West New York, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3479610, place: West New York town, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,507 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 631 (6.01%)
Kindergarten: 680 (6.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,455 (42.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,435 (23.18%)
College or graduate school: 2,306 (21.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 30,669 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,867 (25.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,106 (19.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,832 (22.28%)
Some college, no degree: 3,931 (12.82%)
Associate degree: 906 (2.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,795 (9.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,232 (7.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 54.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 37,198 (100%)
Never married: 12,276 (33%)
Now married, except separated: 17,343 (46.62%)
Separated: 1,937 (5.21%)
Total Widowed: 2,326 (6.25%)
Widowed Female: 1,995 (5.36%)
Total Divorced: 3,316 (8.91%)
Divorced Female: 2,043 (5.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,389 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 486 (34.99%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 35,625 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,065 (2.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,071 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,126 (12.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 27,690 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,370 (30.23%)
----Percent employed: 51.7%
--No disability: 19,320 (69.77%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,976 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,841 (47.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 42,766 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,625 (50.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,731 (36.78%)
--Same county: 11,560 (27.03%)
--Different county: 4,171 (9.75%)
----Same state: 1,431 (3.35%)
----Different state: 2,740 (6.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,410 (12.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 45,768 (100%)
Native: 15,937 (34.82%)
--Born in United States: 14,329 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,940 (21.72%)
----Different state: 4,389 (9.59%)
--Born outside United States: 1,608 (3.51%)
Foreign born: 29,831 (65.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12,994 (28.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11,009 (24.05%)
--Not a citizen: 18,822 (41.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29,831 (100%)
Europe: 915 (3.07%)
Asia: 1,489 (4.99%)
Africa: 290 (0.97%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27,112 (90.89%)
Northern America: 25 (0.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 42,766 (100%)
English only: 6,538 (15.29%)
Language other than English: 36,228 (84.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22,573 (52.78%)
--Spanish: 33,201 (77.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21,341 (49.9%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,847 (4.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 677 (1.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 641 (1.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 313 (0.73%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 45,768 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 40,967% (89.51%)
Arab: 520 (1.14%)
Czech: 28 (0.06%)
Danish: 23 (0.05%)
Dutch: 49 (0.11%)
English: 246 (0.54%)
French (except Basque): 222 (0.49%)
French Canadian: 34 (0.07%)
German: 781 (1.71%)
Greek: 124 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 120 (0.26%)
Irish: 775 (1.69%)
Italian: 1,769 (3.87%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.06%)
Polish: 214 (0.47%)
Portuguese: 76 (0.17%)
Russian: 148 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (0.05%)
Scottish: 62 (0.14%)
Slovak: 14 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 209 (0.46%)
Swedish: 72 (0.16%)
Swiss: 42 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 26 (0.06%)
United States or American: 1,207 (2.64%)
Welsh: 10 (0.02%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 289 (0.63%)
Other ancestries: 33,827 (73.91%)

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