Port Reading, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3460540, place: Port Reading CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 881 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 68 (7.72%)
Kindergarten: 32 (3.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 387 (43.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 227 (25.77%)
College or graduate school: 167 (18.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,589 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 141 (5.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 333 (12.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,259 (48.63%)
Some college, no degree: 346 (13.36%)
Associate degree: 133 (5.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 259 (10%)
Graduate or professional degree: 118 (4.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,981 (100%)
Never married: 773 (25.93%)
Now married, except separated: 1,625 (54.51%)
Separated: 61 (2.05%)
Total Widowed: 271 (9.09%)
Widowed Female: 204 (6.84%)
Total Divorced: 251 (8.42%)
Divorced Female: 169 (5.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,826 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 407 (14.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 744 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (6.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,053 (100%)
--With a disability: 347 (16.9%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
--No disability: 1,706 (83.1%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 647 (100%)
--With a disability: 247 (38.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,444 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,604 (75.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 821 (23.84%)
--Same county: 565 (16.41%)
--Different county: 256 (7.43%)
----Same state: 161 (4.67%)
----Different state: 95 (2.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,656 (100%)
Native: 3,300 (90.26%)
--Born in United States: 3,252 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,611 (71.42%)
----Different state: 641 (17.53%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (1.31%)
Foreign born: 356 (9.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 62 (1.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 243 (6.65%)
--Not a citizen: 113 (3.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 356 (100%)
Europe: 162 (45.51%)
Asia: 14 (3.93%)
Africa: 11 (3.09%)
Oceania: 5 (1.4%)
Latin America: 164 (46.07%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,444 (100%)
English only: 2,950 (85.66%)
Language other than English: 494 (14.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (4.67%)
--Spanish: 203 (5.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (2.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 232 (6.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (1.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,656 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,703% (128.64%)
Arab: 25 (0.68%)
Czech: 33 (0.9%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (0.46%)
English: 93 (2.54%)
French (except Basque): 53 (1.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 410 (11.21%)
Greek: 23 (0.63%)
Hungarian: 326 (8.92%)
Irish: 867 (23.71%)
Italian: 1,265 (34.6%)
Lithuanian: 56 (1.53%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.77%)
Polish: 420 (11.49%)
Portuguese: 44 (1.2%)
Russian: 90 (2.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.33%)
Scottish: 64 (1.75%)
Slovak: 142 (3.88%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.14%)
Swedish: 15 (0.41%)
Swiss: 14 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 130 (3.56%)
United States or American: 59 (1.61%)
Welsh: 10 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 87 (2.38%)
Other ancestries: 415 (11.35%)

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