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

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Population Estimates, July 1, 2021, (V2021)

	Passaic County, New Jersey
Population Estimates, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 518,117

People
Population
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA
Population Estimates, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 518,117
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)	 NA
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2021)	 524,118
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 -1.1%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	524,118
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	501,226
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 15.3%
Female persons, percent	 50.8%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 74.5%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 14.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 1.7%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 5.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent	 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)	 43.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 39.5%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2017-2021	11,907
Foreign born persons, percent, 2017-2021	32.1%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	185,497
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-2021	52.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021	$363,700
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021	$2,724
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021	$1,270
Median gross rent, 2017-2021	$1,367
Building permits, 2021	1,144
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2017-2021	176,203
Persons per household, 2017-2021	2.91
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-2021	91.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-2021	49.8%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021	92.5%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-2021	88.3%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	29.8%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-2021	5.3%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 14.4%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	66.2%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	60.5%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	816,949
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	3,127,286
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	615,780
Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	8,086,803
Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)	$16,032
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-2021	27.5
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$78,386
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$35,723
Persons in poverty, percent	 14.1%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2020	11,902
Total employment, 2020	144,368
Total annual payroll, 2020 ($1,000)	7,183,258
Total employment, percent change, 2019-2020	-0.7%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2019	46,302
All employer firms, Reference year 2017	10,865
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	7,345
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,770
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	2,393
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	7,559
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	499
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	9,533

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	2,817.6
Population per square mile, 2010	2,715.3
Land area in square miles, 2020	186.01
Land area in square miles, 2010	184.59
FIPS Code	34031

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Passaic County, New Jersey

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518,117

Middlesex County, New Jersey



860,807

Essex County, New Jersey

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854,917

Burlington County, New Jersey

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464,269

Somerset County, New Jersey

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345,647

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.

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 2017-2021 ACS 5-year estimates to other ACS estimates. For more information, please visit the 2021 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.