Woodbridge, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3481950, place: Woodbridge CDP, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,192 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 421 (10.04%)
Kindergarten: 239 (5.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,656 (39.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 825 (19.68%)
College or graduate school: 1,051 (25.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,124 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 774 (5.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,141 (8.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,183 (31.87%)
Some college, no degree: 2,522 (19.22%)
Associate degree: 600 (4.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,554 (19.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,350 (10.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,176 (100%)
Never married: 4,184 (27.57%)
Now married, except separated: 8,025 (52.88%)
Separated: 419 (2.76%)
Total Widowed: 1,301 (8.57%)
Widowed Female: 1,108 (7.3%)
Total Divorced: 1,247 (8.22%)
Divorced Female: 828 (5.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 309 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (21.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,530 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,573 (10.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,217 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (5.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,475 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,802 (15.7%)
----Percent employed: 66.1%
--No disability: 9,673 (84.3%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,392 (100%)
--With a disability: 930 (38.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,221 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,531 (61.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,625 (32.66%)
--Same county: 3,005 (17.45%)
--Different county: 2,620 (15.21%)
----Same state: 1,639 (9.52%)
----Different state: 981 (5.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,065 (6.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,496 (100%)
Native: 14,967 (80.92%)
--Born in United States: 14,584 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,067 (59.83%)
----Different state: 3,517 (19.01%)
--Born outside United States: 383 (2.07%)
Foreign born: 3,529 (19.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,839 (9.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,450 (7.84%)
--Not a citizen: 2,079 (11.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,529 (100%)
Europe: 846 (23.97%)
Asia: 1,785 (50.58%)
Africa: 272 (7.71%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 571 (16.18%)
Northern America: 55 (1.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,221 (100%)
English only: 12,382 (71.9%)
Language other than English: 4,839 (28.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,402 (8.14%)
--Spanish: 1,456 (8.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 429 (2.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,748 (10.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 561 (3.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,034 (6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (1.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,496 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,924% (118.53%)
Arab: 212 (1.15%)
Czech: 229 (1.24%)
Danish: 188 (1.02%)
Dutch: 204 (1.1%)
English: 597 (3.23%)
French (except Basque): 234 (1.27%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.13%)
German: 1,859 (10.05%)
Greek: 111 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 1,336 (7.22%)
Irish: 3,079 (16.65%)
Italian: 3,091 (16.71%)
Lithuanian: 154 (0.83%)
Norwegian: 174 (0.94%)
Polish: 2,222 (12.01%)
Portuguese: 75 (0.41%)
Russian: 422 (2.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 130 (0.7%)
Scottish: 82 (0.44%)
Slovak: 539 (2.91%)
Subsaharan African: 150 (0.81%)
Swedish: 86 (0.46%)
Swiss: 11 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 371 (2.01%)
United States or American: 404 (2.18%)
Welsh: 90 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 182 (0.98%)
Other ancestries: 5,668 (30.64%)

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