Jersey City, NJ

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Jersey City, NJ
Demographics	Estimate	Percent
Total population	240,055	X
Male	117,144	48.8
Female	122,911	51.2
Median Age	32	X
Under 5 Years	16,631	6.9
18 years and over	180,652	75.3
65 years and over	23,438	9.8

One race	226,044	94.2
White	81,637	34.0
Black or African American	67,994	28.3
Hispanic or Latino	67,952	28.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,071	0.4
Asian	38,881	16.2
Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders	181	0.1
Some other race	36,280	15.1
Two or more races	14,011	5.8

Social	Estimate	Percent
Average household size	2.7	X
Average family size	3.4	X

Population (25 years and over)	155,460	X
High school graduate or higher	X	72.6
Bachelor's degree or higher	X	27.5
Civilian veterans	10,707	5.9
Disability status	54,113	24.3
Foreign born	81,554	34.0
Male, now married	39,815	43.8
Female, now married	39,152	39.6
Speak another language	111,889	50.0

Household population	236,678	X
Group quarters population	X	X

Economic	Estimate	Percent
Labor force	114,992	61.5
Mean travel time to work (in minutes)	33.8	X
Median household income	$37,862	X
Median family income	$41,639	X
Per capita income	$19,410	X
Families below poverty level	X	16.4
Individuals below poverty level	X	18.6

Housing	Estimate	Percent
Total housing units	93,648	X
Occupied housing units	88,632	94.6
Owner-occupied housing units	24,978	28.2
Renter-occupied housing units	63,654	71.8
Vacant housing units	5,016	5.4

Owner-occupied homes	9,720	X
Median value (dollars)	$125,000	X
Median monthly owner costs	X	X
With a mortgage (dollars)	$1,475	X
Not mortgaged (dollars)	$569	X

Zip codes

07302, 07304, 07305, 07306, 07307, 07310

Area codes

201, 551

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Source: Census data, retrieved January 06, 2009