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Trenton New Jersey Social and demographic information
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Trenton New Jersey Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Trenton city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
85,258 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
23,450 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
73,234 |
85.9 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
2,159 |
9.2 |
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Born in
United States |
68,131 |
79.9 |
| Kindergarten |
1,299 |
5.5 |
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State
of residence |
52,089 |
61.1 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
11,462 |
48.9 |
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Different state |
16,042 |
18.8 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
5,169 |
22.0 |
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Born
outside United States |
5,103 |
6.0 |
| College or
graduate school |
3,361 |
14.3 |
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Foreign born |
12,024 |
14.1 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
6,849 |
8.0 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
3,503 |
4.1 |
| Population
25 years and over |
53,021 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
8,521 |
10.0 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
6,468 |
12.2 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
13,470 |
25.4 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
16,962 |
32.0 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
12,024 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
9,229 |
17.4 |
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Europe |
1,788 |
14.9 |
| Associate
degree |
1,988 |
3.7 |
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Asia |
518 |
4.3 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
3,070 |
5.8 |
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Africa |
1,340 |
11.1 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
1,834 |
3.5 |
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Oceania |
3 |
0.0 |
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Latin America |
8,357 |
69.5 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
62.4 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
18 |
0.1 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
9.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
78,692 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
64,949 |
100.0 |
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English only |
57,142 |
72.6 |
| Never married |
27,860 |
42.9 |
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Language other
than English |
21,550 |
27.4 |
| Now married,
except separated |
22,103 |
34.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
11,327 |
14.4 |
| Separated |
3,063 |
4.7 |
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Spanish |
15,970 |
20.3 |
| Widowed |
5,387 |
8.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
8,858 |
11.3 |
| Female |
4,306 |
6.6 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
4,460 |
5.7 |
| Divorced |
6,536 |
10.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,084 |
2.6 |
| Female |
3,632 |
5.6 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
435 |
0.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
200 |
0.3 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
85,258 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
3,277 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
77,111 |
90.4 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
1,439 |
43.9 |
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Arab |
71 |
0.1 |
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Czech¹ |
124 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
56 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
61,784 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
300 |
0.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
5,777 |
9.4 |
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English |
1,720 |
2.0 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
290 |
0.3 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
69 |
0.1 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
3,181 |
3.7 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
20,485 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
177 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
2,371 |
11.6 |
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Hungarian |
925 |
1.1 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
45,823 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
3,836 |
4.5 |
| With a
disability |
13,170 |
28.7 |
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Italian |
6,230 |
7.3 |
| Percent
employed |
50.9 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
99 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
32,653 |
71.3 |
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Norwegian |
71 |
0.1 |
| Percent
employed |
69.4 |
(X) |
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Polish |
3,272 |
3.8 |
| Population
65 years and over |
9,054 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
31 |
0.0 |
| With a
disability |
4,658 |
51.4 |
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Russian |
449 |
0.5 |
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Scotch-Irish |
168 |
0.2 |
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Scottish |
302 |
0.4 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
529 |
0.6 |
| Population
5 years and over |
78,692 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
2,555 |
3.0 |
| Same house in
1995 |
43,685 |
55.5 |
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Swedish |
82 |
0.1 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
31,275 |
39.7 |
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Swiss |
60 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
24,644 |
31.3 |
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Ukrainian |
340 |
0.4 |
| Different
county |
6,631 |
8.4 |
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United States
or American |
2,082 |
2.4 |
| Same state |
3,294 |
4.2 |
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Welsh |
123 |
0.1 |
| Different
state |
3,337 |
4.2 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
2,019 |
2.4 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
3,732 |
4.7 |
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Other
ancestries |
47,950 |
56.2 |
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| Date: January
11, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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