Norwood, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3453610, place: Norwood borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,623 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 184 (11.34%)
Kindergarten: 70 (4.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 801 (49.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 347 (21.38%)
College or graduate school: 221 (13.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,900 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 108 (2.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 242 (6.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,042 (26.72%)
Some college, no degree: 683 (17.51%)
Associate degree: 156 (4%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,117 (28.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 552 (14.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,488 (100%)
Never married: 886 (19.74%)
Now married, except separated: 3,072 (68.45%)
Separated: 36 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 342 (7.62%)
Widowed Female: 275 (6.13%)
Total Divorced: 152 (3.39%)
Divorced Female: 101 (2.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (43.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,207 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 490 (11.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,414 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (5.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,144 (100%)
--With a disability: 365 (11.61%)
----Percent employed: 65.8%
--No disability: 2,779 (88.39%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 650 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (29.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,440 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,551 (65.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,684 (30.96%)
--Same county: 1,250 (22.98%)
--Different county: 434 (7.98%)
----Same state: 72 (1.32%)
----Different state: 362 (6.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 205 (3.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,751 (100%)
Native: 4,465 (77.64%)
--Born in United States: 4,442 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,359 (41.02%)
----Different state: 2,083 (36.22%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 1,286 (22.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 478 (8.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 645 (11.22%)
--Not a citizen: 641 (11.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,286 (100%)
Europe: 246 (19.13%)
Asia: 909 (70.68%)
Africa: 12 (0.93%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 58 (4.51%)
Northern America: 61 (4.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,440 (100%)
English only: 3,856 (70.88%)
Language other than English: 1,584 (29.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 687 (12.63%)
--Spanish: 67 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 566 (10.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (2.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 821 (15.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 462 (8.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,751 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,970% (121.2%)
Arab: 64 (1.11%)
Czech: 27 (0.47%)
Danish: 17 (0.3%)
Dutch: 65 (1.13%)
English: 351 (6.1%)
French (except Basque): 60 (1.04%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.16%)
German: 932 (16.21%)
Greek: 124 (2.16%)
Hungarian: 67 (1.17%)
Irish: 1,015 (17.65%)
Italian: 1,508 (26.22%)
Lithuanian: 36 (0.63%)
Norwegian: 85 (1.48%)
Polish: 273 (4.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 110 (1.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (0.45%)
Scottish: 66 (1.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 31 (0.54%)
Swiss: 39 (0.68%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.1%)
United States or American: 281 (4.89%)
Welsh: 18 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 57 (0.99%)
Other ancestries: 1,703 (29.61%)

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