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People QuickFacts | Essex County | New Jersey
Population, 2013 estimate | 789,565 | 8,899,339
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 783,969 | 8,791,909
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 0.7% | 1.2%
Population, 2010 | 783,969 | 8,791,894
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.7% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.3% | 22.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 12.2% | 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.9% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 49.9% | 73.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 41.9% | 14.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.7% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 5.1% | 9.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.2% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 21.7% | 18.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 32.7% | 57.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 89.4% | 90.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 24.8% | 21.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 33.8% | 30.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 83.5% | 88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 32.0% | 35.8%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 27,099 | 437,652
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 32.4 | 30.4
Housing units, 2013 | 313,726 | 3,578,141
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 45.9% | 65.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 60.1% | 36.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $364,800 | $327,100
Households, 2009-2013 | 277,302 | 3,186,418
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.76 | 2.71
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $32,181 | $36,027
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $55,095 | $71,629
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 16.6% | 10.4%
Business QuickFacts | Essex County | New Jersey
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 18,610 | 228,289
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 289,459 | 3,440,470
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 0.3% | 1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 59,654 | 620,282
Total number of firms, 2007 | 67,880 | 781,622
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.0% | 7.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.4% | 8.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.4% | 8.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.9% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 10,422,670 | 116,608,094
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 12,622,517 | 233,413,004
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,750,635 | 124,813,580
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,077 | $14,453
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,335,840 | 19,993,613
Building permits, 2012 | 1,334 | 17,939
Geography QuickFacts | Essex County | New Jersey
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 126.21 | 7,354.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 6,211.5 | 1,195.5
FIPS Code | 13 | 34
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | New York-Newark-Jersey City, 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