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Bergen County, NJ

948,406 Population
232.8 square miles 4,074.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$47,617 ±$1,505 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $40,567 ±$329
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$94,107 ±$3,217 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $80,088 ±$672
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

6.6% ±0.8% (61,596  ±7,325) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10% 882,673 (±0.3% / ±28,071)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

33.3 minutes ±0.5 (15,098,330  ±327,271) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32.1 134,987,200 (±0.2 / ±1,141,097)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

338,516 ±2,359 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,218,798 ±8,951
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.8 ±0 (937,343  ±1,548) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,822,571 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

3.5% ±0.7% (7,734  ±1,498) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 98,578 (±0.3% / ±5,606)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

357,530 ±570 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,615,891 ±257
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$470,300 ±$6,172 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $334,900 ±$1,880
  • more than double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

9.2% ±0.9% (86,452  ±8,125.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.6% 942,152 (±0.3% / ±27,840.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

92.4% ±1.8% (618,496  ±11,906.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.9% 5,606,353 (±0.5% / ±33,846.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
48.9% ±1.3% (327,406  ±8,419.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,476,707 (±0.4% / ±22,192.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

40.2% ±1.2% (361,008  ±10,936.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 31.8% 2,699,710 (±0.3% / ±26,431.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

30.8% ±1.1% (292,109  ±10,449) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.8% 2,055,062 (±0.3% / ±24,340)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

3.7% ±0.3% (27,550  ±2,216) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.6% 325,283 (±0.1% / ±7,100)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
27,550 Total veterans ±2,216 26,041 Male ±2,122 1,509 Female ±655

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