Laurel Springs, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3439210, place: Laurel Springs borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 559 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (7.69%)
Kindergarten: 26 (4.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 218 (39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 133 (23.79%)
College or graduate school: 139 (24.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,333 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (2.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 137 (10.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 492 (36.91%)
Some college, no degree: 254 (19.05%)
Associate degree: 114 (8.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 211 (15.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 89 (6.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,594 (100%)
Never married: 430 (26.98%)
Now married, except separated: 857 (53.76%)
Separated: 38 (2.38%)
Total Widowed: 109 (6.84%)
Widowed Female: 87 (5.46%)
Total Divorced: 160 (10.04%)
Divorced Female: 101 (6.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,500 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 194 (12.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 454 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (8.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,125 (100%)
--With a disability: 199 (17.69%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
--No disability: 926 (82.31%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 284 (100%)
--With a disability: 108 (38.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,863 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,319 (70.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 535 (28.72%)
--Same county: 353 (18.95%)
--Different county: 182 (9.77%)
----Same state: 128 (6.87%)
----Different state: 54 (2.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,970 (100%)
Native: 1,929 (97.92%)
--Born in United States: 1,924 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,269 (64.42%)
----Different state: 655 (33.25%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 41 (2.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (1.47%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 13 (31.71%)
Asia: 19 (46.34%)
Africa: 2 (4.88%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (17.07%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,863 (100%)
English only: 1,785 (95.81%)
Language other than English: 78 (4.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (1.07%)
--Spanish: 27 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 40 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,970 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,590% (131.47%)
Arab: 2 (0.1%)
Czech: 9 (0.46%)
Danish: 2 (0.1%)
Dutch: 36 (1.83%)
English: 313 (15.89%)
French (except Basque): 58 (2.94%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.25%)
German: 539 (27.36%)
Greek: 23 (1.17%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.41%)
Irish: 629 (31.93%)
Italian: 403 (20.46%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.56%)
Polish: 136 (6.9%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.1%)
Russian: 17 (0.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (1.68%)
Scottish: 65 (3.3%)
Slovak: 9 (0.46%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.2%)
Swedish: 21 (1.07%)
Swiss: 9 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.51%)
United States or American: 42 (2.13%)
Welsh: 16 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 178 (9.04%)

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