New Brunswick, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3451210, place: New Brunswick city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 20,665 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 622 (3.01%)
Kindergarten: 783 (3.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,149 (20.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,867 (9.03%)
College or graduate school: 13,244 (64.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,088 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,760 (21.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,511 (15.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,957 (26.97%)
Some college, no degree: 2,868 (12.98%)
Associate degree: 742 (3.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,586 (11.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,664 (7.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 40,225 (100%)
Never married: 22,745 (56.54%)
Now married, except separated: 12,497 (31.07%)
Separated: 1,219 (3.03%)
Total Widowed: 1,303 (3.24%)
Widowed Female: 1,075 (2.67%)
Total Divorced: 2,461 (6.12%)
Divorced Female: 1,469 (3.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,347 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 520 (38.6%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 38,781 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,442 (3.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,973 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,437 (10.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,259 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,546 (19.63%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 22,713 (80.37%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,892 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,350 (46.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 45,251 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,399 (34.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 24,176 (53.43%)
--Same county: 11,276 (24.92%)
--Different county: 12,900 (28.51%)
----Same state: 9,629 (21.28%)
----Different state: 3,271 (7.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,676 (12.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 48,573 (100%)
Native: 32,358 (66.62%)
--Born in United States: 30,531 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,790 (44.86%)
----Different state: 8,741 (18%)
--Born outside United States: 1,827 (3.76%)
Foreign born: 16,215 (33.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10,981 (22.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,002 (6.18%)
--Not a citizen: 13,213 (27.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16,215 (100%)
Europe: 956 (5.9%)
Asia: 1,962 (12.1%)
Africa: 718 (4.43%)
Oceania: 26 (0.16%)
Latin America: 12,459 (76.84%)
Northern America: 94 (0.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 45,251 (100%)
English only: 24,357 (53.83%)
Language other than English: 20,894 (46.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,046 (26.62%)
--Spanish: 16,108 (35.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,545 (23.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,473 (5.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 782 (1.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,222 (2.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 443 (0.98%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 48,573 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 47,683% (98.17%)
Arab: 572 (1.18%)
Czech: 130 (0.27%)
Danish: 69 (0.14%)
Dutch: 195 (0.4%)
English: 943 (1.94%)
French (except Basque): 273 (0.56%)
French Canadian: 82 (0.17%)
German: 2,562 (5.27%)
Greek: 242 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 959 (1.97%)
Irish: 3,383 (6.96%)
Italian: 3,544 (7.3%)
Lithuanian: 117 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 138 (0.28%)
Polish: 1,718 (3.54%)
Portuguese: 150 (0.31%)
Russian: 827 (1.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 160 (0.33%)
Scottish: 186 (0.38%)
Slovak: 133 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 1,043 (2.15%)
Swedish: 199 (0.41%)
Swiss: 16 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 246 (0.51%)
United States or American: 651 (1.34%)
Welsh: 92 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 668 (1.38%)
Other ancestries: 28,385 (58.44%)

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