Lyndhurst, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3442120, place: Lyndhurst CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,161 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 281 (6.75%)
Kindergarten: 227 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,864 (44.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 777 (18.67%)
College or graduate school: 1,012 (24.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,263 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,111 (7.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,540 (10.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,518 (38.69%)
Some college, no degree: 2,371 (16.62%)
Associate degree: 606 (4.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,235 (15.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 882 (6.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,306 (100%)
Never married: 4,571 (28.03%)
Now married, except separated: 8,569 (52.55%)
Separated: 321 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 1,621 (9.94%)
Widowed Female: 1,281 (7.86%)
Total Divorced: 1,224 (7.51%)
Divorced Female: 777 (4.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 248 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (25.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,715 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,684 (10.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,326 (100%)
--With a disability: 196 (5.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,705 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,718 (14.68%)
----Percent employed: 61.2%
--No disability: 9,987 (85.32%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,471 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,243 (35.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,502 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,975 (64.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,052 (32.71%)
--Same county: 3,157 (17.06%)
--Different county: 2,895 (15.65%)
----Same state: 2,130 (11.51%)
----Different state: 765 (4.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 475 (2.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,383 (100%)
Native: 15,904 (82.05%)
--Born in United States: 15,747 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,159 (67.89%)
----Different state: 2,588 (13.35%)
--Born outside United States: 157 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 3,479 (17.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 866 (4.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,850 (9.54%)
--Not a citizen: 1,629 (8.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,479 (100%)
Europe: 1,521 (43.72%)
Asia: 1,081 (31.07%)
Africa: 95 (2.73%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 749 (21.53%)
Northern America: 33 (0.95%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,502 (100%)
English only: 13,612 (73.57%)
Language other than English: 4,890 (26.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,127 (11.5%)
--Spanish: 1,526 (8.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 644 (3.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,336 (12.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 983 (5.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 921 (4.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 463 (2.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,383 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,389% (120.67%)
Arab: 176 (0.91%)
Czech: 110 (0.57%)
Danish: 24 (0.12%)
Dutch: 257 (1.33%)
English: 513 (2.65%)
French (except Basque): 216 (1.11%)
French Canadian: 27 (0.14%)
German: 1,813 (9.35%)
Greek: 176 (0.91%)
Hungarian: 178 (0.92%)
Irish: 3,538 (18.25%)
Italian: 7,914 (40.83%)
Lithuanian: 97 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 61 (0.31%)
Polish: 2,394 (12.35%)
Portuguese: 543 (2.8%)
Russian: 152 (0.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 222 (1.15%)
Scottish: 268 (1.38%)
Slovak: 56 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 113 (0.58%)
Swiss: 43 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 160 (0.83%)
United States or American: 414 (2.14%)
Welsh: 46 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 3,856 (19.89%)

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