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People QuickFacts | Rahway | New Jersey
Population, 2011 estimate | 27,500 | 8,834,773
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 27,346 | 8,791,898
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.6% | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 27,346 | 8,791,894
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.9% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.8% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.5% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.3% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 52.3% | 68.6%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 30.9% | 13.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.3% | 8.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.8% | 2.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 23.5% | 17.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 40.3% | 59.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 90.7% | 89.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.3% | 20.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 33.1% | 29.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.5% | 87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 22.6% | 35.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,260 | 472,716
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27 | 30.1
Housing units, 2010 | 11,300 | 3,553,562
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 59.1% | 66.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 44.4% | 35.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $328,300 | $349,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 10,293 | 3,180,854
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.62 | 2.69
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $28,484 | $35,678
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $58,142 | $71,180
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.9% | 9.4%
Business QuickFacts | Rahway | New Jersey
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,789 | 781,622
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.7% | 7.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.0% | 8.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 15.0% | 8.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.4% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 116,608,094
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 961,214 | 233,413,004
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 265,721 | 124,813,580
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,526 | $14,453
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 32,582 | 19,993,613
Geography QuickFacts | Rahway | New Jersey
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 3.9 | 7,354.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 7,017.2 | 1,195.5
FIPS Code | 61530 | 34
Counties | Union 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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts