Oakland, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3453850, place: Oakland borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,195 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 421 (13.18%)
Kindergarten: 158 (4.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,490 (46.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 656 (20.53%)
College or graduate school: 470 (14.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,707 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 230 (2.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 424 (4.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,206 (25.34%)
Some college, no degree: 1,711 (19.65%)
Associate degree: 532 (6.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,313 (26.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,291 (14.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,714 (100%)
Never married: 1,760 (18.12%)
Now married, except separated: 6,683 (68.8%)
Separated: 86 (0.89%)
Total Widowed: 579 (5.96%)
Widowed Female: 475 (4.89%)
Total Divorced: 606 (6.24%)
Divorced Female: 359 (3.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 148 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (7.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,285 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,094 (11.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,514 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (7.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,409 (100%)
--With a disability: 737 (9.95%)
----Percent employed: 74.5%
--No disability: 6,672 (90.05%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,397 (100%)
--With a disability: 471 (33.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,506 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,945 (69.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,459 (30.06%)
--Same county: 2,088 (18.15%)
--Different county: 1,371 (11.92%)
----Same state: 768 (6.67%)
----Different state: 603 (5.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 102 (0.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,466 (100%)
Native: 11,316 (90.77%)
--Born in United States: 11,227 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,265 (58.28%)
----Different state: 3,962 (31.78%)
--Born outside United States: 89 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 1,150 (9.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 337 (2.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 747 (5.99%)
--Not a citizen: 403 (3.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,150 (100%)
Europe: 552 (48%)
Asia: 324 (28.17%)
Africa: 42 (3.65%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 196 (17.04%)
Northern America: 36 (3.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,506 (100%)
English only: 10,300 (89.52%)
Language other than English: 1,206 (10.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 380 (3.3%)
--Spanish: 374 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (1.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 574 (4.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 159 (1.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 162 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (0.72%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,466 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,324% (130.95%)
Arab: 145 (1.16%)
Czech: 153 (1.23%)
Danish: 29 (0.23%)
Dutch: 676 (5.42%)
English: 1,063 (8.53%)
French (except Basque): 377 (3.02%)
French Canadian: 68 (0.55%)
German: 2,258 (18.11%)
Greek: 107 (0.86%)
Hungarian: 251 (2.01%)
Irish: 2,639 (21.17%)
Italian: 3,334 (26.74%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 172 (1.38%)
Polish: 1,158 (9.29%)
Portuguese: 41 (0.33%)
Russian: 392 (3.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 100 (0.8%)
Scottish: 247 (1.98%)
Slovak: 85 (0.68%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 169 (1.36%)
Swiss: 111 (0.89%)
Ukrainian: 156 (1.25%)
United States or American: 543 (4.36%)
Welsh: 80 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 58 (0.47%)
Other ancestries: 1,891 (15.17%)

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