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  ... data based on ACS 2012; estimates centric to 2010
Area ...NJ.3400000.New Jersey US.0000000.United States
ACS 2012 5 Year Estimates (centric to mid 2010):ValuePercent ValuePercent
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
S001       Total households3,186,878100.0 115,226,802100.0
S002            Family households (families)2,205,53069.2 76,595,54866.5
S003                 With own children under 18 years1,023,91432.1 34,484,64829.9
S004                 Married-couple family1,634,68851.3 56,428,12249.0
S005                      With own children under 18 years739,23523.2 23,426,94320.3
S006                 Male householder, no wife present, family149,2434.7 5,346,1394.6
S007                      With own children under 18 years62,8492.0 2,595,5372.3
S008                 Female hshldr, no husband present, family421,59913.2 14,821,28712.9
S009                      With own children under 18 years221,8307.0 8,462,1687.3
S010            Nonfamily households981,34830.8 38,631,25433.5
S011                 Householder living alone827,59226.0 31,631,92627.5
S012                      65 years and over328,67010.3 11,087,4179.6
S013            Households with people under 18 years1,112,66134.9 38,324,45533.3
S014            Households with people 65 years and over851,26926.7 28,676,59924.9
S015            Average household size2.70 2.61
S016            Average family size3.28 3.21
RELATIONSHIP
S017       Population in households8,606,711100.0 301,123,130100.0
S018            Householder3,186,87837.0 115,226,80238.3
S019            Spouse1,633,77819.0 56,394,92018.7
S020            Child2,774,24232.2 91,891,95030.5
S021            Other relatives621,0507.2 20,735,1856.9
S022            Nonrelatives390,7634.5 16,874,2735.6
S023                 Unmarried partner163,3601.9 6,680,3312.2
MARITAL STATUS
S024       Males 15 years and over3,421,155100.0 120,789,875100.0
S025            Never married1,245,99536.4 42,377,08435.1
S026            Now married, except separated1,797,47252.5 61,730,92851.1
S027            Separated54,9601.6 2,202,3481.8
S028            Widowed90,4822.6 3,052,3352.5
S029            Divorced232,2466.8 11,427,1809.5
S030       Females 15 years and over3,686,172100.0 127,252,362100.0
S031            Never married1,113,57130.2 36,577,85528.7
S032            Now married, except separated1,756,23547.6 60,367,01647.4
S033            Separated84,6302.3 3,190,1302.5
S034            Widowed368,97710.0 11,886,6479.3
S035            Divorced362,7599.8 15,230,71412.0
FERTILITY
S036       Women 15-50 yrs with birth in past 12 mths116,203100.0 4,278,307100.0
S037            Unmarried women 34,22129.4 1,497,06035.0
S038                 Per 1,000 unmarried women300.0 370.0
S039            Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old540.0 560.0
S040                 Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old140.0 260.0
S041                 Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old940.1 1000.0
S042                 Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old330.0 250.0
GRANDPARENTS
S043       Grandparents living w/own grdchdrn < 18186,196100.0 6,850,491100.0
S044            Responsible for grandchildren49,34226.5 2,723,74439.8
                               Years responsible for grandchildren
S045                 Less than 1 year8,7324.7 600,2758.8
S046                 1 or 2 years10,7675.8 649,6219.5
S047                 3 or 4 years8,2764.4 449,2046.6
S048                 5 or more years21,56711.6 1,024,64415.0
S049            Grandparents resp for own grdchdrn < 1849,34226.5 2,723,74439.8
S050                 Who are female32,07017.2 1,707,07824.9
S051                 Who are married31,99817.2 1,923,90028.1
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
S052       Population 3 years & over enrolled in school2,292,669100.0 82,291,141100.0
S053            Nursery school, preschool176,3897.7 5,021,9596.1
S054            Kindergarten117,3045.1 4,181,6735.1
S055            Elementary school (grades 1-8)909,85839.7 32,724,22739.8
S056            High school (grades 9-12)497,52521.7 17,279,62921.0
S057            College or graduate school591,59325.8 23,083,65328.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
S058       Population 25 years and over5,969,516100.0 204,336,017100.0
S059            Less than 9th grade326,1075.5 12,358,8536.0
S060            9th to 12th grade, no diploma396,9226.6 16,820,9668.2
S061            High school graduate (includes equivalency)1,741,27229.2 57,706,85228.2
S062            Some college, no degree1,023,64717.1 43,508,31521.3
S063            Associates degree369,4706.2 15,736,0097.7
S064            Bachelors degree1,314,38022.0 36,529,87517.9
S065            Graduate or professional degree797,71813.4 21,675,14710.6
S066            Percent high school graduate or higher87.9 85.7
S067            Percent bachelors degree or higher35.4 28.5
VETERAN STATUS
S068       Civilian population 18 years and over6,728,903100.0 234,029,580100.0
S069            Civilian veterans457,7246.8 21,853,9129.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
S070       Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population8,682,727100.0 303,984,241100.0
S071            With a disability863,0669.9 36,551,03812.0
S072            Under 18 years2,051,90623.6 73,835,29824.3
S073                 With a disability71,8370.8 2,952,8991.0
S074            18 to 64 years5,473,69563.0 190,790,03062.8
S075                 With a disability407,6774.7 19,128,8546.3
S076            65 years and over1,157,12613.3 39,358,91312.9
S077                 With a disability383,5524.4 14,469,2854.8
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
S078       Population 1 year and over8,695,582100.0 305,340,618100.0
S079            Same house7,824,81890.0 258,887,55584.8
S080            Different house in the U.S.810,0159.3 44,633,63514.6
S081                 Same county489,9895.6 27,998,5959.2
S082                 Different county320,0263.7 16,635,0405.4
S083                      Same state186,0412.1 9,661,6773.2
S084                      Different state133,9851.5 6,973,3632.3
S085 Abroad60,7490.7 1,819,4280.6
PLACE OF BIRTH
S086       Total population8,793,888100.0 309,138,711100.0
S087            Native6,960,81279.2 269,354,40687.1
S088                 Born in United States6,743,22476.7 265,096,27185.8
S089                 State of residence4,597,69652.3 181,504,57758.7
S090                 Different state2,145,52824.4 83,591,69427.0
S091            Born in PR, US Islands, abroad to American217,5882.5 4,258,1351.4
S092            Foreign born1,833,07620.8 39,784,30512.9
U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
S093       Foreign-born population1,833,076100.0 39,784,305100.0
S094            Naturalized U.S. citizen928,03550.6 17,639,20744.3
S095            Not a U.S. citizen905,04149.4 22,145,09855.7
YEAR OF ENTRY
S096       Population born outside the United States2,050,664100.0 44,042,440100.0
S097            Native217,58810.6 4,258,1359.7
S098                 Entered 2010 or later4,5710.2 105,6900.2
S099                 Entered before 2010213,01710.4 4,152,4459.4
S100            Foreign born1,833,07689.4 39,784,30590.3
S101                 Entered 2010 or later47,0892.3 1,086,6642.5
S102                 Entered before 20101,785,98787.1 38,697,64187.9
WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
S103       Foreign-born population, excl born at sea1,833,076100.0 39,784,145100.0
S104            Europe313,25217.1 4,830,86212.1
S105            Asia580,76631.7 11,341,13828.5
S106            Africa85,7894.7 1,581,9684.0
S107            Oceania3,0750.2 225,4970.6
S108            Latin America834,12345.5 20,987,88452.8
S109            Northern America16,0710.9 816,7962.1
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
S110       Population 5 years and over8,255,899100.0 289,000,827100.0
S111            English only5,811,13270.4 229,616,06479.5
S112            Language other than English2,444,76729.6 59,384,76320.5
S113                 Speak English less than "very well"1,022,84512.4 25,081,1228.7
S114            Spanish1,250,14315.1 36,836,28012.7
S115                 Speak English less than "very well"588,1627.1 16,386,7165.7
S116            Other Indo-European languages701,2608.5 10,686,1303.7
S117                 Speak English less than "very well"246,1443.0 3,426,9411.2
S118            Asian and Pacific Islander languages379,3164.6 9,348,6443.2
S119                 Speak English less than "very well"154,2891.9 4,492,6961.6
S120            Other languages114,0481.4 2,513,7090.9
S121                 Speak English less than "very well"34,2500.4 774,7690.3
ANCESTRY
S122       Total population8,793,888100.0 309,138,711100.0
S123            American331,4813.8 20,775,4616.7
S124            Arab89,5171.0 1,646,8080.5
S125            Czech31,3320.4 1,543,2240.5
S126            Danish17,9840.2 1,392,1610.5
S127            Dutch100,7651.1 4,665,7361.5
S128            English476,3765.4 26,360,6398.5
S129            French (except Basque)116,2271.3 8,902,9962.9
S130            French Canadian21,5620.2 2,052,4050.7
S131            German1,030,63611.7 48,478,29815.7
S132            Greek63,8950.7 1,308,3350.4
S133            Hungarian104,4561.2 1,485,6710.5
S134            Irish1,348,66515.3 35,107,29011.4
S135            Italian1,500,82417.1 17,496,9245.7
S136            Lithuanian34,9700.4 684,9390.2
S137            Norwegian41,3000.5 4,514,3181.5
S138            Polish553,7526.3 9,670,1973.1
S139            Portuguese80,1120.9 1,409,2620.5
S140            Russian188,1362.1 3,013,9591.0
S141            Scotch-Irish38,9210.4 3,317,1151.1
S142            Scottish96,6851.1 5,580,1211.8
S143            Slovak39,0560.4 769,6970.2
S144            Subsaharan African89,6241.0 2,886,9720.9
S145            Swedish52,3380.6 4,155,4531.3
S146            Swiss17,2120.2 967,1230.3
S147            Ukrainian69,8560.8 960,9020.3
S148            Welsh35,9560.4 1,861,4290.6
S149            West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)152,2991.7 2,646,3030.9
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Based on data from American Community Survey 2012 5 year estimates
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Date: 03/23/14