Spotswood, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3469810, place: Spotswood borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,760 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 158 (8.98%)
Kindergarten: 68 (3.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 783 (44.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 430 (24.43%)
College or graduate school: 321 (18.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,650 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 268 (4.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 683 (12.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,181 (38.6%)
Some college, no degree: 1,174 (20.78%)
Associate degree: 319 (5.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 800 (14.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 225 (3.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,458 (100%)
Never married: 1,425 (22.07%)
Now married, except separated: 3,860 (59.77%)
Separated: 79 (1.22%)
Total Widowed: 629 (9.74%)
Widowed Female: 523 (8.1%)
Total Divorced: 465 (7.2%)
Divorced Female: 232 (3.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 162 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 46 (28.4%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,157 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 873 (14.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,519 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (5.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,499 (100%)
--With a disability: 584 (12.98%)
----Percent employed: 50.5%
--No disability: 3,915 (87.02%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,412 (100%)
--With a disability: 588 (41.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,430 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,640 (62.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,707 (36.43%)
--Same county: 1,630 (21.94%)
--Different county: 1,077 (14.5%)
----Same state: 559 (7.52%)
----Different state: 518 (6.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 83 (1.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,880 (100%)
Native: 7,259 (92.12%)
--Born in United States: 7,225 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,022 (63.73%)
----Different state: 2,203 (27.96%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 621 (7.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 153 (1.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 419 (5.32%)
--Not a citizen: 202 (2.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 621 (100%)
Europe: 271 (43.64%)
Asia: 129 (20.77%)
Africa: 77 (12.4%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 131 (21.1%)
Northern America: 13 (2.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,430 (100%)
English only: 6,467 (87.04%)
Language other than English: 963 (12.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 269 (3.62%)
--Spanish: 293 (3.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (1.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 443 (5.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (1.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 80 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,880 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,750% (136.42%)
Arab: 79 (1%)
Czech: 52 (0.66%)
Danish: 52 (0.66%)
Dutch: 101 (1.28%)
English: 679 (8.62%)
French (except Basque): 114 (1.45%)
French Canadian: 61 (0.77%)
German: 1,562 (19.82%)
Greek: 69 (0.88%)
Hungarian: 390 (4.95%)
Irish: 2,049 (26%)
Italian: 1,922 (24.39%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 89 (1.13%)
Polish: 1,309 (16.61%)
Portuguese: 141 (1.79%)
Russian: 180 (2.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 62 (0.79%)
Scottish: 214 (2.72%)
Slovak: 97 (1.23%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 105 (1.33%)
Swiss: 10 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 112 (1.42%)
United States or American: 196 (2.49%)
Welsh: 34 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 34 (0.43%)
Other ancestries: 1,011 (12.83%)

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