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Jersey City New Jersey Social and demographic information
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Jersey City New Jersey Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Jersey City city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
240,055 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
67,945 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
158,501 |
66.0 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
3,933 |
5.8 |
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Born in
United States |
145,746 |
60.7 |
| Kindergarten |
3,460 |
5.1 |
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State
of residence |
102,257 |
42.6 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
28,845 |
42.5 |
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Different state |
43,489 |
18.1 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
13,869 |
20.4 |
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Born
outside United States |
12,755 |
5.3 |
| College or
graduate school |
17,838 |
26.3 |
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Foreign born |
81,554 |
34.0 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
39,699 |
16.5 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
33,609 |
14.0 |
| Population
25 years and over |
155,460 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
47,945 |
20.0 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
16,435 |
10.6 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
26,190 |
16.8 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
39,720 |
25.5 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
81,554 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
24,801 |
16.0 |
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Europe |
6,534 |
8.0 |
| Associate
degree |
5,638 |
3.6 |
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Asia |
33,079 |
40.6 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
28,200 |
18.1 |
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Africa |
8,299 |
10.2 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
14,476 |
9.3 |
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Oceania |
104 |
0.1 |
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Latin America |
33,130 |
40.6 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
72.6 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
408 |
0.5 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
27.5 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
223,948 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
189,701 |
100.0 |
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English only |
112,059 |
50.0 |
| Never married |
75,869 |
40.0 |
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Language other
than English |
111,889 |
50.0 |
| Now married,
except separated |
78,967 |
41.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
48,369 |
21.6 |
| Separated |
8,114 |
4.3 |
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Spanish |
57,048 |
25.5 |
| Widowed |
13,124 |
6.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
27,003 |
12.1 |
| Female |
10,783 |
5.7 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
26,139 |
11.7 |
| Divorced |
13,627 |
7.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
10,260 |
4.6 |
| Female |
7,852 |
4.1 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
20,335 |
9.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
7,506 |
3.4 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
240,055 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
8,381 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
227,149 |
94.6 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
2,996 |
35.7 |
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Arab |
6,764 |
2.8 |
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Czech¹ |
251 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
234 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
180,821 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
616 |
0.3 |
| Civilian
veterans |
10,707 |
5.9 |
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English |
2,605 |
1.1 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
1,081 |
0.5 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
234 |
0.1 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
6,476 |
2.7 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
52,585 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
1,011 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
5,222 |
9.9 |
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Hungarian |
638 |
0.3 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
147,571 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
13,543 |
5.6 |
| With a
disability |
38,020 |
25.8 |
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Italian |
15,731 |
6.6 |
| Percent
employed |
54.0 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
142 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
109,551 |
74.2 |
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Norwegian |
408 |
0.2 |
| Percent
employed |
68.9 |
(X) |
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Polish |
7,215 |
3.0 |
| Population
65 years and over |
22,183 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
375 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
10,871 |
49.0 |
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Russian |
1,653 |
0.7 |
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Scotch-Irish |
523 |
0.2 |
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Scottish |
800 |
0.3 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
365 |
0.2 |
| Population
5 years and over |
223,948 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
5,342 |
2.2 |
| Same house in
1995 |
121,545 |
54.3 |
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Swedish |
409 |
0.2 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
84,057 |
37.5 |
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Swiss |
150 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
56,709 |
25.3 |
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Ukrainian |
682 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
27,348 |
12.2 |
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United States
or American |
4,513 |
1.9 |
| Same state |
7,841 |
3.5 |
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Welsh |
220 |
0.1 |
| Different
state |
19,507 |
8.7 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
5,769 |
2.4 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
18,346 |
8.2 |
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Other
ancestries |
149,399 |
62.2 |
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| Date: January
2, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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