Victory Gardens, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3475890, place: Victory Gardens borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 453 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (12.8%)
Kindergarten: 28 (6.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 191 (42.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 96 (21.19%)
College or graduate school: 80 (17.66%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 984 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 86 (8.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 208 (21.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 331 (33.64%)
Some college, no degree: 203 (20.63%)
Associate degree: 56 (5.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 88 (8.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (1.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,185 (100%)
Never married: 410 (34.6%)
Now married, except separated: 564 (47.59%)
Separated: 57 (4.81%)
Total Widowed: 56 (4.73%)
Widowed Female: 51 (4.3%)
Total Divorced: 98 (8.27%)
Divorced Female: 60 (5.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (43.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,132 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 62 (5.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 351 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (13.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 979 (100%)
--With a disability: 375 (38.3%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
--No disability: 604 (61.7%)
----Percent employed: 74.8%
Population 65 years and over: 95 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (50.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,427 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 584 (40.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 690 (48.35%)
--Same county: 507 (35.53%)
--Different county: 183 (12.82%)
----Same state: 68 (4.77%)
----Different state: 115 (8.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 153 (10.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,546 (100%)
Native: 979 (63.32%)
--Born in United States: 868 (100%)
----State of residence: 638 (41.27%)
----Different state: 230 (14.88%)
--Born outside United States: 111 (7.18%)
Foreign born: 567 (36.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 341 (22.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 167 (10.8%)
--Not a citizen: 400 (25.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 567 (100%)
Europe: 12 (2.12%)
Asia: 74 (13.05%)
Africa: 9 (1.59%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 472 (83.25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,427 (100%)
English only: 597 (41.84%)
Language other than English: 830 (58.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 430 (30.13%)
--Spanish: 721 (50.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 363 (25.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 68 (4.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (3.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,546 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,470% (95.08%)
Arab: 4 (0.26%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.13%)
Dutch: 9 (0.58%)
English: 31 (2.01%)
French (except Basque): 16 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.26%)
German: 44 (2.85%)
Greek: 2 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.26%)
Irish: 56 (3.62%)
Italian: 44 (2.85%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.13%)
Polish: 32 (2.07%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.39%)
Russian: 8 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 2 (0.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (1.49%)
Swedish: 2 (0.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.84%)
United States or American: 118 (7.63%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 50 (3.23%)
Other ancestries: 998 (64.55%)

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