Perth Amboy, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3458200, place: Perth Amboy city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,030 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 666 (5.11%)
Kindergarten: 983 (7.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,183 (47.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,228 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 1,970 (15.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 28,309 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6,714 (23.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,825 (20.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,212 (29.01%)
Some college, no degree: 4,023 (14.21%)
Associate degree: 785 (2.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,780 (6.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 970 (3.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 35,864 (100%)
Never married: 12,465 (34.76%)
Now married, except separated: 16,601 (46.29%)
Separated: 1,539 (4.29%)
Total Widowed: 2,222 (6.2%)
Widowed Female: 1,890 (5.27%)
Total Divorced: 3,037 (8.47%)
Divorced Female: 1,817 (5.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,657 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 549 (33.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 33,734 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,164 (6.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,966 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,230 (10.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 26,793 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,186 (26.82%)
----Percent employed: 50.1%
--No disability: 19,607 (73.18%)
----Percent employed: 67.4%
Population 65 years and over: 4,456 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,168 (48.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 43,574 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,397 (49.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,454 (40.06%)
--Same county: 13,894 (31.89%)
--Different county: 3,560 (8.17%)
----Same state: 1,488 (3.41%)
----Different state: 2,072 (4.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,723 (10.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 47,303 (100%)
Native: 30,408 (64.28%)
--Born in United States: 23,928 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,083 (40.34%)
----Different state: 4,845 (10.24%)
--Born outside United States: 6,480 (13.7%)
Foreign born: 16,895 (35.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8,972 (18.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,899 (10.36%)
--Not a citizen: 11,996 (25.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16,895 (100%)
Europe: 1,632 (9.66%)
Asia: 539 (3.19%)
Africa: 174 (1.03%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14,524 (85.97%)
Northern America: 26 (0.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 43,574 (100%)
English only: 12,026 (27.6%)
Language other than English: 31,548 (72.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,453 (40.05%)
--Spanish: 28,375 (65.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15,938 (36.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,403 (5.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,152 (2.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 363 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 184 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 47,303 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 44,794% (94.7%)
Arab: 7 (0.01%)
Czech: 89 (0.19%)
Danish: 86 (0.18%)
Dutch: 51 (0.11%)
English: 353 (0.75%)
French (except Basque): 130 (0.27%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.04%)
German: 637 (1.35%)
Greek: 143 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 899 (1.9%)
Irish: 924 (1.95%)
Italian: 1,393 (2.94%)
Lithuanian: 98 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 76 (0.16%)
Polish: 2,435 (5.15%)
Portuguese: 811 (1.71%)
Russian: 98 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (0.12%)
Scottish: 29 (0.06%)
Slovak: 626 (1.32%)
Subsaharan African: 268 (0.57%)
Swedish: 40 (0.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 350 (0.74%)
United States or American: 809 (1.71%)
Welsh: 63 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 645 (1.36%)
Other ancestries: 33,657 (71.15%)

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