Table WCD-1.  Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Bernards Township:  2000
Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total Population	24,575	100.0%	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
SEX AND AGE			Total population	24,575	100.0%
Male	11,945	48.6%	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	646	2.6%
Female	12,630	51.4%	Mexican	60	0.2%
			Puerto Rican	105	0.4%
Under 5 years	1,962	8.0%	Cuban	82	0.3%
5 to 9 years	2,152	8.8%	Other Hispanic or Latino	399	1.6%
10 to 14 years	1,847	7.5%	Not Hispanic or Latino	23,929	97.4%
15 to 19 years	1,114	4.5%	White alone	21,398	87.1%
20 to 24 years	522	2.1%
25 to 34 years	2,542	10.3%	RELATIONSHIP
35 to 44 years	5,115	20.8%	Total population	24,575	100.0%
45 to 54 years	3,917	15.9%	In households	23,829	97.0%
55 to 59 years	1,397	5.7%	Householder	9,242	37.6%
60 to 64 years	944	3.8%	Spouse	5,821	23.7%
65 to 74 years	1,525	6.2%	Child	7,692	31.3%
75 to 84 years	1,155	4.7%	Own child under 18 years	6,629	27.0%
85 years and over	383	1.6%	Other relatives	550	2.2%
			Under 18 years	96	0.4%
Median age (years)	39.2		Nonrelatives	524	2.1%
			Unmarried partner	235	1.0%
18 years and over	17,770	72.3%	In group quarters	746	3.0%
Male	8,417	34.3%	Institutionalized population	641	2.6%
Female	9,353	38.1%	Noninstitutionalized population	105	0.4%
21 years and over	17,403	70.8%
62 years and over	3,582	14.6%	HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
65 and over	3,063	12.5%	Total households	9,242	100.0%
Male	1,388	5.6%	Family households (families)	6,484	70.2%
Female	1,675	6.8%	With own children under 18 years	3,478	37.6%
			Married-couple family	5,821	63.0%
RACE			With own children under 18 years	3,118	33.7%
One race	24,317	99.0%	Female householder, no husband present	534	5.8%
White	21,921	89.2%	With own children under 18 years	308	3.3%
Black or African American	354	1.4%	Nonfamily households	2,758	29.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	13	0.1%	Householder living alone	2,442	26.4%
Asian	1,928	7.8%	Householder 65 years and over	846	9.2%
Asian Indian	701	2.9%
Chinese	807	3.3%	Households with individuals under 18 years	3,549	38.4%
Filipino	90	0.4%	Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,004	21.7%
Japanese	57	0.2%
Korean	171	0.7%	Average household size	2.58	(X)
Vietnamese	12	-	Average family size	3.17	(X)
Other Asian 1	90	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3	-	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian	0	-	Total housing units	9,485	100.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1	-	Occupied housing units	9,242	97.4%
Samoan	0	-	Vacant housing units	243	2.6%
Other Pacific Islander 2	2	-	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	78	0.8%
Some other race	98	0.4%
Two or more races	258	1.0%	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.7%	(X)
			Rental vacancy rate (percent)	2.2%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one
or more other races: 3			HOUSING TENURE
White	22,145	90.1%	Occupied housing units	9,242	100.0%
Black or African American	392	1.6%	Owner-occupied housing units	8,000	86.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	48	0.2%	Renter-occupied housing units	1,242	13.4%
Asian	2,084	8.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	10	-	Avg. household size of owner-occupied units	2.69	(X)
Some other race	164	0.7%	Avg. household size of renter-occupied unts	1.87	(X)
- Represents zero or rounds to zero.  (X) Not applicable
1 Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2 Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3 In combination with one or more of the other races listed.  The following six numbers may add to more than the total population and
the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
Prepared by:  W. C. Draper, Basking Ridge, NJ, May 2001.