East Brunswick, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3418970, place: East Brunswick CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,099 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,001 (7.64%)
Kindergarten: 602 (4.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,021 (45.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,957 (22.57%)
College or graduate school: 2,518 (19.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 31,652 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,004 (3.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,484 (4.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,050 (22.27%)
Some college, no degree: 5,219 (16.49%)
Associate degree: 1,985 (6.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,729 (27.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,181 (19.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 36,759 (100%)
Never married: 8,149 (22.17%)
Now married, except separated: 24,136 (65.66%)
Separated: 353 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 2,096 (5.7%)
Widowed Female: 1,825 (4.96%)
Total Divorced: 2,025 (5.51%)
Divorced Female: 1,371 (3.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 880 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 239 (27.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 34,654 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,213 (9.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,607 (100%)
--With a disability: 679 (6.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,071 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,971 (10.58%)
----Percent employed: 65.6%
--No disability: 25,100 (89.42%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 5,280 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,702 (32.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 44,042 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 27,826 (63.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,450 (32.81%)
--Same county: 8,401 (19.07%)
--Different county: 6,049 (13.73%)
----Same state: 2,744 (6.23%)
----Different state: 3,305 (7.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,766 (4.01%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 46,756 (100%)
Native: 35,774 (76.51%)
--Born in United States: 35,410 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,700 (44.27%)
----Different state: 14,710 (31.46%)
--Born outside United States: 364 (0.78%)
Foreign born: 10,982 (23.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,099 (8.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,510 (13.92%)
--Not a citizen: 4,472 (9.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,982 (100%)
Europe: 2,769 (25.21%)
Asia: 5,953 (54.21%)
Africa: 1,029 (9.37%)
Oceania: 45 (0.41%)
Latin America: 1,083 (9.86%)
Northern America: 103 (0.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 44,042 (100%)
English only: 30,946 (70.26%)
Language other than English: 13,096 (29.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,535 (10.3%)
--Spanish: 1,605 (3.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 437 (0.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,011 (11.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,587 (3.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,654 (10.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,955 (4.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 46,756 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 55,296% (118.27%)
Arab: 1,307 (2.8%)
Czech: 401 (0.86%)
Danish: 197 (0.42%)
Dutch: 380 (0.81%)
English: 1,676 (3.58%)
French (except Basque): 713 (1.52%)
French Canadian: 122 (0.26%)
German: 4,973 (10.64%)
Greek: 407 (0.87%)
Hungarian: 1,779 (3.8%)
Irish: 6,434 (13.76%)
Italian: 7,020 (15.01%)
Lithuanian: 194 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 286 (0.61%)
Polish: 5,369 (11.48%)
Portuguese: 212 (0.45%)
Russian: 3,627 (7.76%)
Scotch-Irish: 311 (0.67%)
Scottish: 512 (1.1%)
Slovak: 333 (0.71%)
Subsaharan African: 220 (0.47%)
Swedish: 219 (0.47%)
Swiss: 128 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 706 (1.51%)
United States or American: 1,960 (4.19%)
Welsh: 83 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 220 (0.47%)
Other ancestries: 15,507 (33.17%)

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