Springfield, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3470050, place: Springfield CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,161 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 312 (9.87%)
Kindergarten: 133 (4.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,338 (42.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 594 (18.79%)
College or graduate school: 784 (24.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,991 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 425 (3.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 637 (5.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,690 (24.47%)
Some college, no degree: 1,557 (14.17%)
Associate degree: 545 (4.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,295 (29.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,842 (16.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 46.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,932 (100%)
Never married: 2,472 (20.72%)
Now married, except separated: 7,512 (62.96%)
Separated: 122 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 1,064 (8.92%)
Widowed Female: 870 (7.29%)
Total Divorced: 762 (6.39%)
Divorced Female: 510 (4.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 231 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (22.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,526 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,133 (9.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,256 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (5.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,297 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,046 (12.61%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
--No disability: 7,251 (87.39%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 3,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 893 (29.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,565 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,792 (64.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,385 (32.33%)
--Same county: 2,000 (14.74%)
--Different county: 2,385 (17.58%)
----Same state: 1,627 (11.99%)
----Different state: 758 (5.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 388 (2.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,429 (100%)
Native: 11,492 (79.65%)
--Born in United States: 11,419 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,700 (60.3%)
----Different state: 2,719 (18.84%)
--Born outside United States: 73 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 2,937 (20.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 982 (6.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,832 (12.7%)
--Not a citizen: 1,105 (7.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,937 (100%)
Europe: 1,551 (52.81%)
Asia: 637 (21.69%)
Africa: 180 (6.13%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 533 (18.15%)
Northern America: 36 (1.23%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,565 (100%)
English only: 10,342 (76.24%)
Language other than English: 3,223 (23.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,123 (8.28%)
--Spanish: 550 (4.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 260 (1.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,007 (14.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 640 (4.72%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 348 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (0.9%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,429 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,762% (109.24%)
Arab: 22 (0.15%)
Czech: 78 (0.54%)
Danish: 43 (0.3%)
Dutch: 154 (1.07%)
English: 419 (2.9%)
French (except Basque): 89 (0.62%)
French Canadian: 55 (0.38%)
German: 1,538 (10.66%)
Greek: 250 (1.73%)
Hungarian: 216 (1.5%)
Irish: 1,471 (10.19%)
Italian: 3,036 (21.04%)
Lithuanian: 37 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 38 (0.26%)
Polish: 1,328 (9.2%)
Portuguese: 165 (1.14%)
Russian: 1,493 (10.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 81 (0.56%)
Scottish: 114 (0.79%)
Slovak: 100 (0.69%)
Subsaharan African: 96 (0.67%)
Swedish: 41 (0.28%)
Swiss: 23 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 348 (2.41%)
United States or American: 689 (4.78%)
Welsh: 26 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 116 (0.8%)
Other ancestries: 3,696 (25.62%)

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