Chatham, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3412100, place: Chatham borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,187 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 330 (15.09%)
Kindergarten: 143 (6.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,013 (46.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 384 (17.56%)
College or graduate school: 317 (14.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,723 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 83 (1.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 114 (1.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 704 (12.3%)
Some college, no degree: 717 (12.53%)
Associate degree: 290 (5.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,195 (38.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,620 (28.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 66.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,344 (100%)
Never married: 1,212 (19.1%)
Now married, except separated: 4,426 (69.77%)
Separated: 31 (0.49%)
Total Widowed: 298 (4.7%)
Widowed Female: 223 (3.52%)
Total Divorced: 377 (5.94%)
Divorced Female: 293 (4.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,064 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 709 (11.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,681 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (5.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,846 (100%)
--With a disability: 280 (5.78%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
--No disability: 4,566 (94.22%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,049 (100%)
--With a disability: 237 (22.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,605 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,569 (60.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,636 (34.66%)
--Same county: 930 (12.23%)
--Different county: 1,706 (22.43%)
----Same state: 865 (11.37%)
----Different state: 841 (11.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 400 (5.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,460 (100%)
Native: 7,629 (90.18%)
--Born in United States: 7,521 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,229 (49.99%)
----Different state: 3,292 (38.91%)
--Born outside United States: 108 (1.28%)
Foreign born: 831 (9.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 481 (5.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 280 (3.31%)
--Not a citizen: 551 (6.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 831 (100%)
Europe: 353 (42.48%)
Asia: 201 (24.19%)
Africa: 16 (1.93%)
Oceania: 13 (1.56%)
Latin America: 134 (16.13%)
Northern America: 114 (13.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,605 (100%)
English only: 6,794 (89.34%)
Language other than English: 811 (10.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 246 (3.23%)
--Spanish: 216 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (1.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 435 (5.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92 (1.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 144 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,460 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,879% (128.59%)
Arab: 57 (0.67%)
Czech: 54 (0.64%)
Danish: 58 (0.69%)
Dutch: 114 (1.35%)
English: 1,472 (17.4%)
French (except Basque): 255 (3.01%)
French Canadian: 73 (0.86%)
German: 1,390 (16.43%)
Greek: 116 (1.37%)
Hungarian: 103 (1.22%)
Irish: 2,565 (30.32%)
Italian: 1,658 (19.6%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.39%)
Norwegian: 89 (1.05%)
Polish: 379 (4.48%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.21%)
Russian: 71 (0.84%)
Scotch-Irish: 209 (2.47%)
Scottish: 246 (2.91%)
Slovak: 49 (0.58%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.05%)
Swedish: 122 (1.44%)
Swiss: 32 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 94 (1.11%)
United States or American: 365 (4.31%)
Welsh: 82 (0.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 1,161 (13.72%)

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