Hawthorne, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3430570, place: Hawthorne borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,953 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 287 (7.26%)
Kindergarten: 264 (6.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,684 (42.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 859 (21.73%)
College or graduate school: 859 (21.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,122 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 846 (6.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,215 (9.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,347 (33.13%)
Some college, no degree: 2,659 (20.26%)
Associate degree: 702 (5.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,319 (17.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,034 (7.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,884 (100%)
Never married: 3,713 (24.95%)
Now married, except separated: 8,366 (56.21%)
Separated: 251 (1.69%)
Total Widowed: 1,320 (8.87%)
Widowed Female: 1,112 (7.47%)
Total Divorced: 1,234 (8.29%)
Divorced Female: 834 (5.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 298 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 59 (19.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,270 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,468 (10.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,213 (100%)
--With a disability: 193 (6.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,985 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,767 (16.09%)
----Percent employed: 65.3%
--No disability: 9,218 (83.91%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,868 (100%)
--With a disability: 998 (34.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,066 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,150 (59.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,715 (39.35%)
--Same county: 3,622 (21.22%)
--Different county: 3,093 (18.12%)
----Same state: 2,457 (14.4%)
----Different state: 636 (3.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 201 (1.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,218 (100%)
Native: 15,684 (86.09%)
--Born in United States: 15,469 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,348 (67.78%)
----Different state: 3,121 (17.13%)
--Born outside United States: 215 (1.18%)
Foreign born: 2,534 (13.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 566 (3.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,630 (8.95%)
--Not a citizen: 904 (4.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,534 (100%)
Europe: 1,086 (42.86%)
Asia: 721 (28.45%)
Africa: 27 (1.07%)
Oceania: 9 (0.36%)
Latin America: 626 (24.7%)
Northern America: 65 (2.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,066 (100%)
English only: 13,548 (79.39%)
Language other than English: 3,518 (20.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,294 (7.58%)
--Spanish: 1,085 (6.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 433 (2.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,641 (9.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 553 (3.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 395 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 158 (0.93%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,218 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,000% (126.25%)
Arab: 521 (2.86%)
Czech: 41 (0.23%)
Danish: 51 (0.28%)
Dutch: 2,014 (11.06%)
English: 1,171 (6.43%)
French (except Basque): 471 (2.59%)
French Canadian: 104 (0.57%)
German: 2,671 (14.66%)
Greek: 125 (0.69%)
Hungarian: 303 (1.66%)
Irish: 3,267 (17.93%)
Italian: 6,096 (33.46%)
Lithuanian: 41 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 69 (0.38%)
Polish: 1,182 (6.49%)
Portuguese: 63 (0.35%)
Russian: 249 (1.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 148 (0.81%)
Scottish: 349 (1.92%)
Slovak: 59 (0.32%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 73 (0.4%)
Swiss: 162 (0.89%)
Ukrainian: 148 (0.81%)
United States or American: 453 (2.49%)
Welsh: 73 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 3,079 (16.9%)

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