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New Jersey

8,882,190 Population
7,354.8 square miles 1,207.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$44,888 ±$352 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$85,751 ±$760 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

9.2% ±0.3% (798,262  ±25,821) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

33.1 minutes ±0.2 (139,069,755  ±1,071,015) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

3,286,264 ±9,466 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.7 ±0 (8,701,703  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.7% ±0.3% (95,678  ±5,234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

3,641,854 ±1,185 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$348,800 ±$1,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

10.3% ±0.3% (902,872  ±26,958.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

90.3% ±0.6% (5,591,610  ±37,408.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
41.2% ±0.4% (2,551,765  ±23,822) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

32.2% ±0.4% (2,693,106  ±30,669.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

23.4% ±0.3% (2,074,686  ±23,672) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

4.4% ±0.1% (302,777  ±9,193) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
302,777 Total veterans ±9,193 281,217 Male ±8,400 21,560 Female ±2,300

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