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New Jersey

8,908,520 Population
7,354.4 square miles 1,211.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$42,815 ±$321 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$81,740 ±$687 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

9.5% ±0.3% (832,133  ±26,316) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

32.5 minutes ±0.2 (136,032,825  ±1,046,858) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

3,249,567 ±9,867 Number of households
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.7 ±0 (8,726,407  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.1% ±0.2% (105,146  ±4,921) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

3,628,198 ±324 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$344,000 ±$2,091 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

10.7% ±0.3% (944,895  ±27,302) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

90.2% ±0.6% (5,581,747  ±35,694) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
40.8% ±0.4% (2,524,992  ±23,059.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

31.7% ±0.4% (2,655,760  ±29,036.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

22.8% ±0.3% (2,033,292  ±25,652) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

4.4% ±0.1% (308,012  ±8,805) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
308,012 Total veterans ±8,805 286,151 Male ±8,339 21,861 Female ±2,494

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