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People QuickFacts |
Union City |
New Jersey |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
63,930 | 8,724,560 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-4.7% | 3.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
67,088 | 8,414,350 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.4% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.3% | 24.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
10.0% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.9% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
58.4% | 72.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
3.6% | 13.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.7% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.1% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
6.9% | 2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
82.3% | 13.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
51.1% | 59.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
58.7% | 17.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
86.1% | 25.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
54.4% | 82.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
12.5% | 29.8% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
29.8 | 30.0 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
23,741 | 3,310,275 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
18.2% | 65.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$141,000 | $170,800 |
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Households, 2000 |
22,872 | 3,064,645 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.92 | 2.68 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$30,642 | $55,146 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$13,997 | $27,006 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
21.4% | 8.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Union City |
New Jersey |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,126,282 | 256,925,492 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
336,818 | 102,153,833 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$5,050 | $11,911 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
44,341 | 15,715,595 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
5,054 | 708,837 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
5.1% | 5.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
5.3% | 7.3% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
53.5% | 7.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
22.6% | 26.1% |
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