650 (11.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,371 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (10.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,602 (100%)
--With a disability: 837 (18.19%)
----Percent employed: 71%
--No disability: 3,765 (81.81%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 988 (100%)
--With a disability: 448 (45.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,968 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,500 (64.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,379 (34.14%)
--Same county: 817 (11.73%)
--Different county: 1,562 (22.42%)
----Same state: 1,218 (17.48%)
----Different state: 344 (4.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 89 (1.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,420 (100%)
Native: 6,690 (90.16%)
--Born in United States: 6,649 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,168 (69.65%)
----Different state: 1,481 (19.96%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 730 (9.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 286 (3.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 299 (4.03%)
--Not a citizen: 431 (5.81%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 730 (100%)
Europe: 319 (43.7%)
Asia: 187 (25.62%)
Africa: 23 (3.15%)
Oceania: 11 (1.51%)
Latin America: 176 (24.11%)
Northern America: 14 (1.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,968 (100%)
English only: 5,945 (85.32%)
Language other than English: 1,023 (14.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 333 (4.78%)
--Spanish: 352 (5.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150 (2.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 513 (7.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (1.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 109 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,420 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,857% (132.84%)
Arab: 33 (0.44%)
Czech: 59 (0.8%)
Danish: 7 (0.09%)
Dutch: 539 (7.26%)
English: 655 (8.83%)
French (except Basque): 184 (2.48%)
French Canadian: 53 (0.71%)
German: 1,518 (20.46%)
Greek: 34 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 108 (1.46%)
Irish: 1,981 (26.7%)
Italian: 1,848 (24.91%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.39%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.39%)
Polish: 831 (11.2%)
Portuguese: 32 (0.43%)
Russian: 77 (1.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 91 (1.23%)
Scottish: 110 (1.48%)
Slovak: 46 (0.62%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.18%)
Swedish: 79 (1.06%)
Swiss: 21 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 64 (0.86%)
United States or American: 238 (3.21%)
Welsh: 45 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 1,114 (15.01%)

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