Elmwood Park, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3421300, place: Elmwood Park borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,572 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 223 (4.88%)
Kindergarten: 210 (4.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,977 (43.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 975 (21.33%)
College or graduate school: 1,187 (25.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,537 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,041 (7.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,666 (12.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,740 (35.02%)
Some college, no degree: 2,649 (19.57%)
Associate degree: 656 (4.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,977 (14.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 808 (5.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,582 (100%)
Never married: 4,070 (26.12%)
Now married, except separated: 8,741 (56.1%)
Separated: 208 (1.33%)
Total Widowed: 1,363 (8.75%)
Widowed Female: 1,100 (7.06%)
Total Divorced: 1,200 (7.7%)
Divorced Female: 761 (4.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 426 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (15.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,968 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,338 (8.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,646 (100%)
--With a disability: 231 (6.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,244 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,392 (21.27%)
----Percent employed: 70.7%
--No disability: 8,852 (78.73%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 3,090 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,272 (41.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,980 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,986 (61.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,974 (33.23%)
--Same county: 3,668 (20.4%)
--Different county: 2,306 (12.83%)
----Same state: 1,512 (8.41%)
----Different state: 794 (4.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,020 (5.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,925 (100%)
Native: 13,217 (69.84%)
--Born in United States: 12,900 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,005 (52.87%)
----Different state: 2,895 (15.3%)
--Born outside United States: 317 (1.68%)
Foreign born: 5,708 (30.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,210 (11.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,919 (15.42%)
--Not a citizen: 2,789 (14.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,708 (100%)
Europe: 2,517 (44.1%)
Asia: 1,576 (27.61%)
Africa: 50 (0.88%)
Oceania: 7 (0.12%)
Latin America: 1,541 (27%)
Northern America: 17 (0.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,980 (100%)
English only: 10,420 (57.95%)
Language other than English: 7,560 (42.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,018 (16.79%)
--Spanish: 2,327 (12.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 902 (5.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,305 (23.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,862 (10.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 664 (3.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (1.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,925 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,309% (112.6%)
Arab: 297 (1.57%)
Czech: 142 (0.75%)
Danish: 29 (0.15%)
Dutch: 492 (2.6%)
English: 480 (2.54%)
French (except Basque): 193 (1.02%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.17%)
German: 1,673 (8.84%)
Greek: 232 (1.23%)
Hungarian: 376 (1.99%)
Irish: 1,716 (9.07%)
Italian: 4,775 (25.23%)
Lithuanian: 46 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 27 (0.14%)
Polish: 2,386 (12.61%)
Portuguese: 74 (0.39%)
Russian: 685 (3.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 143 (0.76%)
Scottish: 104 (0.55%)
Slovak: 290 (1.53%)
Subsaharan African: 49 (0.26%)
Swedish: 68 (0.36%)
Swiss: 11 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 323 (1.71%)
United States or American: 673 (3.56%)
Welsh: 6 (0.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 50 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 5,936 (31.37%)

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