| People
QuickFacts |
Newark |
New Jersey |
|
Population, 2010 |
277,140 |
8,791,894 |
|
|
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010
|
1.3% |
4.5% |
|
|
Population, 2000 |
273,546 |
8,414,350 |
|
|
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 persons, percent, 2010 (a)
|
26.3% |
68.6% |
|
|
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)
|
52.4% |
13.7% |
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2010 (a) |
0.6% |
0.3% |
|
|
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)
|
1.6% |
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) |
33.8% |
17.7% |
|
|
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010
|
11.6% |
59.3% |
|
|
|
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009
|
82.5% |
89.0% |
|
|
Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009
|
26.8% |
19.7% |
|
|
Language other than English spoken at home,
pct age 5+, 2005-2009 |
45.3% |
27.6% |
|
|
High school graduates, percent of persons age
25+, 2005-2009 |
66.9% |
86.8% |
|
|
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons
age 25+, 2005-2009 |
11.8% |
34.1% |
|
|
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers
age 16+, 2005-2009 |
30.3 |
29.6 |
|
|
|
Housing units, 2010 |
109,520 |
3,553,562 |
|
|
Homeownership rate, 2005-2009
|
25.3% |
67.1% |
|
|
Housing units in multi-unit structures,
percent, 2005-2009 |
80.6% |
35.8% |
|
|
Median value of owner-occupied housing units,
2005-2009 |
$289,600 |
$356,800 |
|
|
Households, 2005-2009 |
95,392 |
3,152,877 |
|
|
Persons per household, 2005-2009
|
2.74 |
2.68 |
|
|
Per capita money income in past 12 months
(2009 dollars) 2005-2009 |
$17,178 |
$34,566 |
|
|
Median household income 2005-2009
|
$35,507 |
$68,981 |
|
|
People of all ages in poverty - percent,
2005-2009 |
24.3% |
8.8% |
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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 Alaska Native-owned
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 |