Salem County, New Jersey
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State Health Department
- New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services: PO Box 360, Trenton
Population:
- Total Population: 64,285
- Males: 30,988
- Females: 33,297
Ethnicity:
- White: 51,117
- Black/African American: 9,362
- Hispanic: 2,358
- Native American/Eskimo: 205
- Asian: 359
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 12
- Other: 75
- 2 or more: 797
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (56,605)
- Spanish (2,155)
- Italian (455)
- German (210)
- French (150)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 1,620
- Mexico (201)
- Italy (195)
- United Kingdom (100)
- Philippines (75)
- Canada (71)
- Germany (66)
- Korea (63)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (7,545)
- United Methodist Church, The (4,362)
- American Baptist Churches in the USA (1,720)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1,515)
- Episcopal Church (931)
Migrant Health Clinics
- Salem Center: 238 East Broadway, Salem - (856) 935-7711
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 21,441
- Sensory: 1,931
- Physical: 5,532
- Mental: 3,103
- Self-care: 1,594
- Go outside home: 4,202
- Employment: 4,740
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 672
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 24,295
- Utility gas: 6,934
- Bottled or LP gas: 1,252
- Electricity: 3,027
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 12,504
- Coal or Coke: 31
- Wood: 259
- Solar Energy: 17
- Other fuel: 100
- No fuel used: 171
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 44,765
- No vehicle: 3,743
- 1 or more vehicle: 41,022
Education Attainment:
- No School: 438
- No High School: 2,579
- Some High School: 5,777
- High School: 16,784
- Some College: 7,805
- Associate's Degree: 2,894
- College Degree: 4,808
- Master's Degree: 1,207
- Professional Degree: 382
- Doctoral Degree: 115
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 24,295
- Owners with phone: 17,653
- Owners without phone: 81
- Renters with phone: 6,091
- Renters without phone: 470
10 closest counties:
- New Castle County, Delaware
- Gloucester County, New Jersey
- Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County, New Jersey
- Camden County, New Jersey
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Kent County, Delaware
- Cecil County, Maryland
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
08001, 08023, 08038, 08067, 08069, 08070, 08072, 08079, 08098, 08318, 08347
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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