Clifton, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3413690, place: Clifton city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,918 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,378 (7.28%)
Kindergarten: 1,102 (5.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,655 (40.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,855 (20.38%)
College or graduate school: 4,928 (26.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 55,730 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,907 (8.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,040 (12.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 18,413 (33.04%)
Some college, no degree: 9,619 (17.26%)
Associate degree: 2,581 (4.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,954 (16.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,216 (7.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 64,447 (100%)
Never married: 17,315 (26.87%)
Now married, except separated: 34,604 (53.69%)
Separated: 1,472 (2.28%)
Total Widowed: 6,220 (9.65%)
Widowed Female: 5,193 (8.06%)
Total Divorced: 4,836 (7.5%)
Divorced Female: 2,912 (4.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,909 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 304 (15.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 61,752 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,299 (10.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,677 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,011 (6.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 45,517 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,607 (16.71%)
----Percent employed: 60%
--No disability: 37,910 (83.29%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 13,575 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,519 (40.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 74,029 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 45,479 (61.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 25,242 (34.1%)
--Same county: 15,476 (20.91%)
--Different county: 9,766 (13.19%)
----Same state: 7,179 (9.7%)
----Different state: 2,587 (3.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,308 (4.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 78,672 (100%)
Native: 55,680 (70.77%)
--Born in United States: 53,887 (100%)
----State of residence: 43,891 (55.79%)
----Different state: 9,996 (12.71%)
--Born outside United States: 1,793 (2.28%)
Foreign born: 22,992 (29.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8,399 (10.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11,677 (14.84%)
--Not a citizen: 11,315 (14.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22,992 (100%)
Europe: 8,430 (36.66%)
Asia: 5,829 (25.35%)
Africa: 471 (2.05%)
Oceania: 16 (0.07%)
Latin America: 8,123 (35.33%)
Northern America: 123 (0.53%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 74,029 (100%)
English only: 42,138 (56.92%)
Language other than English: 31,891 (43.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15,062 (20.35%)
--Spanish: 13,357 (18.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,302 (8.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13,505 (18.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,590 (8.9%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,694 (3.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,178 (1.59%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 78,672 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 90,405% (114.91%)
Arab: 2,641 (3.36%)
Czech: 657 (0.84%)
Danish: 70 (0.09%)
Dutch: 2,091 (2.66%)
English: 2,299 (2.92%)
French (except Basque): 805 (1.02%)
French Canadian: 241 (0.31%)
German: 6,834 (8.69%)
Greek: 746 (0.95%)
Hungarian: 1,688 (2.15%)
Irish: 7,719 (9.81%)
Italian: 15,108 (19.2%)
Lithuanian: 276 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 115 (0.15%)
Polish: 11,451 (14.56%)
Portuguese: 258 (0.33%)
Russian: 2,135 (2.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 444 (0.56%)
Scottish: 786 (1%)
Slovak: 1,163 (1.48%)
Subsaharan African: 112 (0.14%)
Swedish: 417 (0.53%)
Swiss: 124 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 1,795 (2.28%)
United States or American: 1,947 (2.47%)
Welsh: 201 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 623 (0.79%)
Other ancestries: 27,659 (35.16%)

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