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New Jersey
Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

      

Total population

8,219,529

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*****

Native

 6,750,644 6,696,512 6,804,776

Born in United States

 6,565,744 6,510,078 6,621,410

State of residence

 4,344,690 4,285,823 4,403,557

Different state

 2,221,054 2,181,876 2,260,232

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

 184,900 168,124 201,676

Foreign born

 1,468,885 1,414,753 1,523,017

Naturalized citizen

 685,359 653,747 716,971

Not a citizen

 783,526 740,666 826,386

Entered 1990 to 2000

 611,589 564,574 658,604

Entered before 1990

 857,296 818,407 896,185
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

      

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

1,468,885

1,414,753

1,523,017

Europe

 328,949 307,717 350,181

Asia

 445,644 415,286 476,002

Africa

 67,084 52,742 81,426

Oceania

 2,601 898 4,304

Latin America

 609,259 571,137 647,381

Northern America

 15,348 11,325 19,371
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

      

Population 5 years and over

7,656,451

7,636,422

7,676,480

English only

 5,679,247 5,618,304 5,740,190

Language other than English

 1,977,204 1,914,572 2,039,836

Speak English less than "very well"

 811,302 769,187 853,417

Spanish

 948,354 905,490 991,218

Speak English less than "very well"

 442,417 409,846 474,988

Other Indo-European languages

 638,115 599,272 676,958

Speak English less than "very well"

 217,024 196,896 237,152

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

 296,679 267,946 325,412

Speak English less than "very well"

 125,110 108,113 142,107

Other languages

 94,056 76,185 111,927

Speak English less than "very well"

 26,751 20,146 33,356
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

      

Total Population

8,219,529

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*****

Arab

 76,196 58,388 94,004

Czech

 24,426 19,653 29,199

Danish

 23,521 18,568 28,474

Dutch

 137,002 122,131 151,873

English

 560,917 534,652 587,182

French (except Basque)

 149,393 134,886 163,900

French Canadian

 23,039 17,751 28,327

German

 1,073,827 1,029,876 1,117,778

Greek

 64,984 53,475 76,493

Hungarian

 137,541 122,267 152,815

Irish

 1,427,199 1,376,128 1,478,270

Italian

 1,518,331 1,471,172 1,565,490

Lithuanian

 43,491 36,861 50,121

Norwegian

 44,834 37,290 52,378

Polish

 589,085 552,161 626,009

Portuguese

 77,048 59,187 94,909

Russian

 203,024 185,107 220,941

Scotch-Irish

 98,194 87,043 109,345

Scottish

 108,473 97,029 119,917

Slovak

 53,715 45,280 62,150

Subsaharan African

 67,063 50,429 83,697

Swedish

 58,842 48,736 68,948

Swiss

 20,062 13,691 26,433

Ukrainian

 85,006 71,691 98,322

United States or American

 216,623 196,381 236,865

Welsh

 41,213 34,060 48,366

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

 116,411 93,973 138,849
       

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.