Dumont, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3418400, place: Dumont borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,374 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 448 (10.24%)
Kindergarten: 254 (5.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,956 (44.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 854 (19.52%)
College or graduate school: 862 (19.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,229 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 436 (3.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 969 (7.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,225 (34.55%)
Some college, no degree: 2,550 (20.85%)
Associate degree: 703 (5.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,338 (19.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,008 (8.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,877 (100%)
Never married: 3,556 (25.63%)
Now married, except separated: 8,221 (59.24%)
Separated: 195 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 1,066 (7.68%)
Widowed Female: 920 (6.63%)
Total Divorced: 839 (6.05%)
Divorced Female: 547 (3.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 347 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (6.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,259 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,520 (11.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,498 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (4.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,123 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,623 (16.03%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
--No disability: 8,500 (83.97%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,674 (100%)
--With a disability: 920 (34.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,295 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,397 (69.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,609 (28.28%)
--Same county: 3,125 (19.18%)
--Different county: 1,484 (9.11%)
----Same state: 538 (3.3%)
----Different state: 946 (5.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 289 (1.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,503 (100%)
Native: 14,250 (81.41%)
--Born in United States: 14,017 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,455 (48.31%)
----Different state: 5,562 (31.78%)
--Born outside United States: 233 (1.33%)
Foreign born: 3,253 (18.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 914 (5.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,937 (11.07%)
--Not a citizen: 1,316 (7.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,253 (100%)
Europe: 986 (30.31%)
Asia: 1,493 (45.9%)
Africa: 39 (1.2%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 720 (22.13%)
Northern America: 15 (0.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,295 (100%)
English only: 12,681 (77.82%)
Language other than English: 3,614 (22.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,194 (7.33%)
--Spanish: 1,047 (6.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 399 (2.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,094 (6.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 374 (2.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,323 (8.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 350 (2.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,503 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,082% (126.16%)
Arab: 172 (0.98%)
Czech: 115 (0.66%)
Danish: 30 (0.17%)
Dutch: 285 (1.63%)
English: 863 (4.93%)
French (except Basque): 220 (1.26%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.34%)
German: 2,822 (16.12%)
Greek: 344 (1.97%)
Hungarian: 157 (0.9%)
Irish: 4,688 (26.78%)
Italian: 4,583 (26.18%)
Lithuanian: 47 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 183 (1.05%)
Polish: 644 (3.68%)
Portuguese: 55 (0.31%)
Russian: 257 (1.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 164 (0.94%)
Scottish: 256 (1.46%)
Slovak: 80 (0.46%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.13%)
Swedish: 118 (0.67%)
Swiss: 85 (0.49%)
Ukrainian: 220 (1.26%)
United States or American: 495 (2.83%)
Welsh: 69 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 113 (0.65%)
Other ancestries: 4,935 (28.2%)

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