Florham Park, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3423910, place: Florham Park borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,109 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 291 (13.8%)
Kindergarten: 111 (5.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 848 (40.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 401 (19.01%)
College or graduate school: 458 (21.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,484 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 191 (2.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 316 (4.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,130 (17.43%)
Some college, no degree: 857 (13.22%)
Associate degree: 250 (3.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,161 (33.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,579 (24.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 57.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,222 (100%)
Never married: 1,626 (22.51%)
Now married, except separated: 4,649 (64.37%)
Separated: 26 (0.36%)
Total Widowed: 533 (7.38%)
Widowed Female: 396 (5.48%)
Total Divorced: 388 (5.37%)
Divorced Female: 274 (3.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 65 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,952 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 874 (12.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,549 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (5.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,962 (100%)
--With a disability: 354 (7.13%)
----Percent employed: 70.6%
--No disability: 4,608 (92.87%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,714 (100%)
--With a disability: 517 (30.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,317 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,870 (70.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,278 (27.39%)
--Same county: 1,033 (12.42%)
--Different county: 1,245 (14.97%)
----Same state: 827 (9.94%)
----Different state: 418 (5.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 169 (2.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,857 (100%)
Native: 7,927 (89.5%)
--Born in United States: 7,824 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,519 (62.31%)
----Different state: 2,305 (26.02%)
--Born outside United States: 103 (1.16%)
Foreign born: 930 (10.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 190 (2.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 621 (7.01%)
--Not a citizen: 309 (3.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 930 (100%)
Europe: 551 (59.25%)
Asia: 284 (30.54%)
Africa: 24 (2.58%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 52 (5.59%)
Northern America: 19 (2.04%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,317 (100%)
English only: 7,092 (85.27%)
Language other than English: 1,225 (14.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 389 (4.68%)
--Spanish: 81 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 846 (10.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 269 (3.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 246 (2.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (1.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,857 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,943% (123.55%)
Arab: 69 (0.78%)
Czech: 12 (0.14%)
Danish: 26 (0.29%)
Dutch: 94 (1.06%)
English: 911 (10.29%)
French (except Basque): 114 (1.29%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.43%)
German: 1,337 (15.1%)
Greek: 24 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 124 (1.4%)
Irish: 2,050 (23.15%)
Italian: 2,424 (27.37%)
Lithuanian: 38 (0.43%)
Norwegian: 114 (1.29%)
Polish: 737 (8.32%)
Portuguese: 146 (1.65%)
Russian: 376 (4.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 144 (1.63%)
Scottish: 170 (1.92%)
Slovak: 78 (0.88%)
Subsaharan African: 29 (0.33%)
Swedish: 119 (1.34%)
Swiss: 71 (0.8%)
Ukrainian: 150 (1.69%)
United States or American: 338 (3.82%)
Welsh: 66 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 23 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 1,121 (12.66%)

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