Shrewsbury, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3467350, place: Shrewsbury borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,038 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 98 (9.44%)
Kindergarten: 95 (9.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 512 (49.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 202 (19.46%)
College or graduate school: 131 (12.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,367 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (2.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 150 (6.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 409 (17.28%)
Some college, no degree: 444 (18.76%)
Associate degree: 147 (6.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 689 (29.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 464 (19.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 48.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,655 (100%)
Never married: 454 (17.1%)
Now married, except separated: 1,783 (67.16%)
Separated: 33 (1.24%)
Total Widowed: 190 (7.16%)
Widowed Female: 132 (4.97%)
Total Divorced: 195 (7.34%)
Divorced Female: 135 (5.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,498 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 281 (11.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 836 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (5.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,001 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (7.45%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 1,852 (92.55%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 437 (100%)
--With a disability: 130 (29.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,274 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,171 (66.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,027 (31.37%)
--Same county: 687 (20.98%)
--Different county: 340 (10.38%)
----Same state: 141 (4.31%)
----Different state: 199 (6.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 76 (2.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,590 (100%)
Native: 3,325 (92.62%)
--Born in United States: 3,303 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,250 (62.67%)
----Different state: 1,053 (29.33%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 265 (7.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 52 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 161 (4.48%)
--Not a citizen: 104 (2.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 265 (100%)
Europe: 154 (58.11%)
Asia: 43 (16.23%)
Africa: 20 (7.55%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 48 (18.11%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,274 (100%)
English only: 3,018 (92.18%)
Language other than English: 256 (7.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (2.63%)
--Spanish: 48 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 153 (4.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 35 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.86%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,590 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,564% (127.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.36%)
Danish: 16 (0.45%)
Dutch: 32 (0.89%)
English: 457 (12.73%)
French (except Basque): 118 (3.29%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.78%)
German: 742 (20.67%)
Greek: 30 (0.84%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.28%)
Irish: 1,077 (30%)
Italian: 891 (24.82%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 43 (1.2%)
Polish: 204 (5.68%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.14%)
Russian: 78 (2.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (1.64%)
Scottish: 64 (1.78%)
Slovak: 6 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.78%)
Swedish: 56 (1.56%)
Swiss: 23 (0.64%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.33%)
United States or American: 204 (5.68%)
Welsh: 22 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 329 (9.16%)

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