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People QuickFacts | Middlesex County | New Jersey
Population, 2012 estimate | 823,041 | 8,864,590
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 809,862 | 8,791,898
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.6% | 0.8%
Population, 2010 | 809,858 | 8,791,894
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.1% | 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 22.6% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.5% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.8% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 64.5% | 74.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 10.7% | 14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 22.2% | 8.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.9% | 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 18.9% | 18.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 48.5% | 58.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.3% | 89.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 29.8% | 20.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 40.5% | 29.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.6% | 87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 38.9% | 35.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 37,255 | 472,716
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 32 | 30.1
Housing units, 2011 | 296,076 | 3,562,553
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 66.6% | 66.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 34.4% | 35.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $349,000 | $349,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 278,513 | 3,180,854
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.8 | 2.69
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $34,153 | $35,678
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $78,622 | $71,180
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.5% | 9.4%
Business QuickFacts | Middlesex County | New Jersey
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 21,160 | 228,937
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 359,401 | 3,367,169
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -7.9 | -5.1
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 49,645 | 604,723
Total number of firms, 2007 | 67,778 | 781,622
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 7.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 19.5% | 8.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.4% | 8.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.0% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 12,207,299 | 116,608,094
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 32,631,795 | 233,413,004
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,131,032 | 124,813,580
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,274 | $14,453
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,275,068 | 19,993,613
Building permits, 2011 | 1,225 | 12,952
Geography QuickFacts | Middlesex County | New Jersey
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 308.91 | 7,354.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,621.6 | 1,195.5
FIPS Code | 23 | 34
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area
(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