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Hudson County, NJ

736,185 Population
46.2 square miles 15,937 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,306 ±$1,654 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$96,041 ±$5,560 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.1% ±1.3% (109,719  ±9,093) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

37.1 minutes ±0.9 (12,663,790  ±431,024) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

306,647 ±2,935 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (729,056  ±347) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±1% (9,606  ±1,960) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

326,976 ±152 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$575,800 ±$20,229 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±1.4% (87,308  ±10,037.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.2% (466,590  ±11,832.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
50.7% (271,190  ±8,847.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

58.4% (404,788  ±) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 34.3% 3,082,476 (±0.4% / ±32,979.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

44.8% (330,080  ±8,957) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.8% ±0.3% (10,588  ±1,784) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,588 Total veterans ±1,784 9,802 Male ±1,702 786 Female ±560

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