Demarest, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3417530, place: Demarest borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,544 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 185 (11.98%)
Kindergarten: 82 (5.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 755 (48.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 279 (18.07%)
College or graduate school: 243 (15.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,251 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 93 (2.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 90 (2.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 408 (12.55%)
Some college, no degree: 546 (16.79%)
Associate degree: 198 (6.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,131 (34.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 785 (24.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 58.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,663 (100%)
Never married: 658 (17.96%)
Now married, except separated: 2,636 (71.96%)
Separated: 53 (1.45%)
Total Widowed: 192 (5.24%)
Widowed Female: 151 (4.12%)
Total Divorced: 124 (3.39%)
Divorced Female: 82 (2.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (11.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,449 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 320 (9.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,219 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (1.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,657 (100%)
--With a disability: 215 (8.09%)
----Percent employed: 87.9%
--No disability: 2,442 (91.91%)
----Percent employed: 74.8%
Population 65 years and over: 681 (100%)
--With a disability: 192 (28.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,557 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,080 (67.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,258 (27.61%)
--Same county: 920 (20.19%)
--Different county: 338 (7.42%)
----Same state: 55 (1.21%)
----Different state: 283 (6.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 219 (4.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,845 (100%)
Native: 3,661 (75.56%)
--Born in United States: 3,647 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,587 (32.76%)
----Different state: 2,060 (42.52%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 1,184 (24.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 447 (9.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 613 (12.65%)
--Not a citizen: 571 (11.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,184 (100%)
Europe: 217 (18.33%)
Asia: 852 (71.96%)
Africa: 18 (1.52%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 97 (8.19%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,557 (100%)
English only: 2,996 (65.75%)
Language other than English: 1,561 (34.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 549 (12.05%)
--Spanish: 130 (2.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 397 (8.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.97%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 884 (19.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 440 (9.66%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,845 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,739% (118.45%)
Arab: 56 (1.16%)
Czech: 38 (0.78%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 69 (1.42%)
English: 286 (5.9%)
French (except Basque): 127 (2.62%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.43%)
German: 520 (10.73%)
Greek: 77 (1.59%)
Hungarian: 81 (1.67%)
Irish: 706 (14.57%)
Italian: 892 (18.41%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 41 (0.85%)
Polish: 165 (3.41%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.08%)
Russian: 227 (4.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.25%)
Scottish: 63 (1.3%)
Slovak: 33 (0.68%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.12%)
Swedish: 81 (1.67%)
Swiss: 16 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.27%)
United States or American: 269 (5.55%)
Welsh: 33 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 31 (0.64%)
Other ancestries: 1,852 (38.22%)

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