New Brunswick, NJ Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school20,665100.0
Nursery school, preschool6223.0
Kindergarten7833.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,14920.1
High school (grades 9-12)1,8679.0
College or graduate school13,24464.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over22,088100.0
Less than 9th grade4,76021.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,51115.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,95727.0
Some college, no degree2,86813.0
Associate degree7423.4
Bachelor's degree2,58611.7
Graduate or professional degree1,6647.5
Percent high school graduate or higher62.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher19.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over40,225100.0
Never married22,74556.5
Now married, except separated12,49731.1
Separated1,2193.0
Widowed1,3033.2
Female
1,0752.7
Divorced2,4616.1
Female
1,4693.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,347100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren52038.6
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over38,781100.0
Civilian veterans1,4423.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years13,973100.0
With a disability1,43710.3
Population 21 to 64 years28,259100.0
With a disability5,54619.6
Percent employed
59.4(X)
No disability22,71380.4
Percent employed
71.6(X)
Population 65 years and over2,892100.0
With a disability1,35046.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over45,251100.0
Same house in 199515,39934.0
Different house in the U.S. in 199524,17653.4
Same county
11,27624.9
Different county
12,90028.5
Same state
9,62921.3
Different state
3,2717.2
Elsewhere in 19955,67612.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population48,573100.0
Native32,35866.6
Born in United States
30,53162.9
State of residence
21,79044.9
Different state
8,74118.0
Born outside United States
1,8273.8
Foreign born16,21533.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000
10,98122.6
Naturalized citizen
3,0026.2
Not a citizen
13,21327.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)16,215100.0
Europe9565.9
Asia1,96212.1
Africa7184.4
Oceania260.2
Latin America12,45976.8
Northern America940.6
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over45,251100.0
English only24,35753.8
Language other than English20,89446.2
Speak English less than 'very well
12,04626.6
Spanish
16,10835.6
Speak English less than "very well"
10,54523.3
Other Indo-European languages
2,4735.5
Speak English less than "very well"
7821.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,2222.7
Speak English less than "very well"
4431.0
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population48,573100.0

Total ancestries reported

47,68398.2
Arab5721.2
Czech11300.3
Danish690.1
Dutch1950.4
English9431.9
French (except Basque)12730.6
French Canadian1820.2
German2,5625.3
Greek2420.5
Hungarian9592.0
Irish13,3837.0
Italian3,5447.3
Lithuanian1170.2
Norwegian1380.3
Polish1,7183.5
Portuguese1500.3
Russian8271.7
Scotch-Irish1600.3
Scottish1860.4
Slovak1330.3
Subsaharan African1,0432.1
Swedish1990.4
Swiss160.0
Ukrainian2460.5
United States or American6511.3
Welsh920.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)6681.4
Other ancestries28,38558.4
(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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