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New Jersey Censens


People QuickFacts

New Jersey

USA

Population, 2010

8,791,894

308,745,538

Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010

4.5%

9.7%

Population, 2000

8,414,378

281,424,602

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009

6.4%

6.9%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009

23.5%

24.3%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009

13.5%

12.9%

Female persons, percent, 2009

51.0%

50.7%

White persons, percent, 2010 (a)

68.6%

72.4%

Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)

13.7%

12.6%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)

0.3%

0.9%

Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)

8.3%

4.8%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)

0.0%

0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010

2.7%

2.9%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)

17.7%

16.3%

White persons not Hispanic, persons, 2010

59.3%

63.7%

Living in same house 1 year ago, pct 1 yr old & over, 2005-2009

89.0%

83.8%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009

19.7%

12.4%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009

27.6%

19.6%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009

86.8%

84.6%

Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009

34.1%

27.5%

Veterans, 2005-2009

505,290

22,894,578

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009

29.6

25.2

Housing units, 2009

3,526,453

129,969,653

Homeownership rate, 2005-2009

67.1%

66.9%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009

35.8%

25.9%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009

$356,800

$185,400

Households, 2005-2009

3,152,877

112,611,029

Persons per household, 2005-2009

2.68

2.60

Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009

$34,566

$27,041

Median household income, 2009

$68,444

$50,221

Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009

9.4%

14.3%

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