People QuickFacts	Kearny	New Jersey
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	38,008	8,724,560
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-6.2%	3.7%
  	Population, 2000    	40,513	8,414,350
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.7%	6.7%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	21.5%	24.8%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	10.9%	13.2%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	48.4%	51.5% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	75.7%	72.6%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	4.0%	13.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.4%	0.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	5.5%	5.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	4.3%	2.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	27.3%	13.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	54.3%	59.8%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	38.2%	17.5%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	53.1%	25.5%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	70.9%	82.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	17.4%	29.8%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	30.6	30.0 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	13,872	3,310,275
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	48.0%	65.6%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$158,200	$170,800 			
  	Households, 2000    	13,539	3,064,645
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.81	2.68
  	Median household income, 1999    	$47,757	$55,146
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$20,886	$27,006
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	8.6%	8.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Kearny	New Jersey
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	547,738	256,925,492
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	303,364	102,153,833
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$7,549	$11,911
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	20,664	15,715,595
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,021	708,837
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	5.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.4%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	7.1%	7.3%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	20.2%	7.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	21.0%	26.1% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Kearny	New Jersey
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	9	7,417
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	4,432.5	1,134.4
  	FIPS Code    	36510	34
 	Counties    	Hudson 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