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People MapStats |
Newark |
New Jersey |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
281,402 | 8,724,560 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
3.3% | 3.7% |
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Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
8,872 | 310,213 |
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Population, 2000 |
273,546 | 8,414,350 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.8% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
27.9% | 24.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
9.3% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.5% | 51.5% |
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White persons, 2000 |
72,537 | 6,104,705 |
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Black or African American persons, 2000 |
146,250 | 1,141,821 |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 |
1,005 | 19,492 |
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Asian persons, 2000 |
3,263 | 480,276 |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 |
135 | 3,329 |
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Persons reporting some other race, 2000 |
38,430 | 450,972 |
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Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 |
11,926 | 213,755 |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 |
80,622 | 1,117,191 |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
26.5% | 72.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
53.5% | 13.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.2% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 |
14.0% | 5.4% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
4.4% | 2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
29.5% | 13.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
54.4% | 59.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
24.1% | 17.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
42.6% | 25.5% |
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High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 |
95,163 | 1,661,493 |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
9.0% | 29.8% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
31.7 | 30.0 |
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Households, 2000 |
91,382 | 3,064,645 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.85 | 2.68 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
100,141 | 3,310,275 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
23.8% | 65.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$119,000 | $170,800 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$26,913 | $55,146 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$13,009 | $27,006 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
28.4% | 8.5% |
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Very low-income (VLI) owner households, 2000 |
5,839 | 275,893 |
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Very low-income (VLI) renter households, 2000 |
42,699 | 404,537 |
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VLI owner households, pct of total owner households, 2000 |
28.0% | 13.9% |
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VLI renter households, pct of total renter households, 2000 |
62.1% | 39.0% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of VLI owner households 2000 |
60.7% | 49.8% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of total VLI renter hhlds, 2000 |
46.6% | 50.9% |
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Serious crimes known to police, 2000 |
19,663 | 265,935 |
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Serious crimes known to police per 100,000 population, 2000 |
7,233 | 3,160 |
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Property crimes known to police, 2000 |
15,571 | 233,637 |
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Violent crimes known to police, 2000 |
4,092 | 32,298 |
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Business MapStats |
Newark |
New Jersey |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
13,715 | 708,837 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
22.8% | 5.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
27.3% | 26.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
7.5% | 7.3% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
23.0% | 7.0% |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,859,595 | 256,925,492 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,053,762 | 102,153,833 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$3,812 | $11,911 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
384,616 | 15,715,595 |
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