Irvington, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3434440, place: Irvington CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 17,941 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,318 (7.35%)
Kindergarten: 1,228 (6.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,571 (42.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,159 (23.18%)
College or graduate school: 3,665 (20.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,143 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,818 (7.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,584 (20.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 12,130 (32.66%)
Some college, no degree: 8,310 (22.37%)
Associate degree: 1,818 (4.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,467 (9.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,016 (2.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 46,200 (100%)
Never married: 20,663 (44.73%)
Now married, except separated: 16,142 (34.94%)
Separated: 2,393 (5.18%)
Total Widowed: 3,133 (6.78%)
Widowed Female: 2,599 (5.63%)
Total Divorced: 3,869 (8.37%)
Divorced Female: 2,300 (4.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,395 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,025 (42.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,638 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,359 (7.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,600 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,409 (9.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 36,534 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,796 (26.81%)
----Percent employed: 59.2%
--No disability: 26,738 (73.19%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
Population 65 years and over: 4,418 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,921 (43.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 55,772 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,372 (56.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,722 (38.95%)
--Same county: 16,432 (29.46%)
--Different county: 5,290 (9.49%)
----Same state: 2,700 (4.84%)
----Different state: 2,590 (4.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,678 (4.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 60,615 (100%)
Native: 45,937 (75.78%)
--Born in United States: 44,460 (100%)
----State of residence: 31,656 (52.22%)
----Different state: 12,804 (21.12%)
--Born outside United States: 1,477 (2.44%)
Foreign born: 14,678 (24.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,526 (10.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,842 (11.29%)
--Not a citizen: 7,836 (12.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14,678 (100%)
Europe: 819 (5.58%)
Asia: 569 (3.88%)
Africa: 1,565 (10.66%)
Oceania: 7 (0.05%)
Latin America: 11,606 (79.07%)
Northern America: 112 (0.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 55,772 (100%)
English only: 41,600 (74.59%)
Language other than English: 14,172 (25.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,360 (11.4%)
--Spanish: 4,233 (7.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,154 (3.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,966 (14.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,730 (6.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 463 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 60,615 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 52,443% (86.52%)
Arab: 13 (0.02%)
Czech: 8 (0.01%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 22 (0.04%)
English: 206 (0.34%)
French (except Basque): 69 (0.11%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.04%)
German: 447 (0.74%)
Greek: 132 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 54 (0.09%)
Irish: 477 (0.79%)
Italian: 705 (1.16%)
Lithuanian: 92 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.02%)
Polish: 669 (1.1%)
Portuguese: 131 (0.22%)
Russian: 86 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.02%)
Scottish: 41 (0.07%)
Slovak: 75 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 2,422 (4%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 123 (0.2%)
United States or American: 1,149 (1.9%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9,590 (15.82%)
Other ancestries: 35,878 (59.19%)

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