Westwood, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3480270, place: Westwood borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,389 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 328 (13.73%)
Kindergarten: 161 (6.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 969 (40.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 439 (18.38%)
College or graduate school: 492 (20.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,052 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 386 (4.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 571 (7.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,364 (29.36%)
Some college, no degree: 1,308 (16.24%)
Associate degree: 408 (5.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,071 (25.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 944 (11.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,938 (100%)
Never married: 1,986 (22.22%)
Now married, except separated: 5,144 (57.55%)
Separated: 139 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 866 (9.69%)
Widowed Female: 715 (8%)
Total Divorced: 803 (8.98%)
Divorced Female: 568 (6.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 187 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,652 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 852 (9.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,788 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (6.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,625 (100%)
--With a disability: 666 (10.05%)
----Percent employed: 61.3%
--No disability: 5,959 (89.95%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,699 (100%)
--With a disability: 605 (35.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,222 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,440 (63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,490 (34.14%)
--Same county: 2,267 (22.18%)
--Different county: 1,223 (11.96%)
----Same state: 447 (4.37%)
----Different state: 776 (7.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 292 (2.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,999 (100%)
Native: 9,317 (84.71%)
--Born in United States: 9,170 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,296 (48.15%)
----Different state: 3,874 (35.22%)
--Born outside United States: 147 (1.34%)
Foreign born: 1,682 (15.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 519 (4.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 910 (8.27%)
--Not a citizen: 772 (7.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,682 (100%)
Europe: 569 (33.83%)
Asia: 570 (33.89%)
Africa: 45 (2.68%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 466 (27.71%)
Northern America: 32 (1.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,222 (100%)
English only: 8,275 (80.95%)
Language other than English: 1,947 (19.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 728 (7.12%)
--Spanish: 565 (5.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 313 (3.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 970 (9.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 284 (2.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 326 (3.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (1.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,999 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,523% (122.95%)
Arab: 92 (0.84%)
Czech: 132 (1.2%)
Danish: 83 (0.75%)
Dutch: 78 (0.71%)
English: 780 (7.09%)
French (except Basque): 221 (2.01%)
French Canadian: 82 (0.75%)
German: 1,937 (17.61%)
Greek: 120 (1.09%)
Hungarian: 159 (1.45%)
Irish: 2,268 (20.62%)
Italian: 2,708 (24.62%)
Lithuanian: 109 (0.99%)
Norwegian: 111 (1.01%)
Polish: 571 (5.19%)
Portuguese: 83 (0.75%)
Russian: 285 (2.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 71 (0.65%)
Scottish: 154 (1.4%)
Slovak: 55 (0.5%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.07%)
Swedish: 115 (1.05%)
Swiss: 31 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.18%)
United States or American: 464 (4.22%)
Welsh: 78 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 98 (0.89%)
Other ancestries: 2,610 (23.73%)

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