People QuickFacts	Linden	New Jersey
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	39,874	8,724,560
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	1.2%	3.7%
  	Population, 2000    	39,394	8,414,350
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.0%	6.7%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	22.5%	24.8%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	16.3%	13.2%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.5%	51.5% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	66.1%	72.6%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	22.8%	13.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.3%	5.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.7%	2.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	14.4%	13.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	62.5%	59.8%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	26.3%	17.5%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	37.5%	25.5%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	78.2%	82.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	14.1%	29.8%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	25.8	30.0 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	15,567	3,310,275
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	58.7%	65.6%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$148,800	$170,800 			
  	Households, 2000    	15,052	3,064,645
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.60	2.68
  	Median household income, 1999    	$46,345	$55,146
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$21,314	$27,006
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	6.4%	8.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Linden	New Jersey
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	3,686,250	256,925,492
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	598,890	102,153,833
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$15,014	$11,911
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	37,032	15,715,595
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,314	708,837
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	5.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.4%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.6%	7.3%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	15.4%	7.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	30.9%	26.1% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Linden	New Jersey
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	10	7,417
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	3,644.2	1,134.4
  	FIPS Code    	40350	34
 	Counties    	Union County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts