Wayne, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3477870, place: Wayne CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,591 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,255 (8.6%)
Kindergarten: 718 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,911 (40.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,684 (18.39%)
College or graduate school: 4,023 (27.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,298 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,656 (4.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,370 (6.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,816 (26.32%)
Some college, no degree: 6,294 (16.87%)
Associate degree: 1,665 (4.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,761 (26.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,736 (15.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 43,525 (100%)
Never married: 10,149 (23.32%)
Now married, except separated: 26,413 (60.68%)
Separated: 527 (1.21%)
Total Widowed: 3,827 (8.79%)
Widowed Female: 3,109 (7.14%)
Total Divorced: 2,609 (5.99%)
Divorced Female: 1,603 (3.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 833 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 88 (10.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 41,543 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,572 (11.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,490 (100%)
--With a disability: 645 (5.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 30,495 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,344 (10.97%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
--No disability: 27,151 (89.03%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 7,755 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,774 (35.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 50,745 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32,709 (64.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,978 (33.46%)
--Same county: 8,775 (17.29%)
--Different county: 8,203 (16.17%)
----Same state: 5,527 (10.89%)
----Different state: 2,676 (5.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,058 (2.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 54,115 (100%)
Native: 45,291 (83.69%)
--Born in United States: 44,880 (100%)
----State of residence: 33,383 (61.69%)
----Different state: 11,497 (21.25%)
--Born outside United States: 411 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 8,824 (16.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,529 (4.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,484 (10.13%)
--Not a citizen: 3,340 (6.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,824 (100%)
Europe: 3,845 (43.57%)
Asia: 3,290 (37.28%)
Africa: 262 (2.97%)
Oceania: 9 (0.1%)
Latin America: 1,283 (14.54%)
Northern America: 135 (1.53%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 50,745 (100%)
English only: 39,325 (77.5%)
Language other than English: 11,420 (22.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,523 (6.94%)
--Spanish: 2,301 (4.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 772 (1.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,735 (11.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,617 (3.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,253 (4.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 827 (1.63%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 54,115 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 66,079% (122.11%)
Arab: 1,448 (2.68%)
Czech: 435 (0.8%)
Danish: 159 (0.29%)
Dutch: 2,035 (3.76%)
English: 3,177 (5.87%)
French (except Basque): 819 (1.51%)
French Canadian: 183 (0.34%)
German: 6,964 (12.87%)
Greek: 652 (1.2%)
Hungarian: 932 (1.72%)
Irish: 8,632 (15.95%)
Italian: 16,166 (29.87%)
Lithuanian: 302 (0.56%)
Norwegian: 389 (0.72%)
Polish: 4,930 (9.11%)
Portuguese: 136 (0.25%)
Russian: 2,185 (4.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 499 (0.92%)
Scottish: 845 (1.56%)
Slovak: 274 (0.51%)
Subsaharan African: 77 (0.14%)
Swedish: 405 (0.75%)
Swiss: 206 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 620 (1.15%)
United States or American: 1,588 (2.93%)
Welsh: 179 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 122 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 11,720 (21.66%)

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