New Jersey: 2000
Census 2000 Profile
Issued August 2002
C2KPROF/00-NJ
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Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 Geographic area: New Jersey
[For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text] Subject Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEX AND AGE Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 to 59 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RACE One race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asian Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Japanese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Korean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vietnamese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Asian 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . Native Hawaiian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guamanian or Chamorro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samoan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Pacific Islander 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two or more races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Race alone or in combination with one or more other races: 3 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . . . Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number 8,414,350 Percent Subject Number 8,414,350 1,117,191 102,929 366,788 77,337 570,137 7,297,159 5,557,209 8,414,350 8,219,529 3,064,645 1,638,322 2,588,787 1,880,026 542,959 171,395 384,816 151,318 194,821 110,169 84,652 Percent 100.0 13.3 1.2 4.4 0.9 6.8 86.7 66.0 100.0 97.7 36.4 19.5 30.8 22.3 6.5 2.0 4.6 1.8 2.3 1.3 1.0
4,082,813 4,331,537 563,785 604,529 590,577 525,216 480,079 1,189,040 1,435,106 1,158,898 423,338 330,646 574,669 402,468 135,999 36.7 6,326,792 3,013,338 3,313,454 6,033,473 1,303,854 1,113,136 446,780 666,356
100.0 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.5 Mexican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 Puerto Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 Other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 7.0 Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 5.7 RELATIONSHIP 14.1 Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1 In households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8 Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 Own child under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 Other relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonrelatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X) Unmarried partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 In group quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 Institutionalized population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 Noninstitutionalized population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7 15.5 HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE 13.2 Total households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Family households (families). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . Married-couple family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 97.5 Female householder, no husband present . . . . . 72.6 With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 Nonfamily households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 Householder living alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 Householder 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 1.2 Households with individuals under 18 years . . . . . 1.0 Households with individuals 65 years and over . . 0.2 Average household size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 Average family size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.4 HOUSING OCCUPANCY Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vacant housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 2.5 Homeowner vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . Rental vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.4 14.4 0.6 6.2 0.1 6.9 HOUSING TENURE Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average household size of owner-occupied units. Average household size of renter-occupied units .
8,200,595 6,104,705 1,141,821 19,492 480,276 169,180 100,355 85,245 14,672 65,349 15,180 30,295 3,329 634 779 563 1,353 450,972 213,755
3,064,645 2,154,539 1,025,556 1,638,322 776,205 387,012 196,809 910,106 751,287 300,688 1,122,728 793,781 2.68 3.21
100.0 70.3 33.5 53.5 25.3 12.6 6.4 29.7 24.5 9.8 36.6 25.9 (X) (X)
3,310,275 3,064,645 245,630 109,075 1.2 4.5
100.0 92.6 7.4 3.3 (X) (X)
6,261,187 1,211,750 49,104 524,356 10,065 583,527
3,064,645 2,011,473 1,053,172 2.81 2.43
100.0 65.6 34.4 (X) (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 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.
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U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Table DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Geographic area: New Jersey
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text] Subject SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Population 3 years and over enrolled in school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursery school, preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elementary school (grades 1-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High school (grades 9-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College or graduate school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Population 25 years and over . . . . . . . . . . Less than 9th grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th to 12th grade, no diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High school graduate (includes equivalency). . . . . Some college, no degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate or professional degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent high school graduate or higher . . . . . . . . . Percent bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . MARITAL STATUS Population 15 years and over . . . . . . . . . . Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now married, except separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grandparent responsible for grandchildren . . . . . . VETERAN STATUS Civilian population 18 years and over . . Civilian veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION Population 5 to 20 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Population 21 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Population 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESIDENCE IN 1995 Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . Same house in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Different house in the U.S. in 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Different county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elsewhere in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number Percent Subject NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Native. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Born in United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State of residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Born outside United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foreign born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entered 1990 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Naturalized citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not a citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number 8,414,350 6,938,023 6,738,114 4,490,524 2,247,590 199,909 1,476,327 614,416 682,304 794,023 1,476,327 352,914 410,123 59,917 2,354 634,084 16,935 7,856,268 5,854,578 2,001,690 873,088 967,741 483,069 659,248 241,627 275,832 119,581 8,414,350 9,586,504 72,468 45,432 22,534 119,315 521,902 125,493 30,126 1,063,384 61,522 115,615 1,336,723 1,503,637 37,726 48,403 576,473 72,196 189,524 77,111 106,607 46,264 70,005 58,564 19,983 73,809 263,807 40,010 116,475 2,771,396 Percent 100.0 82.5 80.1 53.4 26.7 2.4 17.5 7.3 8.1 9.4 100.0 23.9 27.8 4.1 0.2 43.0 1.1 100.0 74.5 25.5 11.1 12.3 6.1 8.4 3.1 3.5 1.5 100.0 113.9 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.4 6.2 1.5 0.4 12.6 0.7 1.4 15.9 17.9 0.4 0.6 6.9 0.9 2.3 0.9 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.9 3.1 0.5 1.4 32.9
2,217,832 181,423 121,950 978,203 465,954 470,302
100.0 8.2 5.5 44.1 21.0 21.2
5,657,799 373,429 641,048 1,661,493 998,872 298,096 1,063,665 621,196 82.1 29.8
100.0 6.6 11.3 29.4 17.7 5.3 18.8 11.0
6,655,333 1,868,368 3,636,045 159,293 490,779 400,113 500,848 302,581
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN Total (excluding born at sea). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X) Northern America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X) LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 English only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 Language other than English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 54.6 Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 7.4 Other Indo-European languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 7.5 Asian and Pacific Island languages . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . ANCESTRY (single or multiple) Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total ancestries reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Czech1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . French (except Basque)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . French Canadian1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hungarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irish1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lithuanian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norwegian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Polish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portuguese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Russian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scotch-Irish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scottish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slovak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsaharan African. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swedish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ukrainian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United States or American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) . . . . . . . . Other ancestries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185,771 58,789
100.0 31.6
6,321,650 672,217
100.0 10.6
1,806,868 134,026 4,864,368 844,726 59.4 4,019,642 77.0 1,063,982 411,059
100.0 7.4 100.0 17.4 (X) 82.6 (X) 100.0 38.6
7,856,268 4,697,484 2,847,019 1,628,378 1,218,641 684,063 534,578 311,765
100.0 59.8 36.2 20.7 15.5 8.7 6.8 4.0
-Represents 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. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
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U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Table DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000 Geographic area: New Jersey
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text] Subject EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent of civilian labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . Armed Forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Females 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Own children under 6 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . All parents in family in labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMMUTING TO WORK Workers 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Car, truck, or van - - drove alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Car, truck, or van - - carpooled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public transportation (including taxicab) . . . . . . . . . Walked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other means. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Worked at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mean travel time to work (minutes)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed civilian population 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OCCUPATION Management, professional, and related occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales and office occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production, transportation, and material moving occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INDUSTRY Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing, and utilities . . . . Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services . . . . . . . Educational, health and social services . . . . . . . . . Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services (except public administration) . . . . Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLASS OF WORKER Private wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number 6,546,155 4,204,393 4,193,145 3,950,029 243,116 5.8 11,248 2,341,762 3,425,212 1,969,606 1,967,820 1,851,172 647,086 362,264 3,876,433 2,828,303 412,299 371,514 121,305 36,456 106,556 30.0 3,950,029 Percent 100.0 64.2 64.1 60.3 3.7 (X) 0.2 35.8 Subject Number 3,065,774 213,939 143,783 288,606 305,449 437,373 608,244 413,928 391,123 130,492 132,837 55,146 2,495,571 74,719 823,796 12,274 108,564 6,631 86,704 3,162 523,223 17,406 2,167,577 88,844 58,500 156,939 189,840 293,442 463,743 342,115 340,376 115,666 118,112 65,370 27,006 46,368 33,081 Number below poverty level Percent 100.0 7.0 4.7 9.4 10.0 14.3 19.8 13.5 12.8 4.3 4.3 (X) 81.4 (X) 26.9 (X) 3.5 (X) 2.8 (X) 17.1 (X) 100.0 4.1 2.7 7.2 8.8 13.5 21.4 15.8 15.7 5.3 5.4 (X) (X) (X) (X) Percent below poverty level
1,501,037 538,952 1,123,921 6,963 306,196 472,960
12,618 220,817 472,684 173,166 447,346 234,801 173,865 352,722 453,842 783,137 271,864 173,686 179,481
INCOME IN 1999 Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 $200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median household income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.0 100.0 With earnings . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mean earnings (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.0 With Social Security income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mean Social Security income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . 100.0 With Supplemental Security Income . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 Mean Supplemental Security Income 10.6 (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 With public assistance income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 Mean public assistance income (dollars)1 . . . . . 0.9 With retirement income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 Mean retirement income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . (X) Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 $10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 $35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 $50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 $75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 $200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median family income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 Per capita income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median earnings (dollars): Male full-time, year-round workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 Female full-time, year-round workers . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 12.0 4.4 11.3 Subject 5.9 4.4 POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 8.9 Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 Families with female householder, no husband present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 4.4 With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 Related children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 Related children 5 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 Unrelated individuals 15 years and over. . . . . . . . .
135,549 103,899 48,730 72,261 62,646 27,787 699,668 471,914 83,336 220,991 157,947 233,015
6.3 9.2 10.9 19.4 27.4 37.2 8.5 7.6 7.8 10.8 10.5 18.4
3,193,469 550,441 197,664 8,455
-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. 1 If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator. See text. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
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Table DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000 Geographic area: New Jersey
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text] Subject Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UNITS IN STRUCTURE 1-unit, detached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-unit, attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 9 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 to 19 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 or more units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobile home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boat, RV, van, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT 1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1960 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1940 to 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1939 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROOMS 1 room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 or more rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median (rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT 1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VEHICLES AVAILABLE None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ........................................... 2 ........................................... 3 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOUSE HEATING FUEL Utility gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bottled, tank, or LP gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuel oil, kerosene, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal or coke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solar energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No fuel used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . Lacking complete kitchen facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No telephone service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Represents zero or rounds to zero. Number 3,310,275 1,794,967 285,268 331,393 223,580 160,249 161,666 318,765 33,600 787 Percent Subject Number 3,064,645 2,910,768 89,028 64,849 1,701,732 30,058 229,354 415,190 379,890 354,359 213,099 67,913 11,869 170,800 Percent 100.0 95.0 2.9 2.1 100.0 1.8 13.5 24.4 22.3 20.8 12.5 4.0 0.7 (X)
48,124 139,421 158,581 409,978 462,740 526,732 898,653 666,046
62,183 127,499 354,967 478,257 563,712 563,331 432,850 366,169 361,307 5.6 3,064,645 478,715 848,022 500,125 533,287 328,059 376,437
100.0 OCCUPANTS PER ROOM Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.2 1.00 or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 1.01 to 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 1.51 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 Specified owner-occupied units . . . . . . . . 4.8 4.9 VALUE 9.6 Less than $50,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 $50,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000 to $299,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 $300,000 to $499,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 $500,000 to $999,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 $1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 15.9 MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED 27.1 MONTHLY OWNER COSTS 20.1 With a mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Less than $300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 to $699 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 $700 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 $1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 $1,500 to $1,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 $2,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 13.1 Not mortgaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 10.9 (X) SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD 100.0 INCOME IN 1999 Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.6 15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3 25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4 30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specified renter-occupied units . . . . . . . . GROSS RENT Less than $200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200 to $299 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 to $749 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No cash rent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,215,974 652 8,119 37,467 136,751 381,124 321,562 330,299 1,534 485,758 533
71.5 0.5 2.2 8.0 22.4 18.9 19.4 (X) 28.5 (X)
459,669 290,484 264,744 196,726 130,862 349,502 9,745 1,049,127 49,700 33,558 89,707 333,465 314,000 149,173 45,726 33,798 751
27.0 17.1 15.6 11.6 7.7 20.5 0.6 100.0 4.7 3.2 8.6 31.8 29.9 14.2 4.4 3.2 (X)
388,950 1,066,089 1,160,440 449,166
12.7 34.8 37.9 14.7
2,048,048 73,539 316,379 595,094 1,277 6,989 447 12,896 9,976
16,530 17,531 56,202
66.8 2.4 10.3 19.4 0.2 GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF - HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999 0.4 Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193,841 153,607 135,777 112,519 79,665 314,146 59,572
18.5 14.6 12.9 10.7 7.6 29.9 5.7
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
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U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Census 2000: New Jersey Profile
Population Density by Census Tract
State Race* Breakdown
Black or African American (13.6%) American Indian and Alaska Native (0.2%) Asian (5.7%) White (72.6%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (<0.1%) Some other race (5.4%) Two or more races (2.5%) *One race
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) makes up 13.3% of the state population.
Population by Sex and Age
Total Population: 8,414,350 85+ Years 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
370,000
185,000
0
185,000
370,000
Male
Female
Housing Tenure
Total Occupied Housing Units:
3,064,645
65.6% Owner Occupied
Average Household Size of Owner-Occupied Units:
34.4% Renter Occupied
Average Household Size of Renter-Occupied Units:
2.81
people
2.43
people
Population Per Square Mile by Census Tract
10,000.0 to 114,588.5 5,000.0 to 9,999.9 1,000.0 to 4,999.9 200.0 to 999.9 79.6 to 199.9 40.0 to 79.5 Less than 40.0 County Boundary
0 0 10 10 20 30 20 40 Kilometers 30 40 Miles
U.S. density is 79.6
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New Jersey Mean Center of Population