Somerset County, New Jersey
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State Health Department
- New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services: PO Box 360, Trenton
Population:
- Total Population: 297,490
- Males: 145,414
- Females: 152,076
Ethnicity:
- White: 220,274
- Black/African American: 21,440
- Hispanic: 25,868
- Native American/Eskimo: 228
- Asian: 25,018
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 39
- Other: 548
- 2 or more: 4,075
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (212,270)
- Spanish (22,595)
- Chinese (4,840)
- Italian (4,195)
- Polish (3,020)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 53,937
- India (6,875)
- Costa Rica (3,350)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2,802)
- Italy (2,304)
- Ecuador (2,240)
- Philippines (2,220)
- Poland (2,061)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (118,638)
- Jewish Estimate (11,100)
- American Baptist Churches in the USA (6,351)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (6,348)
- Reformed Church in America (5,471)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 58,701
- Sensory: 4,794
- Physical: 12,750
- Mental: 7,792
- Self-care: 4,192
- Go outside home: 12,897
- Employment: 14,951
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 1,292
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 108,984
- Utility gas: 83,716
- Bottled or LP gas: 1,117
- Electricity: 8,440
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 15,030
- Coal or Coke: 40
- Wood: 167
- Solar Energy: 27
- Other fuel: 306
- No fuel used: 141
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 201,745
- No vehicle: 10,057
- 1 or more vehicle: 191,688
Education Attainment:
- No School: 1,326
- No High School: 7,358
- Some High School: 12,628
- High School: 43,972
- Some College: 32,394
- Associate's Degree: 11,621
- College Degree: 55,991
- Master's Degree: 26,762
- Professional Degree: 6,983
- Doctoral Degree: 5,308
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 108,984
- Owners with phone: 83,966
- Owners without phone: 187
- Renters with phone: 24,291
- Renters without phone: 540
10 closest counties:
- Middlesex County, New Jersey
- Union County, New Jersey
- Morris County, New Jersey
- Hunterdon County, New Jersey
- Mercer County, New Jersey
- Essex County, New Jersey
- Richmond County, New York
- Warren County, New Jersey
- Passaic County, New Jersey
- Monmouth County, New Jersey
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
07059, 07069, 07920, 07921, 07924, 07931, 07934, 07938, 07939, 07977, 07978, 08502, 08504, 08528, 08553, 08558, 08805, 08807, 08821, 08823, 08835, 08836, 08844, 08853, 08869, 08873, 08875, 08876, 08880, 08890, 08896
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WAWZ (99.1 FM) ZAREPHATH, NJ
- WBHX (99.7 FM) NESHANIC STATION, NJ
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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