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New Jersey

9,500,851 Population
7,354.9 square miles 1,291.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,818 ±$373 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$104,294 ±$997 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.2% ±0.3% (859,029  ±29,158) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.9 minutes ±0.2 (131,588,270  ±1,265,689) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

3,543,944 ±7,728 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 (9,334,098  ±) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±0.3% (117,595  ±6,859) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

3,816,432 ±2,877 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$496,000 ±$2,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.8% ±0.3% (825,588  ±26,043.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.4% ±0.6% (6,015,420  ±40,185.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.6% ±0.4% (2,965,532  ±26,621.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

34.3% ±0.4% (3,082,476  ±32,979.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

25% (2,376,424  ±26,296) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.4% ±0.1% (249,802  ±7,648) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
249,802 Total veterans ±7,648 230,579 Male ±6,987 19,223 Female ±2,277

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