Midland Park, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3446110, place: Midland Park borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,652 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 198 (11.99%)
Kindergarten: 118 (7.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 775 (46.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 312 (18.89%)
College or graduate school: 249 (15.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,867 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 166 (3.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 169 (3.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,447 (29.73%)
Some college, no degree: 892 (18.33%)
Associate degree: 299 (6.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,371 (28.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 523 (10.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,470 (100%)
Never married: 1,265 (23.13%)
Now married, except separated: 3,418 (62.49%)
Separated: 36 (0.66%)
Total Widowed: 417 (7.62%)
Widowed Female: 377 (6.89%)
Total Divorced: 334 (6.11%)
Divorced Female: 231 (4.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 55 (52.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,257 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 635 (12.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,326 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (7.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,104 (100%)
--With a disability: 436 (10.62%)
----Percent employed: 87.8%
--No disability: 3,668 (89.38%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,005 (100%)
--With a disability: 288 (28.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,435 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,734 (73.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,606 (24.96%)
--Same county: 928 (14.42%)
--Different county: 678 (10.54%)
----Same state: 416 (6.46%)
----Different state: 262 (4.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 95 (1.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,947 (100%)
Native: 6,381 (91.85%)
--Born in United States: 6,355 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,570 (65.78%)
----Different state: 1,785 (25.69%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 566 (8.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 147 (2.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 345 (4.97%)
--Not a citizen: 221 (3.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 566 (100%)
Europe: 285 (50.35%)
Asia: 133 (23.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 131 (23.14%)
Northern America: 17 (3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,435 (100%)
English only: 5,673 (88.16%)
Language other than English: 762 (11.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 264 (4.1%)
--Spanish: 215 (3.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (1.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 457 (7.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (2.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 84 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.78%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,947 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,807% (126.77%)
Arab: 29 (0.42%)
Czech: 51 (0.73%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 1,183 (17.03%)
English: 616 (8.87%)
French (except Basque): 112 (1.61%)
French Canadian: 77 (1.11%)
German: 1,315 (18.93%)
Greek: 156 (2.25%)
Hungarian: 33 (0.48%)
Irish: 1,511 (21.75%)
Italian: 1,572 (22.63%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 38 (0.55%)
Polish: 396 (5.7%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 132 (1.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 107 (1.54%)
Scottish: 131 (1.89%)
Slovak: 20 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 106 (1.53%)
Swiss: 19 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 78 (1.12%)
United States or American: 313 (4.51%)
Welsh: 7 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 756 (10.88%)

Return to Midland Park,NJ.