Salem County, NJ Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Salem county new jersey dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	16,618	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,143	6.9
Kindergarten	907	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	8,032	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	4,100	24.7
College or graduate school	2,436	14.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	42,789	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,017	7.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,777	13.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,784	39.2
Some college, no degree	7,805	18.2
Associate degree	2,894	6.8
Bachelor's degree	4,808	11.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,704	4.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	50,869	100.0
Never married	13,103	25.8
Now married, except separated	27,911	54.9
Separated	1,349	2.7
Widowed	4,274	8.4
Female	3,435	6.8
Divorced	4,232	8.3
Female	2,230	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,502	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	672	44.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	47,802	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,020	14.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	14,833	100.0
With a disability	1,197	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	35,961	100.0
With a disability	6,945	19.3
Percent employed	57.1	(X)
No disability	29,016	80.7
Percent employed	78.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,758	100.0
With a disability	3,890	44.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	60,428	100.0
Same house in 1995	40,618	67.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,185	31.7
Same county	11,782	19.5
Different county	7,403	12.3
Same state	4,668	7.7
Different state	2,735	4.5
Elsewhere in 1995	625	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	64,285	100.0
Native	62,665	97.5
Born in United States	61,720	96.0
State of residence	41,608	64.7
Different state	20,112	31.3
Born outside United States	945	1.5
Foreign born	1,620	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	632	1.0
Naturalized citizen	890	1.4
Not a citizen	730	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,620	100.0
Europe	577	35.6
Asia	362	22.3
Africa	83	5.1
Oceania	12	0.7
Latin America	515	31.8
Northern America	71	4.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	60,428	100.0
English only	56,603	93.7
Language other than English	3,825	6.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,598	2.6
Spanish	2,153	3.6
Speak English less than "very well"	1,019	1.7
Other Indo-European languages	1,282	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	377	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	271	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	144	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	64,285	100.0
Total ancestries reported	71,178	110.7
Arab	68	0.1
Czech¹	193	0.3
Danish	132	0.2
Dutch	1,392	2.2
English	8,961	13.9
French (except Basque)¹	1,350	2.1
French Canadian¹	345	0.5
German	12,853	20.0
Greek	321	0.5
Hungarian	373	0.6
Irish¹	11,002	17.1
Italian	7,855	12.2
Lithuanian	242	0.4
Norwegian	264	0.4
Polish	2,614	4.1
Portuguese	130	0.2
Russian	421	0.7
Scotch-Irish	666	1.0
Scottish	1,206	1.9
Slovak	78	0.1
Subsaharan African	410	0.6
Swedish	957	1.5
Swiss	84	0.1
Ukrainian	513	0.8
United States or American	3,944	6.1
Welsh	960	1.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	239	0.4
Other ancestries	13,605	21.2

(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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