Essex County, NJ Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Essex county new jersey dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school221,424100.0
Nursery school, preschool18,3618.3
Kindergarten12,0445.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)95,94243.3
High school (grades 9-12)47,39321.4
College or graduate school47,68421.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over513,570100.0
Less than 9th grade47,8599.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma77,54515.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)139,57827.2
Some college, no degree86,46516.8
Associate degree20,9564.1
Bachelor's degree84,95316.5
Graduate or professional degree56,21410.9
Percent high school graduate or higher75.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher27.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over618,968100.0
Never married222,58736.0
Now married, except separated278,69445.0
Separated24,2373.9
Widowed47,1507.6
Female
38,3646.2
Divorced46,3007.5
Female
28,2944.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years23,877100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren9,27338.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over587,516100.0
Civilian veterans47,5968.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years179,209100.0
With a disability15,9948.9
Population 21 to 64 years454,864100.0
With a disability104,49923.0
Percent employed
54.2(X)
No disability350,36577.0
Percent employed
70.9(X)
Population 65 years and over89,691100.0
With a disability37,75142.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over736,536100.0
Same house in 1995426,60757.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995273,65837.2
Same county
186,08225.3
Different county
87,57611.9
Same state
49,0556.7
Different state
38,5215.2
Elsewhere in 199536,2714.9
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population793,633100.0
Native625,46878.8
Born in United States
596,54675.2
State of residence
424,21953.5
Different state
172,32721.7
Born outside United States
28,9223.6
Foreign born168,16521.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000
72,9439.2
Naturalized citizen
73,9839.3
Not a citizen
94,18211.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)168,165100.0
Europe35,60121.2
Asia23,74314.1
Africa11,5436.9
Oceania1870.1
Latin America95,73856.9
Northern America1,3530.8
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over736,536100.0
English only517,92370.3
Language other than English218,61329.7
Speak English less than 'very well
98,26213.3
Spanish
108,72314.8
Speak English less than "very well"
52,9937.2
Other Indo-European languages
79,84310.8
Speak English less than "very well"
36,2234.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages
17,7022.4
Speak English less than "very well"
6,6200.9
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population793,633100.0

Total ancestries reported

774,32997.6
Arab3,4950.4
Czech12,1110.3
Danish8850.1
Dutch3,4780.4
English19,5052.5
French (except Basque)15,4070.7
French Canadian11,1380.1
German37,9114.8
Greek3,2280.4
Hungarian4,4270.6
Irish154,7386.9
Italian92,38911.6
Lithuanian1,9870.3
Norwegian2,1220.3
Polish24,5903.1
Portuguese18,6042.3
Russian16,5922.1
Scotch-Irish3,5850.5
Scottish5,3810.7
Slovak1,3640.2
Subsaharan African17,6392.2
Swedish2,4990.3
Swiss1,1280.1
Ukrainian3,7410.5
United States or American20,3912.6
Welsh1,4990.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)39,5645.0
Other ancestries384,93148.5
(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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