Cresskill, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3415820, place: Cresskill borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,048 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 197 (9.62%)
Kindergarten: 118 (5.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 928 (45.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 466 (22.75%)
College or graduate school: 339 (16.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,408 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 143 (2.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 274 (5.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,194 (22.08%)
Some college, no degree: 828 (15.31%)
Associate degree: 261 (4.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,756 (32.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 952 (17.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 50.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,045 (100%)
Never married: 1,218 (20.15%)
Now married, except separated: 3,976 (65.77%)
Separated: 64 (1.06%)
Total Widowed: 517 (8.55%)
Widowed Female: 412 (6.82%)
Total Divorced: 270 (4.47%)
Divorced Female: 201 (3.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 161 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (20.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,710 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 668 (11.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,687 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (5.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,276 (100%)
--With a disability: 461 (10.78%)
----Percent employed: 60.7%
--No disability: 3,815 (89.22%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,189 (100%)
--With a disability: 409 (34.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,247 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,022 (69.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,928 (26.6%)
--Same county: 1,324 (18.27%)
--Different county: 604 (8.33%)
----Same state: 171 (2.36%)
----Different state: 433 (5.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 297 (4.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,746 (100%)
Native: 5,848 (75.5%)
--Born in United States: 5,765 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,131 (40.42%)
----Different state: 2,634 (34%)
--Born outside United States: 83 (1.07%)
Foreign born: 1,898 (24.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 614 (7.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 961 (12.41%)
--Not a citizen: 937 (12.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,898 (100%)
Europe: 556 (29.29%)
Asia: 1,246 (65.65%)
Africa: 28 (1.48%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 59 (3.11%)
Northern America: 9 (0.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,247 (100%)
English only: 4,904 (67.67%)
Language other than English: 2,343 (32.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 893 (12.32%)
--Spanish: 169 (2.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 751 (10.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 198 (2.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,328 (18.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 669 (9.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,746 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,212% (118.93%)
Arab: 49 (0.63%)
Czech: 55 (0.71%)
Danish: 9 (0.12%)
Dutch: 145 (1.87%)
English: 473 (6.11%)
French (except Basque): 202 (2.61%)
French Canadian: 26 (0.34%)
German: 867 (11.19%)
Greek: 147 (1.9%)
Hungarian: 69 (0.89%)
Irish: 1,508 (19.47%)
Italian: 1,476 (19.05%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 97 (1.25%)
Polish: 354 (4.57%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.19%)
Russian: 345 (4.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 84 (1.08%)
Scottish: 76 (0.98%)
Slovak: 33 (0.43%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 103 (1.33%)
Swiss: 8 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 134 (1.73%)
United States or American: 449 (5.8%)
Welsh: 25 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,439 (31.49%)

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