Wrightstown, NJ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3482960, place: Wrightstown borough, New Jersey)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 245 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (9.39%)
Kindergarten: 19 (7.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 102 (41.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 45 (18.37%)
College or graduate school: 56 (22.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 434 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (4.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 67 (15.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 186 (42.86%)
Some college, no degree: 109 (25.12%)
Associate degree: 20 (4.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 28 (6.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6 (1.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 556 (100%)
Never married: 232 (41.73%)
Now married, except separated: 199 (35.79%)
Separated: 27 (4.86%)
Total Widowed: 35 (6.29%)
Widowed Female: 31 (5.58%)
Total Divorced: 63 (11.33%)
Divorced Female: 31 (5.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 489 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 90 (18.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 213 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (16.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 388 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (23.97%)
----Percent employed: 59.1%
--No disability: 295 (76.03%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
Population 65 years and over: 67 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (40.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 690 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 332 (48.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 299 (43.33%)
--Same county: 173 (25.07%)
--Different county: 126 (18.26%)
----Same state: 54 (7.83%)
----Different state: 72 (10.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 59 (8.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 747 (100%)
Native: 632 (84.61%)
--Born in United States: 610 (100%)
----State of residence: 353 (47.26%)
----Different state: 257 (34.4%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (2.95%)
Foreign born: 115 (15.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 61 (8.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 45 (6.02%)
--Not a citizen: 70 (9.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 115 (100%)
Europe: 37 (32.17%)
Asia: 28 (24.35%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 50 (43.48%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 690 (100%)
English only: 539 (78.12%)
Language other than English: 151 (21.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (9.42%)
--Spanish: 62 (8.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (3.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 60 (8.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (2.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (4.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (3.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 747 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 772% (103.35%)
Arab: 4 (0.54%)
Czech: 4 (0.54%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (1.34%)
English: 36 (4.82%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.4%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.27%)
German: 88 (11.78%)
Greek: 10 (1.34%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.67%)
Irish: 101 (13.52%)
Italian: 60 (8.03%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.67%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.4%)
Polish: 48 (6.43%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.27%)
Russian: 3 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.27%)
Scottish: 11 (1.47%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.27%)
Swedish: 8 (1.07%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 19 (2.54%)
Welsh: 1 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 27 (3.61%)
Other ancestries: 318 (42.57%)

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