Glassboro, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3426340, place: Glassboro borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,963 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 335 (4.21%)
Kindergarten: 197 (2.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,018 (25.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 932 (11.7%)
College or graduate school: 4,481 (56.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,943 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 585 (5.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,192 (11.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,096 (31.14%)
Some college, no degree: 2,018 (20.3%)
Associate degree: 662 (6.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,617 (16.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 773 (7.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,493 (100%)
Never married: 5,822 (37.58%)
Now married, except separated: 7,549 (48.73%)
Separated: 298 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 819 (5.29%)
Widowed Female: 673 (4.34%)
Total Divorced: 1,005 (6.49%)
Divorced Female: 628 (4.05%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 322 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 89 (27.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,853 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,408 (9.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,419 (100%)
--With a disability: 665 (12.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,640 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,781 (16.74%)
----Percent employed: 64.7%
--No disability: 8,859 (83.26%)
----Percent employed: 69.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,868 (100%)
--With a disability: 852 (45.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,932 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,510 (53.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,316 (46.38%)
--Same county: 2,848 (15.88%)
--Different county: 5,468 (30.49%)
----Same state: 4,158 (23.19%)
----Different state: 1,310 (7.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 106 (0.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,068 (100%)
Native: 18,310 (96.02%)
--Born in United States: 18,169 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,267 (59.09%)
----Different state: 6,902 (36.2%)
--Born outside United States: 141 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 758 (3.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 216 (1.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 539 (2.83%)
--Not a citizen: 219 (1.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 758 (100%)
Europe: 170 (22.43%)
Asia: 402 (53.03%)
Africa: 35 (4.62%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 146 (19.26%)
Northern America: 5 (0.66%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,932 (100%)
English only: 16,535 (92.21%)
Language other than English: 1,397 (7.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 492 (2.74%)
--Spanish: 444 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (0.9%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 630 (3.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 171 (0.95%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 250 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (0.67%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,068 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,845% (109.32%)
Arab: 11 (0.06%)
Czech: 52 (0.27%)
Danish: 15 (0.08%)
Dutch: 207 (1.09%)
English: 1,549 (8.12%)
French (except Basque): 319 (1.67%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.09%)
German: 3,245 (17.02%)
Greek: 104 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 133 (0.7%)
Irish: 3,861 (20.25%)
Italian: 4,106 (21.53%)
Lithuanian: 53 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 91 (0.48%)
Polish: 963 (5.05%)
Portuguese: 84 (0.44%)
Russian: 270 (1.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 179 (0.94%)
Scottish: 163 (0.85%)
Slovak: 13 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 135 (0.71%)
Swedish: 161 (0.84%)
Swiss: 24 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 74 (0.39%)
United States or American: 391 (2.05%)
Welsh: 88 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 30 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 4,506 (23.63%)

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