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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: West New York town, New Jersey |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Number |
Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
10,507 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
631 |
6.0 |
Kindergarten |
680 |
6.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
4,455 |
42.4 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
2,435 |
23.2 |
College or graduate school |
2,306 |
21.9 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
30,669 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
7,867 |
25.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
6,106 |
19.9 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
6,832 |
22.3 |
Some college, no degree |
3,931 |
12.8 |
Associate degree |
906 |
3.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
2,795 |
9.1 |
Graduate or professional degree |
2,232 |
7.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
54.4 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
16.4 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
37,198 |
100.0 |
Never married |
12,276 |
33.0 |
Now married, except separated |
17,343 |
46.6 |
Separated |
1,937 |
5.2 |
Widowed |
2,326 |
6.3 |
Female |
1,995 |
5.4 |
Divorced |
3,316 |
8.9 |
Female |
2,043 |
5.5 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,389 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
486 |
35.0 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
35,625 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
1,065 |
3.0 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
9,071 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,126 |
12.4 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
27,690 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8,370 |
30.2 |
Percent employed |
51.7 |
(X) |
No disability |
19,320 |
69.8 |
Percent employed |
63.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
5,976 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,841 |
47.5 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
42,766 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
21,625 |
50.6 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
15,731 |
36.8 |
Same county |
11,560 |
27.0 |
Different county |
4,171 |
9.8 |
Same state |
1,431 |
3.3 |
Different state |
2,740 |
6.4 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
5,410 |
12.7 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
45,768 |
100.0 |
Native |
15,937 |
34.8 |
Born in United States |
14,329 |
31.3 |
State of residence |
9,940 |
21.7 |
Different state |
4,389 |
9.6 |
Born outside United States |
1,608 |
3.5 |
Foreign born |
29,831 |
65.2 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
12,994 |
28.4 |
Naturalized citizen |
11,009 |
24.1 |
Not a citizen |
18,822 |
41.1 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
29,831 |
100.0 |
Europe |
915 |
3.1 |
Asia |
1,489 |
5.0 |
Africa |
290 |
1.0 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
27,112 |
90.9 |
Northern America |
25 |
0.1 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
42,766 |
100.0 |
English only |
6,538 |
15.3 |
Language other than English |
36,228 |
84.7 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
22,573 |
52.8 |
Spanish |
33,201 |
77.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
21,341 |
49.9 |
Other Indo-European languages |
1,847 |
4.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
677 |
1.6 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
641 |
1.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
313 |
0.7 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
45,768 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
40,967 |
89.5 |
Arab |
520 |
1.1 |
Czech1 |
28 |
0.1 |
Danish |
23 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
49 |
0.1 |
English |
246 |
0.5 |
French (except Basque)1 |
222 |
0.5 |
French Canadian1 |
34 |
0.1 |
German |
781 |
1.7 |
Greek |
124 |
0.3 |
Hungarian |
120 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
775 |
1.7 |
Italian |
1,769 |
3.9 |
Lithuanian |
27 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
28 |
0.1 |
Polish |
214 |
0.5 |
Portuguese |
76 |
0.2 |
Russian |
148 |
0.3 |
Scotch-Irish |
25 |
0.1 |
Scottish |
62 |
0.1 |
Slovak |
14 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
209 |
0.5 |
Swedish |
72 |
0.2 |
Swiss |
42 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
26 |
0.1 |
United States or American |
1,207 |
2.6 |
Welsh |
10 |
0.0 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
289 |
0.6 |
Other ancestries |
33,827 |
73.9 |
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Number |
Percent |
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(X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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