Census Reporter

New Jersey

8,885,418 Population
7,354.8 square miles 1,208.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,153 ±$191 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$85,245 ±$402 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

9.7% ±0.2% (842,704  ±14,941) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

32 minutes ±0.1 (128,475,610  ±610,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

3,272,054 ±6,029 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 (8,702,841  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.9% ±0.1% (100,782  ±2,335) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

3,628,732 ±505 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$343,500 ±$980 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

10.3% ±0.1% (906,217  ±11,955.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

90.3% ±0.3% (5,568,740  ±18,363.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
40.7% ±0.2% (2,513,062  ±11,733.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

31.6% ±0.2% (2,644,457  ±13,048.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

22.7% ±0.1% (2,012,872  ±12,390) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

4.5% ±0.1% (313,928  ±3,306) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
313,928 Total veterans ±3,306 293,530 Male ±3,295 20,398 Female ±1,078

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