Jersey City, NJ Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school67,945100.0
Nursery school, preschool3,9335.8
Kindergarten3,4605.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)28,84542.5
High school (grades 9-12)13,86920.4
College or graduate school17,83826.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over155,460100.0
Less than 9th grade16,43510.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma26,19016.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)39,72025.5
Some college, no degree24,80116.0
Associate degree5,6383.6
Bachelor's degree28,20018.1
Graduate or professional degree14,4769.3
Percent high school graduate or higher72.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher27.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over189,701100.0
Never married75,86940.0
Now married, except separated78,96741.6
Separated8,1144.3
Widowed13,1246.9
Female
10,7835.7
Divorced13,6277.2
Female
7,8524.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years8,381100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren2,99635.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over180,821100.0
Civilian veterans10,7075.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years52,585100.0
With a disability5,2229.9
Population 21 to 64 years147,571100.0
With a disability38,02025.8
Percent employed
54.0(X)
No disability109,55174.2
Percent employed
68.9(X)
Population 65 years and over22,183100.0
With a disability10,87149.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over223,948100.0
Same house in 1995121,54554.3
Different house in the U.S. in 199584,05737.5
Same county
56,70925.3
Different county
27,34812.2
Same state
7,8413.5
Different state
19,5078.7
Elsewhere in 199518,3468.2
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population240,055100.0
Native158,50166.0
Born in United States
145,74660.7
State of residence
102,25742.6
Different state
43,48918.1
Born outside United States
12,7555.3
Foreign born81,55434.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
39,69916.5
Naturalized citizen
33,60914.0
Not a citizen
47,94520.0
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)81,554100.0
Europe6,5348.0
Asia33,07940.6
Africa8,29910.2
Oceania1040.1
Latin America33,13040.6
Northern America4080.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over223,948100.0
English only112,05950.0
Language other than English111,88950.0
Speak English less than 'very well
48,36921.6
Spanish
57,04825.5
Speak English less than "very well"
27,00312.1
Other Indo-European languages
26,13911.7
Speak English less than "very well"
10,2604.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages
20,3359.1
Speak English less than "very well"
7,5063.4
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population240,055100.0

Total ancestries reported

227,14994.6
Arab6,7642.8
Czech12510.1
Danish2340.1
Dutch6160.3
English2,6051.1
French (except Basque)11,0810.5
French Canadian12340.1
German6,4762.7
Greek1,0110.4
Hungarian6380.3
Irish113,5435.6
Italian15,7316.6
Lithuanian1420.1
Norwegian4080.2
Polish7,2153.0
Portuguese3750.2
Russian1,6530.7
Scotch-Irish5230.2
Scottish8000.3
Slovak3650.2
Subsaharan African5,3422.2
Swedish4090.2
Swiss1500.1
Ukrainian6820.3
United States or American4,5131.9
Welsh2200.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)5,7692.4
Other ancestries149,39962.2
(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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