Lincoln Park, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3440290, place: Lincoln Park borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,383 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 224 (9.4%)
Kindergarten: 128 (5.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 885 (37.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 496 (20.81%)
College or graduate school: 650 (27.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,139 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 363 (4.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 750 (9.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,525 (31.02%)
Some college, no degree: 1,374 (16.88%)
Associate degree: 447 (5.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,787 (21.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 893 (10.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,070 (100%)
Never married: 2,148 (23.68%)
Now married, except separated: 5,475 (60.36%)
Separated: 122 (1.35%)
Total Widowed: 607 (6.69%)
Widowed Female: 476 (5.25%)
Total Divorced: 718 (7.92%)
Divorced Female: 478 (5.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 115 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,764 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 913 (10.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,812 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (4.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,727 (100%)
--With a disability: 896 (13.32%)
----Percent employed: 70.1%
--No disability: 5,831 (86.68%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,110 (100%)
--With a disability: 422 (38.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,318 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,504 (63.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,646 (35.34%)
--Same county: 1,239 (12.01%)
--Different county: 2,407 (23.33%)
----Same state: 1,836 (17.79%)
----Different state: 571 (5.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 168 (1.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,930 (100%)
Native: 9,449 (86.45%)
--Born in United States: 9,336 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,942 (63.51%)
----Different state: 2,394 (21.9%)
--Born outside United States: 113 (1.03%)
Foreign born: 1,481 (13.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 457 (4.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 888 (8.12%)
--Not a citizen: 593 (5.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,481 (100%)
Europe: 652 (44.02%)
Asia: 454 (30.65%)
Africa: 58 (3.92%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 317 (21.4%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,318 (100%)
English only: 8,180 (79.28%)
Language other than English: 2,138 (20.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 624 (6.05%)
--Spanish: 580 (5.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 178 (1.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,138 (11.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 329 (3.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 335 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (0.93%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,930 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,149% (120.3%)
Arab: 97 (0.89%)
Czech: 42 (0.38%)
Danish: 39 (0.36%)
Dutch: 357 (3.27%)
English: 761 (6.96%)
French (except Basque): 155 (1.42%)
French Canadian: 53 (0.48%)
German: 1,814 (16.6%)
Greek: 57 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 158 (1.45%)
Irish: 2,103 (19.24%)
Italian: 2,919 (26.71%)
Lithuanian: 51 (0.47%)
Norwegian: 76 (0.7%)
Polish: 1,078 (9.86%)
Portuguese: 71 (0.65%)
Russian: 166 (1.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (0.42%)
Scottish: 216 (1.98%)
Slovak: 95 (0.87%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.15%)
Swedish: 96 (0.88%)
Swiss: 28 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 145 (1.33%)
United States or American: 390 (3.57%)
Welsh: 29 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 23 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 2,068 (18.92%)

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