Pomona, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3460030, place: Pomona CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,292 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (3.64%)
Kindergarten: 68 (5.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 666 (51.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 256 (19.81%)
College or graduate school: 255 (19.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,407 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 84 (3.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 294 (12.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,005 (41.75%)
Some college, no degree: 506 (21.02%)
Associate degree: 133 (5.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 289 (12.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 96 (3.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,913 (100%)
Never married: 662 (22.73%)
Now married, except separated: 1,771 (60.8%)
Separated: 46 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 145 (4.98%)
Widowed Female: 116 (3.98%)
Total Divorced: 289 (9.92%)
Divorced Female: 181 (6.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 153 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (31.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,748 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 257 (9.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,123 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (2.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,293 (100%)
--With a disability: 349 (15.22%)
----Percent employed: 72.8%
--No disability: 1,944 (84.78%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 283 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (30.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,699 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,880 (50.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,728 (46.72%)
--Same county: 1,267 (34.25%)
--Different county: 461 (12.46%)
----Same state: 211 (5.7%)
----Different state: 250 (6.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 91 (2.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,012 (100%)
Native: 3,312 (82.55%)
--Born in United States: 3,248 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,383 (59.4%)
----Different state: 865 (21.56%)
--Born outside United States: 64 (1.6%)
Foreign born: 700 (17.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 331 (8.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 321 (8%)
--Not a citizen: 379 (9.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 700 (100%)
Europe: 91 (13%)
Asia: 373 (53.29%)
Africa: 29 (4.14%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 207 (29.57%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,699 (100%)
English only: 2,705 (73.13%)
Language other than English: 994 (26.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 370 (10%)
--Spanish: 249 (6.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 145 (3.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 485 (13.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (4.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 214 (5.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (1.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,012 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,036% (125.52%)
Arab: 38 (0.95%)
Czech: 5 (0.12%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 74 (1.84%)
English: 366 (9.12%)
French (except Basque): 163 (4.06%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 748 (18.64%)
Greek: 7 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.5%)
Irish: 886 (22.08%)
Italian: 909 (22.66%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.3%)
Polish: 193 (4.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 65 (1.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (1.47%)
Scottish: 49 (1.22%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.35%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.12%)
United States or American: 133 (3.32%)
Welsh: 50 (1.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 25 (0.62%)
Other ancestries: 1,199 (29.89%)

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