Newark New Jersey Census and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	273,546	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	273,546	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	80,622	29.5%
Male	132,701	48.5%		Mexican	2,295	0.8%
Female	140,845	51.5%		Puerto Rican	39,650	14.5%
				Cuban	2,962	1.1%
Under 5 years	21,293	7.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	35,715	13.1%
5 to 9 years	22,243	8.1%		Not Hispanic or Latino	192,924	70.5%
10 to 14 years	20,909	7.6%		White alone	38,950	14.2%
15 to 19 years	21,056	7.7%
20 to 24 years	24,014	8.8%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	46,144	16.9%		Total population	273,546	100.0%
35 to 44 years	41,322	15.1%		In households	260,773	95.3%
45 to 54 years	29,949	10.9%		Householder	91,382	33.4%
55 to 59 years	11,376	4.2%		Spouse	28,334	10.4%
60 to 64 years	9,934	3.6%		Child	87,774	32.1%
65 to 74 years	14,485	5.3%		Own child under 18 years	59,601	21.8%
75 to 84 years	8,099	3.0%		Other relatives	34,618	12.7%
85 years and over	2,722	1.0%		Under 18 years	14,339	5.2%
				Nonrelatives	18,665	6.8%
Median age (years)	30.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	6,826	2.5%
				In group quarters	12,773	4.7%
18 years and over	197,127	72.1%		Institutionalized population	7,451	2.7%
Male	93,981	34.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	5,322	1.9%
Female	103,146	37.7%
21 years and over	183,103	66.9%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	30,925	11.3%		Total households	91,382	100.0%
65 years and over	25,306	9.3%		Family households (families)	61,999	67.8%
Male	9,762	3.6%		With own children under 18 years	32,188	35.2%
Female	15,544	5.7%		Married couple family	28,334	31.0%
				With own children under 18 years	13,811	15.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	26,801	29.3%
One race	261,620	95.6%		With own children under 18 years	15,626	17.1%
White	72,537	26.5%		Nonfamily households	29,383	32.2%
Black or African American	146,250	53.5%		Householder living alone	24,331	26.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,005	0.4%		Householder 65 years and over	8,073	8.8%
Asian	3,263	1.2%
Asian Indian	1,428	0.5%		Households with individuals under 18 years	39,255	43.0%
Chinese	489	0.2%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	19,077	20.9%
Filipino	586	0.2%
Japanese	99	0.0%		Average household size	2.85	(X)
Korean	133	0.0%		Average family size	3.43	(X)
Vietnamese	127	0.0%
Other Asian1	401	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	135	0.0%		Total housing units	100,141	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	24	0.0%		Occupied housing units	91,382	91.3%
Guamanian or Chamorro	32	0.0%		Vacant housing units	8,759	8.7%
Samoan	33	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	124	0.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	46	0.0%
Some other race	38,430	14.0%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0%	(X)
Two or more races	11,926	4.4%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.6%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	80,495	29.4%		Occupied housing units	91,382	100.0%
Black or African American	150,384	55.0%		Owner-occupied housing units	21,738	23.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,205	0.8%		Renter-occupied housing units	69,644	76.2%
Asian	4,293	1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	634	0.2%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	3.22	(X)
Some other race	48,067	17.6%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.74	(X)
Date: December 16, 2004
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.