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New Jersey

9,005,644 Population
7,355.1 square miles 1,224.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,567 ±$329 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$80,088 ±$672 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

10% ±0.3% (882,673  ±28,071) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

32.1 minutes ±0.2 (134,987,200  ±1,141,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

3,218,798 ±8,951 Number of households
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.7 ±0 (8,822,571  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.7% ±0.3% (98,578  ±5,606) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

3,615,891 ±257 Number of housing units
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$334,900 ±$1,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

10.6% ±0.3% (942,152  ±27,840.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

89.9% ±0.5% (5,606,353  ±33,846.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
39.7% ±0.4% (2,476,707  ±22,192.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

31.8% ±0.3% (2,699,710  ±26,431.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

22.8% ±0.3% (2,055,062  ±24,340) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

4.6% ±0.1% (325,283  ±7,100) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
325,283 Total veterans ±7,100 306,193 Male ±6,805 19,090 Female ±1,970

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