East Newark, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3419360, place: East Newark borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 681 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (3.96%)
Kindergarten: 23 (3.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 326 (47.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 157 (23.05%)
College or graduate school: 148 (21.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,495 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 343 (22.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 241 (16.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 446 (29.83%)
Some college, no degree: 227 (15.18%)
Associate degree: 41 (2.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 122 (8.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 75 (5.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,863 (100%)
Never married: 586 (31.45%)
Now married, except separated: 981 (52.66%)
Separated: 60 (3.22%)
Total Widowed: 101 (5.42%)
Widowed Female: 86 (4.62%)
Total Divorced: 135 (7.25%)
Divorced Female: 81 (4.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (25.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,760 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 85 (4.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 585 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (8.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,459 (100%)
--With a disability: 416 (28.51%)
----Percent employed: 59.1%
--No disability: 1,043 (71.49%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
Population 65 years and over: 187 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (50.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,234 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,169 (52.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 752 (33.66%)
--Same county: 447 (20.01%)
--Different county: 305 (13.65%)
----Same state: 248 (11.1%)
----Different state: 57 (2.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 313 (14.01%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,377 (100%)
Native: 1,104 (46.45%)
--Born in United States: 1,035 (100%)
----State of residence: 890 (37.44%)
----Different state: 145 (6.1%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (2.9%)
Foreign born: 1,273 (53.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 712 (29.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 322 (13.55%)
--Not a citizen: 951 (40.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,273 (100%)
Europe: 324 (25.45%)
Asia: 64 (5.03%)
Africa: 15 (1.18%)
Oceania: 1 (0.08%)
Latin America: 869 (68.26%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,234 (100%)
English only: 559 (25.02%)
Language other than English: 1,675 (74.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 978 (43.78%)
--Spanish: 1,049 (46.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 610 (27.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 571 (25.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 323 (14.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 55 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (2.01%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,377 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,480% (104.33%)
Arab: 4 (0.17%)
Czech: 6 (0.25%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.08%)
English: 38 (1.6%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.08%)
German: 58 (2.44%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.42%)
Irish: 144 (6.06%)
Italian: 182 (7.66%)
Lithuanian: 25 (1.05%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 137 (5.76%)
Portuguese: 345 (14.51%)
Russian: 8 (0.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (0.55%)
Scottish: 28 (1.18%)
Slovak: 11 (0.46%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.38%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.59%)
United States or American: 45 (1.89%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,399 (58.86%)

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