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New Jersey

8,944,469 Population
7,355.5 square miles 1,216 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,911 ±$293 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $31,128 ±$63
$76,126 ±$701 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $57,617 ±$115

10.4% ±0.3% (915,913  ±28,791) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,268,996 (±0.1% / ±246,910)

31.7 minutes ±0.2 (131,052,675  ±1,113,887) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,802,425,670 (±0.1 / ±7,681,794)

Families

3,194,519 ±10,274 Number of households
  • United States: 118,860,065 ±154,606
2.7 ±0 (8,758,562  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 315,047,636

4.6% ±0.3% (96,916  ±5,299) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,946,903 (±0.1% / ±36,746)

Housing

3,604,688 ±395 Number of housing units
  • United States: 135,702,775 ±3,052

$328,200 ±$2,191 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $205,000 ±$467

10.4% ±0.3% (917,597  ±25,799) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,701,858 (±0.1% / ±203,161.6)

Social

89.3% ±0.6% (5,510,496  ±34,210.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 87.5% 191,063,246 (±0.1% / ±220,872.9)
38.6% ±0.4% (2,379,802  ±22,055.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 31.3% 68,334,277 (±0.1% / ±133,659.9)

31.7% ±0.3% (2,672,419  ±25,352.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,518,938 (±0.1% / ±163,928.5)

22.5% ±0.3% (2,016,085  ±22,331) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,739,345 (±0% / ±129,849)

4.8% ±0.1% (330,766  ±7,243) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.4% 18,496,937 (±0% / ±66,959)
330,766 Total veterans ±7,243 309,931 Male ±6,871 20,835 Female ±2,240

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