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New Jersey

9,261,699 Population
7,354.9 square miles 1,259.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$51,272 ±$483 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$96,346 ±$1,114 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

9.7% ±0.4% (882,045  ±33,909) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

30.3 minutes ±0.3 (116,394,656  ±1,285,030) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

3,516,978 ±9,044 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±158 (9,092,231  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±0.3% (105,942  ±6,352) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

3,785,097 ±490 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$428,900 ±$2,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

9.7% ±0.3% (885,133  ±28,013.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

90.7% ±0.6% (5,880,219  ±38,924.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
43.5% ±0.4% (2,821,608  ±26,260.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

32.3% ±0.3% (2,826,722  ±25,052.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

23.6% ±1,412.6% (2,181,082  ±26,200) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

3.9% ±0.1% (279,664  ±8,986) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
279,664 Total veterans ±8,986 256,502 Male ±8,053 23,162 Female ±2,799

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