Little Ferry, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3440680, place: Little Ferry borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,601 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 186 (7.15%)
Kindergarten: 114 (4.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 965 (37.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 402 (15.46%)
College or graduate school: 934 (35.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,762 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 439 (5.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,000 (12.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,738 (35.27%)
Some college, no degree: 1,267 (16.32%)
Associate degree: 446 (5.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,250 (16.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 622 (8.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,948 (100%)
Never married: 2,621 (29.29%)
Now married, except separated: 4,744 (53.02%)
Separated: 186 (2.08%)
Total Widowed: 665 (7.43%)
Widowed Female: 549 (6.14%)
Total Divorced: 732 (8.18%)
Divorced Female: 384 (4.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 256 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (25.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,605 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 768 (8.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,891 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (3.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,922 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,113 (16.08%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 5,809 (83.92%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,336 (100%)
--With a disability: 467 (34.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,149 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,889 (58.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,723 (36.68%)
--Same county: 2,288 (22.54%)
--Different county: 1,435 (14.14%)
----Same state: 714 (7.04%)
----Different state: 721 (7.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 537 (5.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,800 (100%)
Native: 7,443 (68.92%)
--Born in United States: 7,238 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,512 (51.04%)
----Different state: 1,726 (15.98%)
--Born outside United States: 205 (1.9%)
Foreign born: 3,357 (31.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,322 (12.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,539 (14.25%)
--Not a citizen: 1,818 (16.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,357 (100%)
Europe: 668 (19.9%)
Asia: 1,623 (48.35%)
Africa: 205 (6.11%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 861 (25.65%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,149 (100%)
English only: 5,835 (57.49%)
Language other than English: 4,314 (42.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,940 (19.12%)
--Spanish: 1,397 (13.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 584 (5.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,530 (15.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 508 (5.01%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,159 (11.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 837 (8.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,800 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,306% (113.94%)
Arab: 98 (0.91%)
Czech: 191 (1.77%)
Danish: 10 (0.09%)
Dutch: 188 (1.74%)
English: 204 (1.89%)
French (except Basque): 120 (1.11%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.13%)
German: 1,340 (12.41%)
Greek: 65 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 55 (0.51%)
Irish: 1,519 (14.06%)
Italian: 2,844 (26.33%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.17%)
Polish: 583 (5.4%)
Portuguese: 39 (0.36%)
Russian: 109 (1.01%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.18%)
Scottish: 56 (0.52%)
Slovak: 8 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 192 (1.78%)
Swedish: 36 (0.33%)
Swiss: 47 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 37 (0.34%)
United States or American: 308 (2.85%)
Welsh: 5 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 69 (0.64%)
Other ancestries: 4,118 (38.13%)

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