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The Northeast > New Jersey > People

NEW JERSEYAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age Dependency Ratio 60.8 [16th of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > % Christian 64% [22nd of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > All Evangelical /1000 102.8 [30th of 50]
Christianity > Demographics > All Mainline /1000 70.2 [35th of 50]
Christianity > Demographics > All Orthodox /1000 5.6 [7th of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > Roman Catholic /1000 404.4 [3rd of 51]
Demonym (name of state resident)
New Jerseyan or New Jerseyite
Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants 221,000 [8th of 43]
    Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants (per capita) 2.535 per 100 people [9th of 43]
Hispanic and Latino Americans > Population 1,364,699 [7th of 10]
Hispanic and Latino Americans > Population > Percentage 15.6 [9th of 10]
Median Age 37.8 [15th of 51]
Percent of Children With All Parents in the Labor Force 56.6 % [41st of 51]
Percent of Civilian Population Who are Veterans 8.7 % [50th of 51]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Asia 29.2% [19th of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Europe 22% [17th of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Latin America 42.5% [26th of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Mexico 4.6% [40th of 49]
Percent of Grandparents Responsible for their Grandchildren 29.8 % [45th of 51]
Percent of Households That are Married-Couple Families With Own Children 25.1 % [4th of 51]
Percent of Households With One or More People 65 Years and Over 25 % [5th of 51]
Percent of Households With One or More People Under 18 Years 36.5 % [9th of 51]
Percent of People 21 to 64 Years Old With a Disability 9.1 % [51st of 51]
Percent of People 5 to 20 Years Old With a Disability 6.4 % [37th of 51]
Percent of People 65 Years and Over With a Disability 35.5 % [45th of 51]
Percent of People Who are 65 Years and Over 12.5 % [23rd of 51]
Percent of People Who are 85 Years and Over 1.5 % [12th of 51]
Percent of People Who are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 0.2 % [37th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Asian Alone 7.1 % [3rd of 51]
Percent of People Who are Black or African American Alone 13.1 % [17th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Foreign Born 18.8 % [3rd of 51]
Percent of People Who are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 0 % [41st of 51]
Percent of People Who are Some Other Race Alone 7.4 % [6th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Two or More Races 1.6 % [25th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Two or More Races Excluding Some Other Race 1.1 % [37th of 51]
Percent of People Who are White Alone 70.6 % [41st of 51]
Percent of People Who are White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino 63.6 % [38th of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different House 1 Year Ago 10.8 % [50th of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different House Within the Same State 1 Year Ago 9 % [50th of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different State 1 Year Ago 1.7 % [45th of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak a Language Other Than English At Home 26.6 % [5th of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak English Less Than "Very Well" 11 % [6th of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak Spanish at Home 13.3 % [8th of 51]
Percent of residents over the age of 65 13.3% [19th of 51]
Percent of the Native Population Born in their State of Residence 65 % [28th of 51]
Percent of total population 2.84% [11th of 56]
Population 8,717,925 [10th of 56]
Population > Change in numbers, 2000-2005 303,578 [13th of 52]
Population > Percent change, 2000-2005 3.6% [27th of 52]
Population density 1,134.4 [1st of 50]
Population density > Per km² 439.39 humans/km² [2nd of 51]
Population density > Per sq. mi 1,138 humans/sq. mi [2nd of 51]
Puerto Rican population > % Population in US > 1980 12.1% [2nd of 15]
Puerto Rican population > 1980 243,540 [2nd of 15]
Religion > No religion > Percent 15% [19th of 48]
Roman Catholicism > Largest Denomination
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholicism > Largest Sect
Roman
Catholic
Roman Catholicism > No. of Dioceses/Archdioceses 7 [7th of 50]
Roman Catholicism > Number 3,225,632 [6th of 50]
Roman Catholicism > Percentage of Catholics 39 [4th of 48]
Sex Ratio 93.6 [42nd of 51]
Spanish > Spanish-speaking population 1,134,033 [8th of 52]
Total Asian-Americans/Pacific Islanders 545,600 [5th of 51]
Total Black Population 1,161,890 [15th of 51]
    Total Black Population (per capita) 13.328 per 100 people [17th of 51]
Total Hispanic Population 1,221,616 [7th of 51]
Total Native Americans 15,625 [28th of 51]
Total Two or More Races 52,325 [25th of 51]
Visitors to the United States > Percent of US total in 1998 3.6% [10th of 41]
Visitors to the United States > Percent of US total in 2003 3.8% [10th of 35]
Visitors to the United States > Total in 1998 853,000 [10th of 41]
    Visitors to the United States > Total in 1998 (per capita) 0.978 per 10 people [13th of 41]
Visitors to the United States > Total in 2003 685,000 [10th of 35]
    Visitors to the United States > Total in 2003 (per capita) 0.786 per 10 people [10th of 35]
Women (Per 1,000) Who Had a Birth in the Past 12 Months 47 [45th of 51]

SOURCES: American Community Survey 2004 ; Wikipedia: Christianity in the United States; StateMaster Research Team; US Citizenship and Immigration Services, field report, 2000.; Wikipedia: Hispanic and Latino Americans; American Community Survey 2004; US Census Bureau; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by population; US Census Bureau, July 1, 2005.; US Census Bureau, 2006; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by population density; Wikipedia: Puerto Rican migration to New York; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by percentage of population claiming no religion; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism in the United States ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism in the United States; Wikipedia: Spanish in the United States; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, Overseas Visitors to Select U.S. States and Territories, Washington, DC

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