ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for New Jersey -- Table 2

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile New Jersey

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,132,946	2,106,455	2,159,437
Nursery school, preschool	178,326	166,410	190,242
Kindergarten	119,393	109,521	129,265
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	952,789	937,300	968,278
High school grade (grades 9-12)	433,708	418,630	448,786
College or graduate school	448,730	427,656	469,804

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	5,532,569	5,520,625	5,544,513
Less than 9th grade	309,417	292,513	326,321
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	598,130	571,171	625,089
High school graduate (including equivalency)	1,682,276	1,645,951	1,718,601
Some college, no degree	922,683	888,533	956,833
Associate degree	303,655	284,599	322,711
Bachelor's degree	1,090,776	1,064,251	1,117,301
Graduate or professional degree	625,632	600,978	650,286

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.6	82.9	84.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	31.0	30.3	31.7

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	3,074,832	3,064,176	3,085,488
Never married	955,781	931,483	980,079
Now married, except separated	1,785,363	1,758,361	1,812,365
Separated	52,317	46,407	58,227
Widowed	84,613	77,407	91,819
Divorced	196,758	183,150	210,366

Females 15 years and over	3,395,448	3,385,631	3,405,266
Never married	890,542	865,419	915,665
Now married, except separated	1,735,966	1,711,081	1,760,851
Separated	77,499	67,997	87,001
Widowed	381,827	368,398	395,256
Divorced	309,614	293,984	325,244

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	133,910	121,436	146,384
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	30,484	24,663	36,305
Per 1,000 unmarried women	31	24	38
As a percent of all women with a birth	22.8	19.2	26.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	62	55	69
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	32	20	44
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	115	102	128
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	30	25	35

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	159,149	144,548	173,750
Responsible for grandchildren	57,620	47,336	67,904
less than 1 year	12,846	7,574	18,118
1 or 2 years	13,749	9,221	18,277
3 or 4 years	9,077	5,569	12,585
5 or more years	21,948	16,153	27,743

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	64.3	58.9	69.7
Percent who are married	66.5	58.6	74.4
Percent who are in labor force	51.1	44.2	58.0
Percent who are in poverty	20.2	14.1	26.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	6,134,403	6,131,190	6,137,616
Civilian veterans	630,399	609,812	650,986

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,770,334	1,755,395	1,785,273
With a disability	112,539	100,116	124,962

Population 21 to 64 years	4,832,465	4,814,876	4,850,054
With a disability	577,655	552,200	603,110
Percent employed	48.9	46.4	51.4
No disability	4,254,810	4,223,671	4,285,949
Percent employed	79.1	78.4	79.8

Population 65 years and over	1,050,691	1,041,887	1,059,495
With a disability	419,077	402,430	435,724

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	8,114,527	8,105,610	8,123,444
Same house	7,137,612	7,085,899	7,189,325
Different house in the U.S.	913,631	862,029	965,233
Same county	544,525	502,409	586,641
Different county	369,106	339,126	399,087
Same state	192,521	169,929	215,113
Different state	176,585	159,461	193,709
Abroad	63,284	51,571	74,997

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	8,219,529	*****	*****
Native	6,788,510	6,746,758	6,830,262
Born in United States	6,601,687	6,560,838	6,642,536
State of residence	4,364,887	4,314,263	4,415,511
Different state	2,236,800	2,193,278	2,280,322
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	186,823	172,595	201,051
Foreign born	1,431,019	1,389,267	1,472,771
Naturalized citizen	682,621	654,650	710,592
Not a citizen	748,398	712,002	784,794
Entered 1990 or later	578,073	542,710	613,436
Entered before 1990	852,946	819,309	886,583

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	1,431,019	1,389,267	1,472,771
Europe	326,216	304,750	347,683
Asia	420,216	406,750	433,682
Africa	67,829	53,901	81,757
Oceania	2,773	955	4,591
Latin America	598,509	566,809	630,209
Northern America	15,476	11,364	19,588

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	7,661,313	7,653,510	7,669,116
English only	5,722,642	5,676,940	5,768,344
Language other than English	1,938,671	1,891,898	1,985,444
Speak English less than "very well"	788,154	754,816	821,492
Spanish	935,994	915,786	956,202
Speak English less than "very well"	436,161	412,097	460,225
Other Indo-European languages	628,634	588,199	669,069
Speak English less than "very well"	209,410	190,993	227,827
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	282,490	264,743	300,237
Speak English less than "very well"	116,419	103,422	129,416
Other languages	91,553	73,520	109,586
Speak English less than "very well"	26,164	19,647	32,682

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	8,219,529	*****	*****
Arab	76,620	59,216	94,024
Czech	24,626	19,816	29,436
Danish	23,707	19,117	28,297
Dutch	136,059	121,839	150,279
English	563,997	537,264	590,730
French (except Basque)	147,704	133,502	161,906
French Canadian	22,802	17,454	28,150
German	1,068,681	1,027,583	1,109,779
Greek	65,075	53,048	77,102
Hungarian	136,240	121,611	150,869
Irish	1,418,513	1,366,493	1,470,533
Italian	1,512,996	1,467,446	1,558,546
Lithuanian	43,289	36,489	50,089
Norwegian	44,973	37,251	52,695
Polish	588,724	551,863	625,585
Portuguese	76,223	57,806	94,640
Russian	203,861	186,275	221,447
Scotch-Irish	97,058	85,638	108,478
Scottish	107,962	97,338	118,586
Slovak	55,719	46,807	64,631
Subsaharan African	69,574	53,242	85,906
Swedish	57,712	48,906	66,518
Swiss	20,402	14,059	26,745
Ukrainian	83,814	71,279	96,349
United States or American	222,646	201,387	243,905
Welsh	42,479	34,945	50,013
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	126,125	103,685	148,565

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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