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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Bergen County
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
223,439
214,811
232,067
Nursery school, preschool
25,821
22,655
28,987
Kindergarten
14,281
10,400
18,162
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
89,044
83,959
94,129
High school grade (grades 9-12)
42,386
37,776
46,996
College or graduate school
51,907
45,802
58,012
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
614,357
612,034
616,680
Less than 9th grade
32,934
26,610
39,258
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
45,218
37,310
53,126
High school graduate (including equivalency)
168,990
157,506
180,474
Some college, no degree
93,033
84,844
101,222
Associate degree
30,102
24,307
35,897
Bachelor's degree
155,518
143,145
167,891
Graduate or professional degree
88,562
78,977
98,147
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
87.3
85.8
88.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
39.7
37.6
41.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
333,073
330,831
335,315
Never married
97,695
90,437
104,953
Now married, except separated
200,381
191,978
208,784
Separated
3,480
1,505
5,455
Widowed
11,777
8,873
14,681
Divorced
19,740
15,338
24,142
 
Females 15 years and over
369,915
368,291
371,539
Never married
89,351
83,149
95,553
Now married, except separated
197,498
189,751
205,245
Separated
4,362
2,105
6,619
Widowed
43,774
39,520
48,028
Divorced
34,930
30,320
39,540
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
7,843
5,160
10,526
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,544
188
2,900
Per 1,000 unmarried women
16
1
31
As a percent of all women with a birth
19.7
4.4
35.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
36
24
48
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
30
0
66
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
52
24
80
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
25
13
37
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
13,949
10,177
17,721
Responsible for grandchildren
3,518
1,500
5,536
less than 1 year
678
0
1,746
1 or 2 years
2,412
957
3,867
3 or 4 years
0
0
543
5 or more years
428
0
969
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
69.4
53.7
85.1
Percent who are married
68.6
40.7
96.5
Percent who are in labor force
57.4
34.0
80.8
Percent who are in poverty
6.6
0.0
17.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
670,040
669,901
670,179
Civilian veterans
66,818
61,330
72,306
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
170,994
167,232
174,756
With a disability
12,068
7,999
16,137
 
Population 21 to 64 years
517,362
513,089
521,636
With a disability
46,291
39,130
53,452
Percent employed
51.0
43.1
58.9
No disability
471,071
463,460
478,682
Percent employed
78.2
75.9
80.5
 
Population 65 years and over
129,255
127,049
131,461
With a disability
46,918
41,070
52,766
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
865,342
862,370
868,314
Same house
776,403
761,449
791,357
Different house in the U.S.
83,337
68,980
97,694
Same county
55,017
42,482
67,552
Different county
28,320
22,316
34,324
Same state
10,959
7,423
14,495
Different state
17,361
12,865
21,857
Abroad
5,602
2,602
8,602
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
872,769
*****
*****
Native
660,479
643,393
677,565
Born in United States
648,264
631,292
665,236
State of residence
377,644
360,251
395,037
Different state
270,620
254,425
286,815
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
12,215
8,602
15,829
Foreign born
212,290
195,204
229,376
Naturalized citizen
111,751
101,216
122,286
Not a citizen
100,539
84,900
116,178
Entered 1990 or later
77,389
62,465
92,313
Entered before 1990
134,901
123,151
146,651
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
212,290
195,204
229,376
Europe
54,960
46,042
63,878
Asia
87,596
80,476
94,716
Africa
4,051
1,370
6,732
Oceania
0
0
543
Latin America
62,925
51,131
74,719
Northern America
2,758
1,134
4,382
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
817,611
817,467
817,755
English only
563,288
544,821
581,755
Language other than English
254,323
235,866
272,780
Speak English less than "very well"
90,153
78,134
102,172
Spanish
77,241
71,869
82,613
Speak English less than "very well"
28,315
22,187
34,443
Other Indo-European languages
97,198
80,314
114,082
Speak English less than "very well"
30,790
21,656
39,924
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
64,570
57,178
71,962
Speak English less than "very well"
28,003
21,525
34,481
Other languages
15,314
6,853
23,775
Speak English less than "very well"
3,045
1,052
5,038
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
872,769
*****
*****
Arab
12,494
6,343
18,645
Czech
1,941
845
3,037
Danish
2,426
840
4,012
Dutch
13,193
9,342
17,044
English
42,769
35,816
49,722
French (except Basque)
11,307
7,873
14,741
French Canadian
2,093
1,004
3,182
German
107,850
94,985
120,715
Greek
10,999
6,628
15,370
Hungarian
9,534
5,097
13,971
Irish
144,882
132,571
157,193
Italian
199,914
184,623
215,205
Lithuanian
2,823
23
5,623
Norwegian
5,546
2,891
8,201
Polish
56,855
47,529
66,181
Portuguese
908
233
1,583
Russian
50,553
39,074
62,032
Scotch-Irish
10,594
6,233
14,955
Scottish
13,068
9,007
17,129
Slovak
3,632
1,330
5,934
Subsaharan African
3,586
926
6,246
Swedish
6,258
3,489
9,027
Swiss
2,390
695
4,085
Ukrainian
5,998
3,482
8,514
United States or American
24,680
18,446
30,914
Welsh
4,218
1,609
6,827
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
12,100
7,518
16,682
 

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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