U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Ridgewood, NJ

Bergen County, New Jersey

Latitude: 40.983997     Longitude: -74.114386
Population 24,790 (2005)
Elevation of Ridgewood, New Jersey: 144 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3463000, place: Ridgewood village, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,662 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 867 (11.32%)
Kindergarten: 375 (4.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,678 (48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,575 (20.56%)
College or graduate school: 1,167 (15.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,407 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 301 (1.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 375 (2.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,055 (12.53%)
Some college, no degree: 2,061 (12.56%)
Associate degree: 664 (4.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,200 (37.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,751 (28.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 66.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,672 (100%)
Never married: 4,024 (21.55%)
Now married, except separated: 12,655 (67.78%)
Separated: 172 (0.92%)
Total Widowed: 1,053 (5.64%)
Widowed Female: 907 (4.86%)
Total Divorced: 768 (4.11%)
Divorced Female: 512 (2.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 312 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (25.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,560 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,857 (10.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,115 (100%)
--With a disability: 335 (5.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,979 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,110 (7.94%)
----Percent employed: 68.5%
--No disability: 12,869 (92.06%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,862 (100%)
--With a disability: 862 (30.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,128 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,090 (65.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,892 (29.8%)
--Same county: 3,359 (14.52%)
--Different county: 3,533 (15.28%)
----Same state: 981 (4.24%)
----Different state: 2,552 (11.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,146 (4.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,936 (100%)
Native: 20,931 (83.94%)
--Born in United States: 20,604 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,479 (38.01%)
----Different state: 11,125 (44.61%)
--Born outside United States: 327 (1.31%)
Foreign born: 4,005 (16.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,843 (7.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,733 (6.95%)
--Not a citizen: 2,272 (9.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,005 (100%)
Europe: 1,209 (30.19%)
Asia: 1,999 (49.91%)
Africa: 77 (1.92%)
Oceania: 61 (1.52%)
Latin America: 503 (12.56%)
Northern America: 156 (3.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,128 (100%)
English only: 18,734 (81%)
Language other than English: 4,394 (19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,300 (5.62%)
--Spanish: 790 (3.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 226 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,782 (7.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 406 (1.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,577 (6.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 614 (2.65%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,936 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,074% (124.62%)
Arab: 278 (1.11%)
Czech: 245 (0.98%)
Danish: 114 (0.46%)
Dutch: 697 (2.8%)
English: 2,667 (10.7%)
French (except Basque): 616 (2.47%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.24%)
German: 3,625 (14.54%)
Greek: 314 (1.26%)
Hungarian: 191 (0.77%)
Irish: 5,612 (22.51%)
Italian: 4,482 (17.97%)
Lithuanian: 133 (0.53%)
Norwegian: 209 (0.84%)
Polish: 1,418 (5.69%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.14%)
Russian: 1,067 (4.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 405 (1.62%)
Scottish: 681 (2.73%)
Slovak: 144 (0.58%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.13%)
Swedish: 286 (1.15%)
Swiss: 146 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 137 (0.55%)
United States or American: 1,109 (4.45%)
Welsh: 203 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 94 (0.38%)
Other ancestries: 6,074 (24.36%)

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