South Bound Brook, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3468730, place: South Bound Brook borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,196 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 117 (9.78%)
Kindergarten: 52 (4.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 508 (42.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 261 (21.82%)
College or graduate school: 258 (21.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,061 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 219 (7.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 438 (14.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,198 (39.14%)
Some college, no degree: 531 (17.35%)
Associate degree: 131 (4.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 343 (11.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 201 (6.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,575 (100%)
Never married: 1,238 (34.63%)
Now married, except separated: 1,725 (48.25%)
Separated: 60 (1.68%)
Total Widowed: 229 (6.41%)
Widowed Female: 188 (5.26%)
Total Divorced: 323 (9.03%)
Divorced Female: 185 (5.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (5.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,439 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 348 (10.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 907 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (11.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,800 (100%)
--With a disability: 530 (18.93%)
----Percent employed: 55.8%
--No disability: 2,270 (81.07%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 495 (100%)
--With a disability: 213 (43.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,202 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,272 (54.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,642 (39.08%)
--Same county: 811 (19.3%)
--Different county: 831 (19.78%)
----Same state: 668 (15.9%)
----Different state: 163 (3.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 288 (6.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,492 (100%)
Native: 3,495 (77.8%)
--Born in United States: 3,414 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,589 (57.64%)
----Different state: 825 (18.37%)
--Born outside United States: 81 (1.8%)
Foreign born: 997 (22.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 507 (11.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 280 (6.23%)
--Not a citizen: 717 (15.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 997 (100%)
Europe: 190 (19.06%)
Asia: 173 (17.35%)
Africa: 40 (4.01%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 582 (58.38%)
Northern America: 12 (1.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,202 (100%)
English only: 2,851 (67.85%)
Language other than English: 1,351 (32.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 715 (17.02%)
--Spanish: 934 (22.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 558 (13.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 263 (6.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (2.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 129 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (1.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,492 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,366% (119.46%)
Arab: 32 (0.71%)
Czech: 25 (0.56%)
Danish: 28 (0.62%)
Dutch: 91 (2.03%)
English: 137 (3.05%)
French (except Basque): 104 (2.32%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.69%)
German: 688 (15.32%)
Greek: 8 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 122 (2.72%)
Irish: 553 (12.31%)
Italian: 645 (14.36%)
Lithuanian: 32 (0.71%)
Norwegian: 49 (1.09%)
Polish: 569 (12.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 126 (2.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (1.07%)
Scottish: 74 (1.65%)
Slovak: 51 (1.14%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.22%)
Swedish: 16 (0.36%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 86 (1.91%)
United States or American: 162 (3.61%)
Welsh: 35 (0.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 34 (0.76%)
Other ancestries: 1,610 (35.84%)

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