Union County, New Jersey
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State Health Department
- New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services: PO Box 360, Trenton
Population:
- Total Population: 522,541
- Males: 250,899
- Females: 271,642
Ethnicity:
- White: 283,293
- Black/African American: 104,380
- Hispanic: 102,851
- Native American/Eskimo: 396
- Asian: 19,179
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 90
- Other: 1,375
- 2 or more: 10,977
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (315,020)
- Spanish (92,910)
- Portuguese (17,395)
- Polish (9,015)
- Italian (7,745)
Top 8 Countries of Origin for Immigrants (pop. > 5000)
Total Reported: 130,916
- Colombia (12,492)
- Portugal (9,959)
- Cuba (8,169)
- Poland (7,041)
- Haiti (6,912)
- El Salvador (6,261)
- Peru (5,415)
- Dominican Republic (5,139)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (251,815)
- Jewish Estimate (30,100)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (11,826)
- American Baptist Churches in the USA (9,964)
- Episcopal Church (6,705)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 152,469
- Sensory: 10,757
- Physical: 31,997
- Mental: 17,487
- Self-care: 11,388
- Go outside home: 37,487
- Employment: 40,507
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 4,576
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 186,124
- Utility gas: 133,816
- Bottled or LP gas: 3,034
- Electricity: 9,747
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 38,214
- Coal or Coke: 60
- Wood: 79
- Solar Energy: 8
- Other fuel: 662
- No fuel used: 504
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 327,908
- No vehicle: 39,959
- 1 or more vehicle: 287,949
Education Attainment:
- No School: 6,497
- No High School: 24,338
- Some High School: 42,064
- High School: 104,431
- Some College: 57,534
- Associate's Degree: 16,815
- College Degree: 61,760
- Master's Degree: 24,661
- Professional Degree: 9,523
- Doctoral Degree: 4,280
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 186,124
- Owners with phone: 114,124
- Owners without phone: 564
- Renters with phone: 68,038
- Renters without phone: 3,398
10 closest counties:
- Essex County, New Jersey
- Richmond County, New York
- Middlesex County, New Jersey
- Hudson County, New Jersey
- Morris County, New Jersey
- Somerset County, New Jersey
- Passaic County, New Jersey
- New York County, New York
- Kings County, New York
- Bergen County, New Jersey
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
07016, 07023, 07027, 07033, 07036, 07060, 07061, 07062, 07063, 07065, 07066, 07076, 07081, 07083, 07088, 07090, 07091, 07092, 07201, 07202, 07203, 07204, 07205, 07206, 07207, 07208, 07901, 07902, 07922, 07974
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- KFFX-TV (198 TV) BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ
- WKNJ-FM (90.3 FM) UNION, NJ
- WCHR-FM (105.7 FM) UNION, NJ
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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