North Plainfield, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3453280, place: North Plainfield borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,272 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 398 (7.55%)
Kindergarten: 322 (6.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,461 (46.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,116 (21.17%)
College or graduate school: 975 (18.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,863 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,149 (8.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,533 (11.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,175 (30.12%)
Some college, no degree: 2,577 (18.59%)
Associate degree: 752 (5.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,383 (17.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,294 (9.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,446 (100%)
Never married: 4,911 (29.86%)
Now married, except separated: 8,841 (53.76%)
Separated: 352 (2.14%)
Total Widowed: 963 (5.86%)
Widowed Female: 761 (4.63%)
Total Divorced: 1,379 (8.39%)
Divorced Female: 766 (4.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 560 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 189 (33.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,672 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,245 (7.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,556 (100%)
--With a disability: 323 (7.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,963 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,362 (18.22%)
----Percent employed: 67.3%
--No disability: 10,601 (81.78%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,960 (100%)
--With a disability: 748 (38.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,526 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,275 (52.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,672 (39.29%)
--Same county: 2,838 (14.53%)
--Different county: 4,834 (24.76%)
----Same state: 3,915 (20.05%)
----Different state: 919 (4.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,579 (8.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,103 (100%)
Native: 14,123 (66.92%)
--Born in United States: 13,807 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,542 (49.95%)
----Different state: 3,265 (15.47%)
--Born outside United States: 316 (1.5%)
Foreign born: 6,980 (33.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,496 (16.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,328 (11.03%)
--Not a citizen: 4,652 (22.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,980 (100%)
Europe: 672 (9.63%)
Asia: 1,002 (14.36%)
Africa: 335 (4.8%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4,952 (70.95%)
Northern America: 19 (0.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,526 (100%)
English only: 11,266 (57.7%)
Language other than English: 8,260 (42.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,599 (23.55%)
--Spanish: 6,002 (30.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,755 (19.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,283 (6.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 399 (2.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 589 (3.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 236 (1.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,103 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,594% (111.8%)
Arab: 303 (1.44%)
Czech: 59 (0.28%)
Danish: 46 (0.22%)
Dutch: 115 (0.54%)
English: 1,040 (4.93%)
French (except Basque): 243 (1.15%)
French Canadian: 75 (0.36%)
German: 2,123 (10.06%)
Greek: 137 (0.65%)
Hungarian: 130 (0.62%)
Irish: 2,161 (10.24%)
Italian: 2,927 (13.87%)
Lithuanian: 57 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 93 (0.44%)
Polish: 975 (4.62%)
Portuguese: 126 (0.6%)
Russian: 172 (0.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 104 (0.49%)
Scottish: 295 (1.4%)
Slovak: 139 (0.66%)
Subsaharan African: 245 (1.16%)
Swedish: 49 (0.23%)
Swiss: 63 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 117 (0.55%)
United States or American: 708 (3.35%)
Welsh: 81 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 400 (1.9%)
Other ancestries: 10,611 (50.28%)

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