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Somerset County, New Jersey
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People
QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
New Jersey |
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Population, 2006 estimate
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324,186 |
8,724,560 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to
July 1, 2006 |
9.0% |
3.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
297,490 |
8,414,350 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005
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7.0% |
6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005
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26.0% |
24.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
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11.2% |
13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2005
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50.9% |
51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2005
(a) |
78.3% |
76.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2005
(a) |
8.8% |
14.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2005 (a) |
0.2% |
0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2005
(a) |
11.7% |
7.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, 2005
(a) |
0.0% |
0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent,
2005 |
1.1% |
1.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin,
percent, 2005 (b) |
11.1% |
15.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
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68.0% |
63.2% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5
yrs old & over |
55.5% |
59.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
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18.1% |
17.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home,
pct age 5+, 2000 |
22.9% |
25.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age
25+, 2000 |
89.6% |
82.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons
age 25+, 2000
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46.5% |
29.8% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
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34,432 |
1,389,811 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers
age 16+, 2000
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30.1 |
30.0 |
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Housing units, 2005 |
119,260 |
3,443,981 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000
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77.2% |
65.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures,
percent, 2000 |
24.7% |
36.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units,
2000 |
$235,000 |
$170,800 |
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Households, 2000 |
108,984 |
3,064,645 |
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Persons per household, 2000
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2.69 |
2.68 |
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Median household income, 2004
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$79,567 |
$57,338 |
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Per capita money income, 1999
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$37,970 |
$27,006 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004
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4.3% |
8.4% |
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Business
QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
New Jersey |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2004
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9,896 |
240,5391 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2004
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174,859 |
3,609,6401 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change
2000-2004 |
-0.5% |
1.7%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2004
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22,662 |
556,973 |
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Total number of firms, 2002
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28,990 |
708,837 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
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4.4% |
5.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms,
percent, 2002 |
0.5% |
0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
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9.0% |
7.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
owned firms, percent, 2002 |
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0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002
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3.6% |
7.0% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
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29.4% |
26.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)
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4,433,873 |
96,599,807 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)
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21,926,742 |
256,925,492 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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4,423,052 |
102,153,833 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$14,364 |
$11,910 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002
($1000) |
576,442 |
15,715,595 |
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Building permits, 2005
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1,220 |
38,588 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
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1,138,636 |
55,264,3501 |
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Geography
QuickFacts |
Somerset County |
New Jersey |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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304.69 |
7,417.34 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000
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975.4 |
1,134.5 |
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FIPS Code |
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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