White Meadow Lake, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3480750, place: White Meadow Lake CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,675 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 350 (13.08%)
Kindergarten: 166 (6.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,203 (44.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 449 (16.79%)
College or graduate school: 507 (18.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,952 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 74 (1.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 192 (3.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,582 (26.58%)
Some college, no degree: 1,201 (20.18%)
Associate degree: 414 (6.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,671 (28.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 818 (13.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,818 (100%)
Never married: 1,376 (20.18%)
Now married, except separated: 4,838 (70.96%)
Separated: 94 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 237 (3.48%)
Widowed Female: 193 (2.83%)
Total Divorced: 273 (4%)
Divorced Female: 130 (1.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 96 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (8.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,483 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 646 (9.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,119 (100%)
--With a disability: 220 (10.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,451 (100%)
--With a disability: 629 (11.54%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
--No disability: 4,822 (88.46%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 776 (100%)
--With a disability: 222 (28.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,349 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,850 (70.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,444 (29.27%)
--Same county: 1,287 (15.42%)
--Different county: 1,157 (13.86%)
----Same state: 823 (9.86%)
----Different state: 334 (4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 55 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,052 (100%)
Native: 8,187 (90.44%)
--Born in United States: 8,085 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,849 (64.62%)
----Different state: 2,236 (24.7%)
--Born outside United States: 102 (1.13%)
Foreign born: 865 (9.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 199 (2.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 621 (6.86%)
--Not a citizen: 244 (2.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 865 (100%)
Europe: 317 (36.65%)
Asia: 344 (39.77%)
Africa: 19 (2.2%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 185 (21.39%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,349 (100%)
English only: 7,140 (85.52%)
Language other than English: 1,209 (14.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 248 (2.97%)
--Spanish: 433 (5.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 430 (5.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (1.02%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 262 (3.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (1.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,052 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,672% (128.94%)
Arab: 32 (0.35%)
Czech: 45 (0.5%)
Danish: 64 (0.71%)
Dutch: 151 (1.67%)
English: 617 (6.82%)
French (except Basque): 149 (1.65%)
French Canadian: 72 (0.8%)
German: 1,294 (14.3%)
Greek: 42 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 203 (2.24%)
Irish: 1,965 (21.71%)
Italian: 2,140 (23.64%)
Lithuanian: 97 (1.07%)
Norwegian: 107 (1.18%)
Polish: 1,141 (12.6%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.2%)
Russian: 588 (6.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 168 (1.86%)
Scottish: 174 (1.92%)
Slovak: 94 (1.04%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 76 (0.84%)
Swiss: 17 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 73 (0.81%)
United States or American: 305 (3.37%)
Welsh: 69 (0.76%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 67 (0.74%)
Other ancestries: 1,904 (21.03%)

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