Rockaway, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3464050, place: Rockaway borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,632 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 146 (8.95%)
Kindergarten: 41 (2.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 716 (43.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 342 (20.96%)
College or graduate school: 387 (23.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,552 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 154 (3.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 315 (6.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,561 (34.29%)
Some college, no degree: 909 (19.97%)
Associate degree: 306 (6.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 959 (21.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 348 (7.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,191 (100%)
Never married: 1,333 (25.68%)
Now married, except separated: 2,931 (56.46%)
Separated: 80 (1.54%)
Total Widowed: 376 (7.24%)
Widowed Female: 307 (5.91%)
Total Divorced: 471 (9.07%)
Divorced Female: 303 (5.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 183 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (31.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,957 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 559 (11.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,232 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (5.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,007 (100%)
--With a disability: 757 (18.89%)
----Percent employed: 75%
--No disability: 3,250 (81.11%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 796 (100%)
--With a disability: 286 (35.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,035 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,831 (63.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,064 (34.2%)
--Same county: 1,397 (23.15%)
--Different county: 667 (11.05%)
----Same state: 447 (7.41%)
----Different state: 220 (3.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 140 (2.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,473 (100%)
Native: 5,476 (84.6%)
--Born in United States: 5,385 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,432 (68.47%)
----Different state: 953 (14.72%)
--Born outside United States: 91 (1.41%)
Foreign born: 997 (15.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 338 (5.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 501 (7.74%)
--Not a citizen: 496 (7.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 997 (100%)
Europe: 290 (29.09%)
Asia: 364 (36.51%)
Africa: 69 (6.92%)
Oceania: 8 (0.8%)
Latin America: 258 (25.88%)
Northern America: 8 (0.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,035 (100%)
English only: 4,682 (77.58%)
Language other than English: 1,353 (22.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 529 (8.77%)
--Spanish: 521 (8.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 195 (3.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 451 (7.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 195 (3.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 255 (4.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 107 (1.77%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,473 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,026% (123.99%)
Arab: 103 (1.59%)
Czech: 33 (0.51%)
Danish: 8 (0.12%)
Dutch: 176 (2.72%)
English: 542 (8.37%)
French (except Basque): 91 (1.41%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.31%)
German: 1,361 (21.03%)
Greek: 21 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.59%)
Irish: 1,283 (19.82%)
Italian: 1,361 (21.03%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 37 (0.57%)
Polish: 663 (10.24%)
Portuguese: 23 (0.36%)
Russian: 114 (1.76%)
Scotch-Irish: 88 (1.36%)
Scottish: 105 (1.62%)
Slovak: 80 (1.24%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.14%)
Swedish: 59 (0.91%)
Swiss: 11 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.59%)
United States or American: 197 (3.04%)
Welsh: 30 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,514 (23.39%)

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