Essex County, NJ Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Essex County, New Jersey

People QuickFactsEssex CountyNew Jersey
Population, 2005 estimate 791,0578,717,925
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.2%3.6%
Population, 2000 793,6338,414,350
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.7%6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 26.8%24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 11.5%13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2005 52.1%51.3%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)51.4%76.6%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)42.6%14.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)4.2%7.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.3%1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)17.5%15.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 36.4%63.2%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 57.9%59.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 21.2%17.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 29.7%25.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 75.6%82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 27.5%29.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 158,2441,389,811
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 31.230.0
Housing units, 2005 306,4123,443,981
Homeownership rate, 2000 45.6%65.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 61.7%36.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $208,400$170,800
Households, 2000 283,7363,064,645
Persons per household, 2000 2.722.68
Median household income, 2003 $42,705$56,356
Per capita money income, 1999 $24,943$27,006
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 14.4%8.9%
Business QuickFactsEssex CountyNew Jersey
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 20,268240,5391
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 317,2833,609,6401
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -3.0%1.7%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 47,747556,973
Total number of firms, 2002 62,660708,837
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 14.5%5.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 6.4%7.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 7.5%7.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 27.4%26.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 8,764,44796,599,807
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 18,657,856256,925,492
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 6,213,743102,153,833
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $7,802$11,910
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,000,27115,715,595
Building permits, 2005 3,12838,588
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 5,727,45055,264,3501
Geography QuickFactsEssex CountyNew Jersey
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1267,417
Persons per square mile, 2000 6,298.71,134.5
FIPS Code 01334
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, 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, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:32 EST
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