Linden, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3440350, place: Linden city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,606 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 670 (6.97%)
Kindergarten: 454 (4.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,237 (44.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,127 (22.14%)
College or graduate school: 2,118 (22.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 27,238 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,363 (8.68%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,577 (13.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,153 (40.95%)
Some college, no degree: 4,905 (18.01%)
Associate degree: 1,398 (5.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,627 (9.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,215 (4.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 31,988 (100%)
Never married: 9,482 (29.64%)
Now married, except separated: 16,249 (50.8%)
Separated: 709 (2.22%)
Total Widowed: 3,097 (9.68%)
Widowed Female: 2,590 (8.1%)
Total Divorced: 2,451 (7.66%)
Divorced Female: 1,496 (4.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,222 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 510 (41.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 30,620 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,247 (10.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,698 (100%)
--With a disability: 592 (7.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,754 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,094 (17.99%)
----Percent employed: 61%
--No disability: 18,660 (82.01%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 6,311 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,831 (44.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 37,007 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,139 (62.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,247 (33.09%)
--Same county: 8,577 (23.18%)
--Different county: 3,670 (9.92%)
----Same state: 2,507 (6.77%)
----Different state: 1,163 (3.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,621 (4.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 39,394 (100%)
Native: 29,043 (73.72%)
--Born in United States: 28,077 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,867 (55.51%)
----Different state: 6,210 (15.76%)
--Born outside United States: 966 (2.45%)
Foreign born: 10,351 (26.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,212 (10.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,137 (13.04%)
--Not a citizen: 5,214 (13.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,351 (100%)
Europe: 5,064 (48.92%)
Asia: 801 (7.74%)
Africa: 178 (1.72%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4,246 (41.02%)
Northern America: 62 (0.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 37,007 (100%)
English only: 23,135 (62.52%)
Language other than English: 13,872 (37.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,587 (17.8%)
--Spanish: 4,906 (13.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,215 (5.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8,217 (22.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,068 (10.99%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 471 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 214 (0.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 39,394 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 41,035% (104.17%)
Arab: 211 (0.54%)
Czech: 411 (1.04%)
Danish: 66 (0.17%)
Dutch: 151 (0.38%)
English: 1,068 (2.71%)
French (except Basque): 394 (1%)
French Canadian: 71 (0.18%)
German: 2,692 (6.83%)
Greek: 271 (0.69%)
Hungarian: 366 (0.93%)
Irish: 3,541 (8.99%)
Italian: 4,039 (10.25%)
Lithuanian: 438 (1.11%)
Norwegian: 52 (0.13%)
Polish: 7,098 (18.02%)
Portuguese: 1,216 (3.09%)
Russian: 508 (1.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 102 (0.26%)
Scottish: 142 (0.36%)
Slovak: 927 (2.35%)
Subsaharan African: 497 (1.26%)
Swedish: 115 (0.29%)
Swiss: 7 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 697 (1.77%)
United States or American: 957 (2.43%)
Welsh: 52 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,723 (4.37%)
Other ancestries: 13,223 (33.57%)

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