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People QuickFacts | Newark | New Jersey
Population, 2012 estimate | 277,727 | 8,867,749
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 277,138 | 8,791,909
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.2% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 277,140 | 8,791,894
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.5% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.6% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 8.6% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.5% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 26.3% | 68.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 52.4% | 13.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 8.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.8% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 33.8% | 17.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 11.6% | 59.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 86.2% | 90.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 26.9% | 20.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 45.0% | 29.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 70.1% | 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 12.5% | 35.4%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 7,232 | 457,724
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 31.3 | 30.3
Housing units, 2010 | 109,520 | 3,553,562
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 23.5% | 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 79.9% | 35.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $264,400 | $337,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 92,303 | 3,186,878
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.85 | 2.7
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $17,161 | $35,928
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $34,387 | $71,637
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 28.0% | 9.9%
Business QuickFacts | Newark | New Jersey
Total number of firms, 2007 | 16,484 | 781,622
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 35.3% | 7.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.6% | 8.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.0% | 8.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 33.4% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,209,162 | 116,608,094
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,119,200 | 233,413,004
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,637,185 | 124,813,580
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,902 | $14,453
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 552,638 | 19,993,613
Geography QuickFacts | Newark | New Jersey
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 24.19 | 7,354.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 11,458.2 | 1,195.5
FIPS Code | 51000 | 34
Counties | Essex 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