Lakewood, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3438580, place: Lakewood CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,966 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,369 (9.8%)
Kindergarten: 924 (6.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,431 (46.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,898 (13.59%)
College or graduate school: 3,344 (23.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,552 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,978 (11.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,316 (13.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,461 (26.95%)
Some college, no degree: 3,616 (21.85%)
Associate degree: 638 (3.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,982 (11.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,561 (9.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,461 (100%)
Never married: 6,261 (27.87%)
Now married, except separated: 13,014 (57.94%)
Separated: 510 (2.27%)
Total Widowed: 1,370 (6.1%)
Widowed Female: 1,094 (4.87%)
Total Divorced: 1,306 (5.81%)
Divorced Female: 816 (3.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 619 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 324 (52.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,122 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,502 (7.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,462 (100%)
--With a disability: 461 (4.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,638 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,631 (15.81%)
----Percent employed: 52.7%
--No disability: 14,007 (84.19%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,309 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,215 (52.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 30,239 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,877 (52.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,146 (40.17%)
--Same county: 8,079 (26.72%)
--Different county: 4,067 (13.45%)
----Same state: 1,737 (5.74%)
----Different state: 2,330 (7.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,216 (7.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 36,141 (100%)
Native: 30,490 (84.36%)
--Born in United States: 28,011 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,357 (48.03%)
----Different state: 10,654 (29.48%)
--Born outside United States: 2,479 (6.86%)
Foreign born: 5,651 (15.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,390 (9.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,901 (5.26%)
--Not a citizen: 3,750 (10.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,651 (100%)
Europe: 1,791 (31.69%)
Asia: 644 (11.4%)
Africa: 58 (1.03%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,059 (54.13%)
Northern America: 99 (1.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 30,239 (100%)
English only: 19,177 (63.42%)
Language other than English: 11,062 (36.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,701 (15.55%)
--Spanish: 5,211 (17.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,315 (10.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,868 (12.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,035 (3.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 294 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 36,141 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,757% (76.8%)
Arab: 209 (0.58%)
Czech: 70 (0.19%)
Danish: 28 (0.08%)
Dutch: 138 (0.38%)
English: 444 (1.23%)
French (except Basque): 158 (0.44%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.03%)
German: 1,214 (3.36%)
Greek: 46 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 895 (2.48%)
Irish: 1,204 (3.33%)
Italian: 1,310 (3.62%)
Lithuanian: 425 (1.18%)
Norwegian: 49 (0.14%)
Polish: 2,018 (5.58%)
Portuguese: 36 (0.1%)
Russian: 852 (2.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 69 (0.19%)
Scottish: 63 (0.17%)
Slovak: 11 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 327 (0.9%)
Swedish: 99 (0.27%)
Swiss: 18 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 283 (0.78%)
United States or American: 2,186 (6.05%)
Welsh: 34 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 452 (1.25%)
Other ancestries: 15,109 (41.81%)

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