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New Jersey

9,267,130 Population
7,354.8 square miles 1,260 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$47,338 ±$418 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$89,296 ±$1,088 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

10.2% ±0.3% (930,602  ±29,531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

28.6 minutes ±0.2 (98,380,030  ±1,050,130) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

3,497,945 ±8,126 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.6 ±0 (9,084,234  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.3% ±0.3% (110,927  ±6,041) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

3,779,591 ±1,544 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$389,800 ±$2,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

10.6% ±0.3% (974,522  ±28,423.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91% ±0.6% (5,890,494  ±40,077.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
43.1% ±0.4% (2,790,646  ±26,799.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

31.7% ±0.3% (2,773,431  ±28,668) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

23% ±0.4% (2,134,981  ±32,090) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

3.9% ±0.1% (283,485  ±7,865) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
283,485 Total veterans ±7,865 260,942 Male ±7,357 22,543 Female ±2,472

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