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Essex County, New Jersey; New Jersey; UNITED STATES

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Essex County, New Jersey
New Jersey
UNITED STATES
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 796,914 8,944,469 323,127,513
People
Population
Population estimates, July 1, 2017, (V2017) NA 9,005,644 325,719,178
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 796,914 8,944,469 323,127,513
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2017) NA 8,791,953 308,758,105
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2016) 784,003 8,791,953 308,758,105
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2017, (V2017) NA 2.4% 5.5%
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2016, (V2016) 1.6% 1.7% 4.7%
Population, Census, April 1, 2010 783,969 8,791,894 308,745,538
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 6.5% 5.8% 6.2%
Persons under 5 years, percent, April 1, 2010 6.9% 6.2% 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 23.8% 22.2% 22.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, April 1, 2010 24.9% 23.5% 24.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 12.9% 15.3% 15.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, April 1, 2010 11.5% 13.5% 13.0%
Female persons, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 51.9% 51.2% 50.8%
Female persons, percent, April 1, 2010 52.0% 51.3% 50.8%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 49.1% 72.4% 76.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 42.2% 15.0% 13.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 0.7% 0.6% 1.3%
Asian alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 5.6% 9.8% 5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 2.3% 2.2% 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(b) 22.7% 20.0% 17.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 31.3% 55.8% 61.3%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2012-2016 21,582 371,383 19,535,341
Foreign born persons, percent, 2012-2016 25.1% 21.8% 13.2%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 315,496 3,604,409 135,697,926
Housing units, April 1, 2010 312,954 3,553,562 131,704,730
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2012-2016 44.1% 64.1% 63.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2012-2016 $356,300 $316,400 $184,700
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2012-2016 $2,736 $2,374 $1,491
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2012-2016 $1,245 $981 $462
Median gross rent, 2012-2016 $1,077 $1,213 $949
Building permits, 2016 2,386 26,793 1,206,642
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2012-2016 279,480 3,195,014 117,716,237
Persons per household, 2012-2016 2.76 2.73 2.64
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2012-2016 89.1% 90.1% 85.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2012-2016 33.8% 30.7% 21.1%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2012-2016 84.7% 88.9% 87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2012-2016 33.3% 37.5% 30.3%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2012-2016 9.1% 6.7% 8.6%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent
13.6%
9.2%
10.1%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2012-2016 66.1% 65.7% 63.1%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2012-2016 62.4% 60.3% 58.3%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 1,378,698 19,673,558 708,138,598
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 6,274,291 60,375,232 2,040,441,203
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 5,942,038 108,854,971 5,696,729,632
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 13,657,695 288,467,844 5,208,023,478
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 9,204,586 133,665,728 4,219,821,871
Total retail sales per capita, 2012(c) $11,685 $15,079 $13,443
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2012-2016 33.9 31.2 26.1
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2016 dollars), 2012-2016 $54,860 $73,702 $55,322
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2016 dollars), 2012-2016 $33,482 $37,538 $29,829
Persons in poverty, percent
16.3%
10.4%
12.7%
Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2015 18,589 230,9611 7,663,938
Total employment, 2015 283,551 3,558,6191 124,085,947
Total annual payroll, 2015 ($1,000) 16,885,445 209,072,0151 6,253,488,252
Total employment, percent change, 2014-2015 -2.2% 0.9%1 2.5%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2015 64,781 670,765 24,331,403
All firms, 2012 75,564 792,088 27,626,360
Men-owned firms, 2012 39,994 464,592 14,844,597
Women-owned firms, 2012 29,092 252,944 9,878,397
Minority-owned firms, 2012 35,331 237,242 7,952,386
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 37,784 533,808 18,987,918
Veteran-owned firms, 2012 4,543 57,996 2,521,682
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 68,453 707,975 24,070,685
Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2010 6,211.5 1,195.5 87.4
Land area in square miles, 2010 126.21 7,354.22 3,531,905.43
FIPS Code 34013 34 00
Value Notes
  • 1Includes data not distributed by county.

This geographic level of poverty and health estimates is not comparable to other geographic levels of these estimates

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., V2017) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2017). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

Fact Notes
  • (a)Includes persons reporting only one race
  • (b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
  • (c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
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.
  • DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
  • FFewer than 25 firms
  • FNFootnote on this item in place of data
  • NANot available
  • SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
  • XNot applicable
  • ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

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