Mountainside, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3448510, place: Mountainside borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,513 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 224 (14.81%)
Kindergarten: 124 (8.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 563 (37.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 258 (17.05%)
College or graduate school: 344 (22.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,931 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 121 (2.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 242 (4.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,121 (22.73%)
Some college, no degree: 764 (15.49%)
Associate degree: 321 (6.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,281 (25.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,081 (21.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,390 (100%)
Never married: 875 (16.23%)
Now married, except separated: 3,778 (70.09%)
Separated: 39 (0.72%)
Total Widowed: 516 (9.57%)
Widowed Female: 379 (7.03%)
Total Divorced: 182 (3.38%)
Divorced Female: 117 (2.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 88 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (23.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,197 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 783 (15.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,043 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (6.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,399 (100%)
--With a disability: 258 (7.59%)
----Percent employed: 59.3%
--No disability: 3,141 (92.41%)
----Percent employed: 77.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,544 (100%)
--With a disability: 415 (26.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,182 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,464 (72.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,652 (26.72%)
--Same county: 856 (13.85%)
--Different county: 796 (12.88%)
----Same state: 479 (7.75%)
----Different state: 317 (5.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 66 (1.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,602 (100%)
Native: 5,726 (86.73%)
--Born in United States: 5,685 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,859 (58.45%)
----Different state: 1,826 (27.66%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 876 (13.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 110 (1.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 736 (11.15%)
--Not a citizen: 140 (2.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 876 (100%)
Europe: 502 (57.31%)
Asia: 201 (22.95%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 148 (16.89%)
Northern America: 25 (2.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,182 (100%)
English only: 5,162 (83.5%)
Language other than English: 1,020 (16.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 230 (3.72%)
--Spanish: 198 (3.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 679 (10.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (2.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 123 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,602 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,057% (122.04%)
Arab: 41 (0.62%)
Czech: 52 (0.79%)
Danish: 25 (0.38%)
Dutch: 120 (1.82%)
English: 575 (8.71%)
French (except Basque): 123 (1.86%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.36%)
German: 1,328 (20.12%)
Greek: 156 (2.36%)
Hungarian: 105 (1.59%)
Irish: 1,024 (15.51%)
Italian: 1,548 (23.45%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 50 (0.76%)
Polish: 808 (12.24%)
Portuguese: 107 (1.62%)
Russian: 241 (3.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 130 (1.97%)
Scottish: 144 (2.18%)
Slovak: 52 (0.79%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 98 (1.48%)
Swiss: 61 (0.92%)
Ukrainian: 109 (1.65%)
United States or American: 92 (1.39%)
Welsh: 59 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.44%)
Other ancestries: 933 (14.13%)

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