Cliffside Park, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3413570, place: Cliffside Park borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,580 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 318 (6.94%)
Kindergarten: 276 (6.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,684 (36.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 902 (19.69%)
College or graduate school: 1,400 (30.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,382 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,938 (11.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,771 (10.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,980 (28.65%)
Some college, no degree: 2,277 (13.1%)
Associate degree: 735 (4.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,410 (19.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,271 (13.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,768 (100%)
Never married: 5,767 (29.17%)
Now married, except separated: 9,932 (50.24%)
Separated: 466 (2.36%)
Total Widowed: 1,863 (9.42%)
Widowed Female: 1,517 (7.67%)
Total Divorced: 1,740 (8.8%)
Divorced Female: 1,043 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 352 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (14.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,168 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,240 (6.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,366 (100%)
--With a disability: 328 (9.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,304 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,781 (19.44%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 11,523 (80.56%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
Population 65 years and over: 4,197 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,485 (35.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,867 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,608 (57.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,280 (33.29%)
--Same county: 3,795 (17.35%)
--Different county: 3,485 (15.94%)
----Same state: 1,613 (7.38%)
----Different state: 1,872 (8.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,979 (9.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,007 (100%)
Native: 13,054 (56.74%)
--Born in United States: 12,689 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,051 (34.99%)
----Different state: 4,638 (20.16%)
--Born outside United States: 365 (1.59%)
Foreign born: 9,953 (43.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,789 (16.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,783 (20.79%)
--Not a citizen: 5,170 (22.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9,953 (100%)
Europe: 3,172 (31.87%)
Asia: 3,559 (35.76%)
Africa: 154 (1.55%)
Oceania: 8 (0.08%)
Latin America: 3,060 (30.74%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,867 (100%)
English only: 9,570 (43.76%)
Language other than English: 12,297 (56.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,043 (27.64%)
--Spanish: 3,774 (17.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,787 (8.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,345 (24.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,475 (11.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,598 (11.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,590 (7.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,007 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 24,349% (105.83%)
Arab: 483 (2.1%)
Czech: 81 (0.35%)
Danish: 25 (0.11%)
Dutch: 159 (0.69%)
English: 423 (1.84%)
French (except Basque): 156 (0.68%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.1%)
German: 1,200 (5.22%)
Greek: 489 (2.13%)
Hungarian: 287 (1.25%)
Irish: 1,620 (7.04%)
Italian: 5,032 (21.87%)
Lithuanian: 69 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 83 (0.36%)
Polish: 817 (3.55%)
Portuguese: 45 (0.2%)
Russian: 779 (3.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (0.13%)
Scottish: 45 (0.2%)
Slovak: 27 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 57 (0.25%)
Swedish: 71 (0.31%)
Swiss: 44 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 351 (1.53%)
United States or American: 664 (2.89%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 44 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 11,245 (48.88%)

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