ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for New Jersey -- Table 2

2001 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	2,025,397	2,001,594	2,049,200
Nursery school, preschool	153,951	144,688	163,214
Kindergarten	101,422	92,312	110,532
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	911,765	896,041	927,490
High school grade (grades 9-12)	425,880	412,602	439,158
College or graduate school	432,379	413,597	451,161

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	5,720,017	5,707,672	5,732,362
Less than 9th grade	318,184	301,201	335,167
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	553,924	529,313	578,535
High school graduate (including equivalency)	1,756,551	1,714,790	1,798,313
Some college, no degree	975,874	945,834	1,005,914
Associate degree	297,719	280,153	315,285
Bachelor's degree	1,149,910	1,120,085	1,179,735
Graduate or professional degree	667,855	644,484	691,226

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.8	84.3	85.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	31.8	31.1	32.5

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	3,158,669	3,151,076	3,166,262
Never married	972,444	951,205	993,683
Now married, except separated	1,858,850	1,836,342	1,881,358
Separated	55,275	47,248	63,302
Widowed	86,341	77,716	94,966
Divorced	185,759	174,090	197,428

Females 15 years and over	3,503,168	3,495,463	3,510,874
Never married	875,169	852,379	897,959
Now married, except separated	1,827,332	1,799,985	1,854,679
Separated	100,907	90,618	111,196
Widowed	375,139	362,464	387,814
Divorced	324,621	306,829	342,413

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	138,972	127,513	150,431
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	30,763	24,109	37,417
Per 1,000 unmarried women	31	24	38
As a percent of all women with a birth	22.1	17.8	26.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	62	57	67
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	31	19	43
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	121	109	133
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	28	25	31

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	212,482	197,063	227,901
Responsible for grandchildren	76,656	66,551	86,761
less than 1 year	14,302	9,393	19,211
1 or 2 years	24,506	18,038	30,974
3 or 4 years	8,998	6,239	11,757
5 or more years	28,850	22,663	35,038

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	67.2	63.2	71.2
Percent who are married	71.3	64.4	78.2
Percent who are in labor force	55.1	49.5	60.7
Percent who are in poverty	19.0	13.7	24.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	6,350,523	6,346,217	6,354,830
Civilian veterans	604,891	586,129	623,653

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,679,225	1,667,893	1,690,557
With a disability	105,768	94,919	116,617

Population 21 to 64 years	5,037,324	5,023,947	5,050,701
With a disability	565,788	542,589	588,987
Percent employed	50.4	48.3	52.5
No disability	4,471,536	4,445,623	4,497,449
Percent employed	78.4	77.9	78.9

Population 65 years and over	1,050,933	1,044,287	1,057,579
With a disability	402,494	389,159	415,829

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	8,188,991	8,181,276	8,196,706
Same house	7,261,882	7,205,013	7,318,751
Different house in the U.S.	847,783	794,396	901,170
Same county	494,580	451,315	537,845
Different county	353,203	325,579	380,827
Same state	213,224	189,603	236,845
Different state	139,979	125,586	154,372
Abroad	79,326	63,465	95,187

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	8,289,599	*****	*****
Native	6,791,388	6,744,337	6,838,439
Born in United States	6,584,851	6,537,819	6,631,883
State of residence	4,386,680	4,333,179	4,440,181
Different state	2,198,171	2,151,841	2,244,501
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	206,537	189,616	223,458
Foreign born	1,498,211	1,451,160	1,545,262
Naturalized citizen	686,509	659,644	713,374
Not a citizen	811,702	768,119	855,285
Entered 1990 or later	704,169	665,015	743,324
Entered before 1990	794,042	767,413	820,671

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	1,498,211	1,451,160	1,545,262
Europe	341,526	319,584	363,468
Asia	428,987	415,668	442,306
Africa	62,906	49,353	76,459
Oceania	2,737	996	4,478
Latin America	645,424	611,586	679,262
Northern America	16,631	12,684	20,578

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	7,774,277	7,769,865	7,778,689
English only	5,791,912	5,751,644	5,832,180
Language other than English	1,982,365	1,941,990	2,022,741
Speak English less than "very well"	911,099	879,412	942,786
Spanish	998,413	975,691	1,021,135
Speak English less than "very well"	509,024	485,648	532,400
Other Indo-European languages	636,530	604,175	668,885
Speak English less than "very well"	242,468	221,257	263,679
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	268,860	251,162	286,558
Speak English less than "very well"	135,367	122,319	148,415
Other languages	78,562	63,423	93,701
Speak English less than "very well"	24,240	17,868	30,612

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	8,289,599	*****	*****
Arab	81,061	67,488	94,634
Czech	27,093	21,422	32,764
Danish	23,506	18,678	28,334
Dutch	135,303	121,910	148,696
English	570,477	543,493	597,461
French (except Basque)	142,771	129,238	156,304
French Canadian	31,179	24,048	38,310
German	1,185,155	1,147,873	1,222,437
Greek	61,625	50,440	72,810
Hungarian	122,648	109,095	136,201
Irish	1,374,858	1,334,354	1,415,362
Italian	1,517,384	1,474,954	1,559,814
Lithuanian	40,110	33,206	47,014
Norwegian	54,020	46,514	61,526
Polish	604,150	572,211	636,089
Portuguese	70,670	58,511	82,829
Russian	211,615	190,403	232,827
Scotch-Irish	86,227	74,771	97,683
Scottish	114,583	102,888	126,278
Slovak	53,851	44,309	63,393
Subsaharan African	53,847	39,926	67,768
Swedish	73,735	61,456	86,014
Swiss	24,919	18,580	31,258
Ukrainian	74,162	62,447	85,877
United States or American	288,418	266,011	310,825
Welsh	51,223	42,232	60,214
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	105,033	82,712	127,354

The 2001 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 2001 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 2001 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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