U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

New Providence, NJ

Union County, New Jersey

Latitude: 40.700501     Longitude: -74.403096
Population 11,905 (2005)
Elevation of New Providence, New Jersey: 220 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3451810, place: New Providence borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,944 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 359 (12.19%)
Kindergarten: 142 (4.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,427 (48.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 545 (18.51%)
College or graduate school: 471 (16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,319 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 191 (2.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 218 (2.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,579 (18.98%)
Some college, no degree: 1,123 (13.5%)
Associate degree: 377 (4.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,534 (30.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,297 (27.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 58.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,217 (100%)
Never married: 1,859 (20.17%)
Now married, except separated: 6,173 (66.97%)
Separated: 63 (0.68%)
Total Widowed: 645 (7%)
Widowed Female: 508 (5.51%)
Total Divorced: 477 (5.18%)
Divorced Female: 324 (3.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 117 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (14.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,801 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,088 (12.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,416 (100%)
--With a disability: 73 (3.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,739 (100%)
--With a disability: 669 (9.93%)
----Percent employed: 74%
--No disability: 6,070 (90.07%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,714 (100%)
--With a disability: 545 (31.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,979 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,001 (63.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,506 (31.93%)
--Same county: 1,470 (13.39%)
--Different county: 2,036 (18.54%)
----Same state: 1,044 (9.51%)
----Different state: 992 (9.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 472 (4.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,907 (100%)
Native: 9,774 (82.09%)
--Born in United States: 9,714 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,092 (51.16%)
----Different state: 3,622 (30.42%)
--Born outside United States: 60 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 2,133 (17.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 932 (7.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 979 (8.22%)
--Not a citizen: 1,154 (9.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,133 (100%)
Europe: 943 (44.21%)
Asia: 735 (34.46%)
Africa: 30 (1.41%)
Oceania: 30 (1.41%)
Latin America: 323 (15.14%)
Northern America: 72 (3.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,979 (100%)
English only: 8,916 (81.21%)
Language other than English: 2,063 (18.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 584 (5.32%)
--Spanish: 336 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (0.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,134 (10.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 291 (2.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 531 (4.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 199 (1.81%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,907 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,139% (127.14%)
Arab: 75 (0.63%)
Czech: 150 (1.26%)
Danish: 54 (0.45%)
Dutch: 184 (1.55%)
English: 1,031 (8.66%)
French (except Basque): 205 (1.72%)
French Canadian: 94 (0.79%)
German: 1,896 (15.92%)
Greek: 159 (1.34%)
Hungarian: 294 (2.47%)
Irish: 2,611 (21.93%)
Italian: 3,085 (25.91%)
Lithuanian: 152 (1.28%)
Norwegian: 112 (0.94%)
Polish: 757 (6.36%)
Portuguese: 91 (0.76%)
Russian: 328 (2.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 112 (0.94%)
Scottish: 248 (2.08%)
Slovak: 104 (0.87%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 137 (1.15%)
Swiss: 70 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 209 (1.76%)
United States or American: 386 (3.24%)
Welsh: 82 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 46 (0.39%)
Other ancestries: 2,467 (20.72%)

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