Monmouth Junction, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3447190, place: Monmouth Junction CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 687 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 81 (11.79%)
Kindergarten: 48 (6.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 294 (42.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 140 (20.38%)
College or graduate school: 124 (18.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,622 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 37 (2.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 69 (4.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 397 (24.48%)
Some college, no degree: 206 (12.7%)
Associate degree: 99 (6.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 493 (30.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 321 (19.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 50.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,857 (100%)
Never married: 417 (22.46%)
Now married, except separated: 1,192 (64.19%)
Separated: 24 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 54 (2.91%)
Widowed Female: 32 (1.72%)
Total Divorced: 170 (9.15%)
Divorced Female: 101 (5.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,744 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 169 (9.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 554 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (5.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,542 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (6.81%)
----Percent employed: 89.5%
--No disability: 1,437 (93.19%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 144 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (40.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,240 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,532 (68.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 695 (31.03%)
--Same county: 408 (18.21%)
--Different county: 287 (12.81%)
----Same state: 155 (6.92%)
----Different state: 132 (5.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,421 (100%)
Native: 2,115 (87.36%)
--Born in United States: 2,083 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,454 (60.06%)
----Different state: 629 (25.98%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (1.32%)
Foreign born: 306 (12.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 48 (1.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 189 (7.81%)
--Not a citizen: 117 (4.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 306 (100%)
Europe: 54 (17.65%)
Asia: 162 (52.94%)
Africa: 75 (24.51%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (4.9%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,240 (100%)
English only: 1,925 (85.94%)
Language other than English: 315 (14.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 117 (5.22%)
--Spanish: 55 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 90 (4.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (1.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 91 (4.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (2.95%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,421 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,053% (126.1%)
Arab: 72 (2.97%)
Czech: 29 (1.2%)
Danish: 6 (0.25%)
Dutch: 76 (3.14%)
English: 260 (10.74%)
French (except Basque): 76 (3.14%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.7%)
German: 391 (16.15%)
Greek: 9 (0.37%)
Hungarian: 62 (2.56%)
Irish: 370 (15.28%)
Italian: 503 (20.78%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.45%)
Polish: 236 (9.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 46 (1.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (0.83%)
Scottish: 134 (5.53%)
Slovak: 14 (0.58%)
Subsaharan African: 32 (1.32%)
Swedish: 6 (0.25%)
Swiss: 15 (0.62%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.54%)
United States or American: 84 (3.47%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 564 (23.3%)

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