Paterson, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3457000, place: Paterson city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 43,033 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,612 (6.07%)
Kindergarten: 2,462 (5.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 21,196 (49.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 10,154 (23.6%)
College or graduate school: 6,609 (15.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 88,077 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15,916 (18.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 20,626 (23.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 28,514 (32.37%)
Some college, no degree: 13,085 (14.86%)
Associate degree: 2,721 (3.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,738 (5.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,477 (2.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 111,417 (100%)
Never married: 43,832 (39.34%)
Now married, except separated: 45,243 (40.61%)
Separated: 6,366 (5.71%)
Total Widowed: 6,745 (6.05%)
Widowed Female: 5,479 (4.92%)
Total Divorced: 9,231 (8.29%)
Divorced Female: 5,588 (5.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7,528 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,537 (33.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 104,903 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,200 (4.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 39,024 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,650 (11.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 83,163 (100%)
--With a disability: 29,268 (35.19%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 53,895 (64.81%)
----Percent employed: 61.2%
Population 65 years and over: 12,312 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,150 (49.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 136,673 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 74,532 (54.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 51,787 (37.89%)
--Same county: 44,303 (32.42%)
--Different county: 7,484 (5.48%)
----Same state: 3,912 (2.86%)
----Different state: 3,572 (2.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10,354 (7.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 149,222 (100%)
Native: 100,298 (67.21%)
--Born in United States: 88,171 (100%)
----State of residence: 69,228 (46.39%)
----Different state: 18,943 (12.69%)
--Born outside United States: 12,127 (8.13%)
Foreign born: 48,924 (32.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23,196 (15.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17,263 (11.57%)
--Not a citizen: 31,661 (21.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 48,924 (100%)
Europe: 2,981 (6.09%)
Asia: 4,692 (9.59%)
Africa: 462 (0.94%)
Oceania: 8 (0.02%)
Latin America: 40,706 (83.2%)
Northern America: 75 (0.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 136,673 (100%)
English only: 60,023 (43.92%)
Language other than English: 76,650 (56.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40,891 (29.92%)
--Spanish: 66,055 (48.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35,808 (26.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,556 (4.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,251 (2.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,377 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 774 (0.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 149,222 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 137,081% (91.86%)
Arab: 2,634 (1.77%)
Czech: 74 (0.05%)
Danish: 38 (0.03%)
Dutch: 675 (0.45%)
English: 1,106 (0.74%)
French (except Basque): 277 (0.19%)
French Canadian: 48 (0.03%)
German: 1,718 (1.15%)
Greek: 148 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 224 (0.15%)
Irish: 2,422 (1.62%)
Italian: 6,955 (4.66%)
Lithuanian: 102 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 88 (0.06%)
Polish: 943 (0.63%)
Portuguese: 82 (0.05%)
Russian: 344 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 136 (0.09%)
Scottish: 236 (0.16%)
Slovak: 41 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 1,930 (1.29%)
Swedish: 84 (0.06%)
Swiss: 89 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 226 (0.15%)
United States or American: 4,732 (3.17%)
Welsh: 20 (0.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5,479 (3.67%)
Other ancestries: 106,230 (71.19%)

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