Jamesburg, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3434890, place: Jamesburg borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,377 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 86 (6.25%)
Kindergarten: 89 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 681 (49.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 287 (20.84%)
College or graduate school: 234 (16.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,089 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 226 (5.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 475 (11.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,482 (36.24%)
Some college, no degree: 753 (18.42%)
Associate degree: 326 (7.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 623 (15.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 204 (4.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,747 (100%)
Never married: 1,299 (27.36%)
Now married, except separated: 2,548 (53.68%)
Separated: 74 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 355 (7.48%)
Widowed Female: 278 (5.86%)
Total Divorced: 471 (9.92%)
Divorced Female: 289 (6.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 91 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (29.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,522 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 459 (10.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,209 (100%)
--With a disability: 112 (9.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,719 (100%)
--With a disability: 680 (18.28%)
----Percent employed: 60.4%
--No disability: 3,039 (81.72%)
----Percent employed: 84.9%
Population 65 years and over: 533 (100%)
--With a disability: 244 (45.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,583 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,157 (56.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,318 (41.52%)
--Same county: 1,473 (26.38%)
--Different county: 845 (15.14%)
----Same state: 415 (7.43%)
----Different state: 430 (7.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 108 (1.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,025 (100%)
Native: 5,344 (88.7%)
--Born in United States: 5,216 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,884 (64.46%)
----Different state: 1,332 (22.11%)
--Born outside United States: 128 (2.12%)
Foreign born: 681 (11.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 262 (4.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 301 (5%)
--Not a citizen: 380 (6.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 681 (100%)
Europe: 256 (37.59%)
Asia: 86 (12.63%)
Africa: 111 (16.3%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 228 (33.48%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,583 (100%)
English only: 4,558 (81.64%)
Language other than English: 1,025 (18.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 478 (8.56%)
--Spanish: 518 (9.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 218 (3.9%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 269 (4.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (2.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 85 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,025 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,726% (128.23%)
Arab: 60 (1%)
Czech: 17 (0.28%)
Danish: 10 (0.17%)
Dutch: 58 (0.96%)
English: 379 (6.29%)
French (except Basque): 126 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.22%)
German: 1,137 (18.87%)
Greek: 29 (0.48%)
Hungarian: 285 (4.73%)
Irish: 895 (14.85%)
Italian: 1,526 (25.33%)
Lithuanian: 88 (1.46%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.12%)
Polish: 927 (15.39%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.32%)
Russian: 101 (1.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 157 (2.61%)
Scottish: 52 (0.86%)
Slovak: 19 (0.32%)
Subsaharan African: 94 (1.56%)
Swedish: 19 (0.32%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 95 (1.58%)
United States or American: 183 (3.04%)
Welsh: 59 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 16 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 1,355 (22.49%)

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