Jersey City, New Jersey Neighborhood Info

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Jersey City, New Jersey QuickFacts

	Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
Total population	240,055	281,421,906
State	New Jersey
City	jersey city

Jersey City, New Jersey Population

	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
Male	117,144	48.8%	49.06%
Female	122,911	51.2%	50.94%
Median age (years)	32.4		35.3

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	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
18 years and over	180,652	75.25%	74.31%
21 years and over	170,621	71.08%	69.97%
62 years and over	28,270	11.78%	14.66%
65 years and over	23,438	9.76%	12.43%

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	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
White	81,637	34.01%	75.14%
Black or African American	67,994	28.32%	12.32%
Asian	38,881	16.2%	3.64%
Some other race	37,532	15.63%	5.46%
Two or more races	14,011	5.84%	2.43%

Jersey City, New Jersey Housing

	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
Total households	88,632		105,480,101
Family households (families)	55,636	62.77%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	32,996	37.23%	31.94%

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	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
Total housing units	93,648		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	5,016	5.36%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	88,632	94.64%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	24,978	26.67%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	63,654	67.97%	30.77%

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	Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	282	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	2,582	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,006	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,974	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	648	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	176	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	48	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	4	0.57%
Median (dollars)	125,000	119,600

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	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	18,809	21.22%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	29,196	32.94%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	13,406	15.13%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	12,685	14.31%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	7,249	8.18%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	7,287	8.22%	9.65%

Jersey City, New Jersey Education

	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	67,945		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	3,933	5.79%	6.47%
Kindergarten	3,460	5.09%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	28,845	42.45%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	13,869	20.41%	21.38%
College or graduate school	17,838	26.25%	22.81%

Jersey City, New Jersey Economy

	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
Population 16 years and over	186,834		217,168,077
In labor force	114,992	61.55%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	114,909	61.5%	63.39%
- - Employed	103,448	55.37%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	11,461	6.13%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	83	0.04%	0.53%
Not in labor force	71,842	38.45%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	97,287	52.07%	51.66%
In labor force	54,184	29.0%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	54,136	28.98%	29.65%
- - Employed	48,325	25.87%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	17,769	9.51%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	9,746		12,787,501

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	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	88,617		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	13,002	14.67%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,188	6.98%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	10,567	11.92%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	11,437	12.91%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	13,759	15.53%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	15,335	17.3%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,174	9.22%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	6,523	7.36%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,851	2.09%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,781	2.01%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	37,862		41,994

	Jersey City, New Jersey	%, Jersey City, New Jersey	United States
With earnings	71,545	38.29%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	56,041		56,604
With Social Security income	17,981	9.62%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,797		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	6,001	3.21%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,143		6,320
With public assistance income	5,977	3.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,090		3,032
With retirement income	9,338	5.0%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	13,883		17,376

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