Union Beach, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3474540, place: Union Beach borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,914 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 114 (5.96%)
Kindergarten: 141 (7.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 873 (45.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 522 (27.27%)
College or graduate school: 264 (13.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,167 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 200 (4.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 675 (16.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,921 (46.1%)
Some college, no degree: 812 (19.49%)
Associate degree: 204 (4.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 270 (6.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (2.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,041 (100%)
Never married: 1,356 (26.9%)
Now married, except separated: 2,814 (55.82%)
Separated: 70 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 338 (6.71%)
Widowed Female: 278 (5.51%)
Total Divorced: 463 (9.18%)
Divorced Female: 225 (4.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 187 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (42.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,719 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 595 (12.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,732 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (6.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,940 (100%)
--With a disability: 690 (17.51%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 3,250 (82.49%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 505 (100%)
--With a disability: 269 (53.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,177 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,188 (67.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,944 (31.47%)
--Same county: 1,347 (21.81%)
--Different county: 597 (9.66%)
----Same state: 335 (5.42%)
----Different state: 262 (4.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 45 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,649 (100%)
Native: 6,310 (94.9%)
--Born in United States: 6,243 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,749 (71.42%)
----Different state: 1,494 (22.47%)
--Born outside United States: 67 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 339 (5.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 127 (1.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 176 (2.65%)
--Not a citizen: 163 (2.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 339 (100%)
Europe: 100 (29.5%)
Asia: 34 (10.03%)
Africa: 33 (9.73%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 172 (50.74%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,177 (100%)
English only: 5,465 (88.47%)
Language other than English: 712 (11.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 344 (5.57%)
--Spanish: 451 (7.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 247 (4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 197 (3.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,649 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,144% (122.48%)
Arab: 33 (0.5%)
Czech: 80 (1.2%)
Danish: 69 (1.04%)
Dutch: 102 (1.53%)
English: 454 (6.83%)
French (except Basque): 112 (1.68%)
French Canadian: 58 (0.87%)
German: 1,316 (19.79%)
Greek: 41 (0.62%)
Hungarian: 44 (0.66%)
Irish: 1,797 (27.03%)
Italian: 1,759 (26.46%)
Lithuanian: 39 (0.59%)
Norwegian: 57 (0.86%)
Polish: 597 (8.98%)
Portuguese: 69 (1.04%)
Russian: 49 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 84 (1.26%)
Scottish: 120 (1.8%)
Slovak: 45 (0.68%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 128 (1.93%)
Swiss: 7 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 48 (0.72%)
United States or American: 103 (1.55%)
Welsh: 6 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 927 (13.94%)

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