Mercerville-hamilton Square, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3445495, place: Mercerville-Hamilton Square CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,705 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 521 (7.77%)
Kindergarten: 390 (5.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,910 (43.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,430 (21.33%)
College or graduate school: 1,454 (21.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,604 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 889 (4.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,707 (9.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,691 (30.59%)
Some college, no degree: 3,598 (19.34%)
Associate degree: 1,514 (8.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,551 (19.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,654 (8.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,310 (100%)
Never married: 4,521 (21.22%)
Now married, except separated: 13,662 (64.11%)
Separated: 140 (0.66%)
Total Widowed: 1,892 (8.88%)
Widowed Female: 1,537 (7.21%)
Total Divorced: 1,095 (5.14%)
Divorced Female: 682 (3.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 436 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 94 (21.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,216 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,667 (13.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,434 (100%)
--With a disability: 268 (4.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,028 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,616 (10.75%)
----Percent employed: 65%
--No disability: 13,412 (89.25%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,879 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,482 (38.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,982 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,823 (71.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,961 (27.86%)
--Same county: 4,838 (19.37%)
--Different county: 2,123 (8.5%)
----Same state: 1,338 (5.36%)
----Different state: 785 (3.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 198 (0.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,483 (100%)
Native: 24,654 (93.09%)
--Born in United States: 24,359 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,487 (73.58%)
----Different state: 4,872 (18.4%)
--Born outside United States: 295 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 1,829 (6.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 483 (1.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,300 (4.91%)
--Not a citizen: 529 (2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,829 (100%)
Europe: 891 (48.72%)
Asia: 563 (30.78%)
Africa: 83 (4.54%)
Oceania: 9 (0.49%)
Latin America: 258 (14.11%)
Northern America: 25 (1.37%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,982 (100%)
English only: 22,230 (88.98%)
Language other than English: 2,752 (11.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 829 (3.32%)
--Spanish: 593 (2.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 178 (0.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,510 (6.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 421 (1.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 501 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 195 (0.78%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,483 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,147% (132.72%)
Arab: 200 (0.76%)
Czech: 259 (0.98%)
Danish: 88 (0.33%)
Dutch: 376 (1.42%)
English: 3,396 (12.82%)
French (except Basque): 536 (2.02%)
French Canadian: 204 (0.77%)
German: 4,870 (18.39%)
Greek: 262 (0.99%)
Hungarian: 1,117 (4.22%)
Irish: 5,790 (21.86%)
Italian: 7,710 (29.11%)
Lithuanian: 102 (0.39%)
Norwegian: 266 (1%)
Polish: 3,678 (13.89%)
Portuguese: 89 (0.34%)
Russian: 295 (1.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 371 (1.4%)
Scottish: 592 (2.24%)
Slovak: 641 (2.42%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 183 (0.69%)
Swiss: 48 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 233 (0.88%)
United States or American: 701 (2.65%)
Welsh: 195 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 52 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 2,893 (10.92%)

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