Hackensack, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3428680, place: Hackensack city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,104 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 656 (7.21%)
Kindergarten: 516 (5.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,251 (35.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,858 (20.41%)
College or graduate school: 2,823 (31.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 31,518 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,676 (8.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,724 (11.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,565 (27.17%)
Some college, no degree: 5,783 (18.35%)
Associate degree: 1,597 (5.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,810 (18.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,363 (10.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 36,047 (100%)
Never married: 12,739 (35.34%)
Now married, except separated: 15,370 (42.64%)
Separated: 1,401 (3.89%)
Total Widowed: 2,477 (6.87%)
Widowed Female: 1,998 (5.54%)
Total Divorced: 4,060 (11.26%)
Divorced Female: 2,225 (6.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,148 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 262 (22.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 34,971 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,867 (8.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,343 (100%)
--With a disability: 743 (11.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 27,922 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,716 (20.47%)
----Percent employed: 57%
--No disability: 22,206 (79.53%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 4,854 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,035 (41.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 40,164 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,582 (48.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,770 (41.75%)
--Same county: 10,520 (26.19%)
--Different county: 6,250 (15.56%)
----Same state: 2,142 (5.33%)
----Different state: 4,108 (10.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,812 (9.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 42,677 (100%)
Native: 28,231 (66.15%)
--Born in United States: 27,545 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,521 (38.71%)
----Different state: 11,024 (25.83%)
--Born outside United States: 686 (1.61%)
Foreign born: 14,446 (33.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7,066 (16.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,348 (12.53%)
--Not a citizen: 9,098 (21.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14,446 (100%)
Europe: 1,719 (11.9%)
Asia: 3,198 (22.14%)
Africa: 505 (3.5%)
Oceania: 23 (0.16%)
Latin America: 8,857 (61.31%)
Northern America: 144 (1%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 40,164 (100%)
English only: 24,093 (59.99%)
Language other than English: 16,071 (40.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,018 (19.96%)
--Spanish: 9,949 (24.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,793 (14.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,101 (7.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 941 (2.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,169 (5.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 961 (2.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 42,677 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 44,337% (103.89%)
Arab: 528 (1.24%)
Czech: 241 (0.56%)
Danish: 50 (0.12%)
Dutch: 211 (0.49%)
English: 895 (2.1%)
French (except Basque): 409 (0.96%)
French Canadian: 30 (0.07%)
German: 2,426 (5.68%)
Greek: 331 (0.78%)
Hungarian: 328 (0.77%)
Irish: 3,170 (7.43%)
Italian: 5,831 (13.66%)
Lithuanian: 117 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 115 (0.27%)
Polish: 1,416 (3.32%)
Portuguese: 112 (0.26%)
Russian: 1,068 (2.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 136 (0.32%)
Scottish: 206 (0.48%)
Slovak: 30 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 759 (1.78%)
Swedish: 52 (0.12%)
Swiss: 45 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 175 (0.41%)
United States or American: 1,225 (2.87%)
Welsh: 60 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,816 (4.26%)
Other ancestries: 22,555 (52.85%)

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