Linden, NJ Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school9,606100.0
Nursery school, preschool6707.0
Kindergarten4544.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,23744.1
High school (grades 9-12)2,12722.1
College or graduate school2,11822.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over27,238100.0
Less than 9th grade2,3638.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,57713.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)11,15340.9
Some college, no degree4,90518.0
Associate degree1,3985.1
Bachelor's degree2,6279.6
Graduate or professional degree1,2154.5
Percent high school graduate or higher78.2(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher14.1(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over31,988100.0
Never married9,48229.6
Now married, except separated16,24950.8
Separated7092.2
Widowed3,0979.7
Female
2,5908.1
Divorced2,4517.7
Female
1,4964.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,222100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren51041.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over30,620100.0
Civilian veterans3,24710.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,698100.0
With a disability5927.7
Population 21 to 64 years22,754100.0
With a disability4,09418.0
Percent employed
61.0(X)
No disability18,66082.0
Percent employed
78.1(X)
Population 65 years and over6,311100.0
With a disability2,83144.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over37,007100.0
Same house in 199523,13962.5
Different house in the U.S. in 199512,24733.1
Same county
8,57723.2
Different county
3,6709.9
Same state
2,5076.8
Different state
1,1633.1
Elsewhere in 19951,6214.4
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population39,394100.0
Native29,04373.7
Born in United States
28,07771.3
State of residence
21,86755.5
Different state
6,21015.8
Born outside United States
9662.5
Foreign born10,35126.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4,21210.7
Naturalized citizen
5,13713.0
Not a citizen
5,21413.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)10,351100.0
Europe5,06448.9
Asia8017.7
Africa1781.7
Oceania00.0
Latin America4,24641.0
Northern America620.6
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over37,007100.0
English only23,13562.5
Language other than English13,87237.5
Speak English less than 'very well
6,58717.8
Spanish
4,90613.3
Speak English less than "very well"
2,2156.0
Other Indo-European languages
8,21722.2
Speak English less than "very well"
4,06811.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages
4711.3
Speak English less than "very well"
2140.6
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population39,394100.0

Total ancestries reported

41,035104.2
Arab2110.5
Czech14111.0
Danish660.2
Dutch1510.4
English1,0682.7
French (except Basque)13941.0
French Canadian1710.2
German2,6926.8
Greek2710.7
Hungarian3660.9
Irish13,5419.0
Italian4,03910.3
Lithuanian4381.1
Norwegian520.1
Polish7,09818.0
Portuguese1,2163.1
Russian5081.3
Scotch-Irish1020.3
Scottish1420.4
Slovak9272.4
Subsaharan African4971.3
Swedish1150.3
Swiss70.0
Ukrainian6971.8
United States or American9572.4
Welsh520.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)1,7234.4
Other ancestries13,22333.6
(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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