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Essex County, New Jersey; Passaic County, New Jersey; Somerset County, New Jersey

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Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)

	Essex County, New Jersey
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 849,477

People
Population
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 849,477
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)	 862,782
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 -1.5%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	863,728
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	783,969
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 14.4%
Female persons, percent	 51.3%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 48.5%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 41.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 0.9%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 6.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent	 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)	 24.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 29.5%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2018-2022	17,928
Foreign born persons, percent, 2018-2022	29.0%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	336,552
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2018-2022	44.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2018-2022	$466,500
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2018-2022	$3,148
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2018-2022	$1,466
Median gross rent, 2018-2022	$1,404
Building permits, 2022	3,470
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2018-2022	312,942
Persons per household, 2018-2022	2.66
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2018-2022	89.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2018-2022	37.1%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2018-2022	93.3%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2018-2022	85.9%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2018-2022	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2018-2022	37.4%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2018-2022	8.4%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 11.7%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2018-2022	66.2%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2018-2022	61.7%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	1,883,319
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	8,098,958
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	8,310,644
Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	9,070,865
Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)	$11,378
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2018-2022	33.8
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2022 dollars), 2018-2022	$73,785
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2022 dollars), 2018-2022	$45,946
Persons in poverty, percent	 15.1%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2021	19,179
Total employment, 2021	266,154
Total annual payroll, 2021 ($1,000)	20,331,478
Total employment, percent change, 2020-2021	-11.0%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2020	74,815
All employer firms, Reference year 2017	16,516
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	10,308
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	3,059
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	4,106
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	10,415
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	588
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	14,009

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	6,850.4
Population per square mile, 2010	6,211.5
Land area in square miles, 2020	126.09
Land area in square miles, 2010	126.21
FIPS Code	34013

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440,000

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Essex County, New Jersey

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849,477

Passaic County, New Jersey

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513,936

Somerset County, New Jersey

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346,875

220,000

440,000

660,000

880,000

Value Notes

 Estimates are not comparable to other geographic levels due to methodology differences that may exist between different data sources.

Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. ] Click the Quick Info  icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.

In Vintage 2022, as a result of the formal request from the state, Connecticut transitioned from eight counties to nine planning regions. For more details, please see the Vintage 2022 release notes available here: Release Notes.

The vintage year (e.g., V2022) refers to the final year of the series (2020 thru 2022). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

Users should exercise caution when comparing 2018-2022 ACS 5-year estimates to other ACS estimates. For more information, please visit the 2022 5-year ACS Comparison Guidance page.

Fact Notes

(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories

Value Flags

-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
FFewer than 25 firms
DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
XNot applicable
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
NANot available
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.