Woodbury, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3482120, place: Woodbury city, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,837 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 252 (8.88%)
Kindergarten: 160 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,211 (42.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 660 (23.26%)
College or graduate school: 554 (19.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,842 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 440 (6.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 905 (13.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,225 (32.52%)
Some college, no degree: 1,272 (18.59%)
Associate degree: 502 (7.34%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,028 (15.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 470 (6.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,161 (100%)
Never married: 2,669 (32.7%)
Now married, except separated: 3,606 (44.19%)
Separated: 254 (3.11%)
Total Widowed: 832 (10.19%)
Widowed Female: 698 (8.55%)
Total Divorced: 800 (9.8%)
Divorced Female: 468 (5.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 233 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 98 (42.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,755 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,044 (13.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,232 (100%)
--With a disability: 182 (8.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,421 (100%)
--With a disability: 979 (18.06%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 4,442 (81.94%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,565 (100%)
--With a disability: 718 (45.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,636 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,970 (61.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,587 (37.22%)
--Same county: 2,271 (23.57%)
--Different county: 1,316 (13.66%)
----Same state: 876 (9.09%)
----Different state: 440 (4.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 79 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,307 (100%)
Native: 10,030 (97.31%)
--Born in United States: 9,915 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,394 (62.04%)
----Different state: 3,521 (34.16%)
--Born outside United States: 115 (1.12%)
Foreign born: 277 (2.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 125 (1.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 131 (1.27%)
--Not a citizen: 146 (1.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 277 (100%)
Europe: 141 (50.9%)
Asia: 17 (6.14%)
Africa: 15 (5.42%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 90 (32.49%)
Northern America: 14 (5.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,636 (100%)
English only: 9,063 (94.05%)
Language other than English: 573 (5.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 198 (2.05%)
--Spanish: 327 (3.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (1.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 216 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 19 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,307 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,184% (118.21%)
Arab: 9 (0.09%)
Czech: 22 (0.21%)
Danish: 23 (0.22%)
Dutch: 81 (0.79%)
English: 1,197 (11.61%)
French (except Basque): 276 (2.68%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.17%)
German: 2,074 (20.12%)
Greek: 53 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 60 (0.58%)
Irish: 2,143 (20.79%)
Italian: 1,421 (13.79%)
Lithuanian: 71 (0.69%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.17%)
Polish: 442 (4.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 96 (0.93%)
Scotch-Irish: 234 (2.27%)
Scottish: 199 (1.93%)
Slovak: 23 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 87 (0.84%)
Swedish: 143 (1.39%)
Swiss: 13 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.26%)
United States or American: 478 (4.64%)
Welsh: 167 (1.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 28 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 2,781 (26.98%)

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