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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Middlesex--Somerset--Hunterdon, NJ PMSA
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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
293,887
282,715
305,059
Nursery school, preschool
23,902
20,011
27,793
Kindergarten
19,912
15,642
24,182
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
121,903
115,105
128,701
High school grade (grades 9-12)
54,057
49,241
58,873
College or graduate school
74,113
65,401
82,825
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
769,930
766,350
773,511
Less than 9th grade
29,671
24,840
34,502
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
55,590
47,208
63,972
High school graduate (including equivalency)
210,796
196,588
225,004
Some college, no degree
123,920
115,079
132,761
Associate degree
43,801
38,066
49,536
Bachelor's degree
193,201
179,928
206,474
Graduate or professional degree
112,951
102,477
123,425
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
88.9
87.6
90.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
39.8
38.0
41.6
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
438,522
434,484
442,560
Never married
125,989
118,795
133,183
Now married, except separated
270,380
262,510
278,251
Separated
3,748
1,613
5,883
Widowed
8,457
6,258
10,656
Divorced
29,948
25,316
34,580
 
Females 15 years and over
461,045
456,724
465,366
Never married
112,662
104,846
120,478
Now married, except separated
262,163
254,491
269,836
Separated
6,042
3,369
8,715
Widowed
43,703
39,428
47,978
Divorced
36,475
31,114
41,836
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
18,405
13,737
23,073
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,268
67
2,469
Per 1,000 unmarried women
10
0
20
As a percent of all women with a birth
6.9
0.6
13.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
60
45
75
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
6
0
16
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
103
73
133
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
40
25
55
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
15,149
10,668
19,630
Responsible for grandchildren
3,918
933
6,903
less than 1 year
1,204
6
2,402
1 or 2 years
1,521
0
3,993
3 or 4 years
197
0
524
5 or more years
996
0
2,201
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
58.3
43.0
73.6
Percent who are married
79.1
51.1
100.0
Percent who are in labor force
29.2
0.8
57.6
Percent who are in poverty
38.8
0.0
84.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
856,327
856,325
856,329
Civilian veterans
84,482
78,205
90,759
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
236,293
230,483
242,103
With a disability
8,415
5,871
10,959
 
Population 21 to 64 years
689,749
683,406
696,092
With a disability
62,211
54,446
69,976
Percent employed
59.0
52.7
65.3
No disability
627,538
618,237
636,839
Percent employed
80.1
78.6
81.6
 
Population 65 years and over
132,329
129,082
135,576
With a disability
48,966
44,042
53,890
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,125,579
1,122,528
1,128,630
Same house
983,979
966,788
1,001,170
Different house in the U.S.
122,421
106,239
138,603
Same county
54,843
44,651
65,035
Different county
67,578
54,028
81,128
Same state
39,329
27,140
51,518
Different state
28,249
20,030
36,468
Abroad
19,179
10,571
27,787
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,139,966
*****
*****
Native
904,624
885,694
923,554
Born in United States
882,704
866,323
899,085
State of residence
585,982
565,040
606,924
Different state
296,722
280,785
312,659
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
21,920
16,298
27,542
Foreign born
235,342
216,412
254,272
Naturalized citizen
110,403
97,320
123,486
Not a citizen
124,939
107,565
142,314
Entered 1990 or later
109,230
92,530
125,930
Entered before 1990
126,112
111,665
140,559
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
235,342
216,412
254,272
Europe
44,079
36,727
51,431
Asia
101,625
96,886
106,364
Africa
15,474
7,953
22,995
Oceania
2,048
345
3,751
Latin America
68,736
53,663
83,809
Northern America
3,380
1,091
5,669
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,058,371
1,055,305
1,061,437
English only
763,080
746,187
779,973
Language other than English
295,291
278,268
312,314
Speak English less than "very well"
92,723
79,119
106,327
Spanish
108,216
100,575
115,857
Speak English less than "very well"
43,984
33,478
54,490
Other Indo-European languages
95,908
80,581
111,235
Speak English less than "very well"
20,397
16,076
24,718
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
66,320
57,606
75,034
Speak English less than "very well"
23,370
17,184
29,556
Other languages
24,847
15,836
33,858
Speak English less than "very well"
4,972
2,377
7,567
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,139,966
*****
*****
Arab
14,253
7,554
20,952
Czech
4,620
2,244
6,996
Danish
5,958
3,343
8,573
Dutch
18,028
12,682
23,374
English
66,667
58,495
74,839
French (except Basque)
20,010
15,723
24,297
French Canadian
2,796
915
4,677
German
137,262
125,428
149,096
Greek
6,896
3,332
10,460
Hungarian
48,521
39,405
57,637
Irish
162,404
147,439
177,370
Italian
189,545
172,175
206,915
Lithuanian
7,653
4,653
10,653
Norwegian
5,108
2,976
7,240
Polish
104,410
92,380
116,440
Portuguese
13,282
5,694
20,870
Russian
31,679
24,284
39,074
Scotch-Irish
16,469
11,420
21,518
Scottish
15,800
11,414
20,186
Slovak
12,968
8,399
17,537
Subsaharan African
11,558
4,593
18,523
Swedish
7,800
4,825
10,775
Swiss
6,179
965
11,393
Ukrainian
16,421
11,885
20,957
United States or American
43,253
31,810
54,696
Welsh
3,281
1,743
4,819
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
12,599
6,784
18,414
 

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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