Somerset County, New Jersey
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People QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
New Jersey |
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Population, 2011
estimate |
NA |
8,821,155 |
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Population, 2010
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323,444 |
8,791,894 |
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Population, percent
change, 2000 to 2010 |
8.7% |
4.5% |
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Population, 2000
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297,490 |
8,414,350 |
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Persons under 5 years,
percent, 2010
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5.9% |
6.2% |
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Persons under 18
years, percent, 2010
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25.0% |
23.5% |
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Persons 65 years and
over, percent, 2010 |
12.4% |
13.5% |
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Female persons,
percent, 2010 |
51.3% |
51.3% |
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White persons,
percent, 2010 (a) |
70.1% |
68.6% |
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Black persons,
percent, 2010 (a) |
8.9% |
13.7% |
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American Indian and
Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)
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0.2% |
0.3% |
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Asian persons,
percent, 2010 (a) |
14.1% |
8.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)
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0.0% |
0.0% |
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Persons reporting two
or more races, percent, 2010
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2.5% |
2.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic
or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)
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13.0% |
17.7% |
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White persons not
Hispanic, percent, 2010 |
62.4% |
59.3% |
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Living in same house
1 year & over, 2006-2010 |
91.3% |
89.4% |
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Foreign born persons,
percent, 2006-2010 |
22.0% |
20.3% |
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Language other than
English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010
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27.8% |
28.7% |
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High school
graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010
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92.7% |
87.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or
higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010
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49.8% |
34.6% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010
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15,181 |
488,675 |
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Mean travel time to
work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010
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31.2 |
29.8 |
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Housing units, 2010
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123,127 |
3,553,562 |
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Homeownership rate,
2006-2010 |
79.7% |
66.9% |
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Housing units in
multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010
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25.6% |
36.0% |
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Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010
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$431,200 |
$357,000 |
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Households, 2006-2010
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114,431 |
3,176,069 |
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Persons per
household, 2006-2010 |
2.76 |
2.69 |
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Per capita money
income in past 12 months (2010 dollars)
2006-2010 |
$47,067 |
$34,858 |
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Median household
income 2006-2010 |
$97,440 |
$69,811 |
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Persons below poverty
level, percent, 2006-2010
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3.6% |
9.1% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
New Jersey |
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Private nonfarm
establishments, 2009
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9,802 |
231,1861 |
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Private nonfarm
employment, 2009 |
189,390 |
3,443,2111 |
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Private nonfarm
employment, percent change 2000-2009
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7.8% |
-3.0%1 |
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Nonemployer
establishments, 2009 |
23,034 |
570,178 |
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Total number of firms,
2007 |
32,225 |
781,622 |
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Black-owned firms,
percent, 2007 |
5.7% |
7.7% |
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American Indian- and
Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007
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0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms,
percent, 2007 |
11.1% |
8.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent,
2007 |
F |
0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms,
percent, 2007
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6.4% |
8.7% |
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Women-owned firms,
percent, 2007 |
27.5% |
27.3% |
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Manufacturers
shipments, 2007 ($1000)
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6,401,528 |
116,608,094 |
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Merchant wholesaler
sales, 2007 ($1000) |
14,634,500 |
233,413,004 |
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Retail sales, 2007
($1000) |
5,755,996 |
124,813,580 |
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Retail sales per
capita, 2007 |
$17,946 |
$14,453 |
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Accommodation and
food services sales, 2007 ($1000)
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656,131 |
19,993,613 |
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Building permits,
2010 |
716 |
13,535 |
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Federal spending,
2009 |
1,602,752 |
79,592,4371 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
New Jersey |
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Land area in square
miles, 2010 |
301.81 |
7,354.22 |
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Persons per square
mile, 2010 |
1,071.7 |
1,195.5 |
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FIPS Code
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035 |
34 |
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Metropolitan or
Micropolitan Statistical Area
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New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-PA Metro Area |
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