Essex County, New Jersey
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State Health Department
- New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services: PO Box 360, Trenton
Population:
- Total Population: 793,633
- Males: 376,581
- Females: 417,052
Ethnicity:
- White: 298,726
- Black/African American: 318,157
- Hispanic: 122,770
- Native American/Eskimo: 1,337
- Asian: 29,259
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 336
- Other: 3,732
- 2 or more: 19,316
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (517,925)
- Spanish (108,725)
- Portuguese (23,745)
- French Creole (13,930)
- French (10,610)
Top 8 Countries of Origin for Immigrants (pop. > 5000)
Total Reported: 168,165
- Haiti (15,474)
- Portugal (13,123)
- Ecuador (12,850)
- Jamaica (11,071)
- Dominican Republic (8,324)
- Guyana (7,827)
- Brazil (7,711)
- Philippines (6,245)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (280,095)
- Jewish Estimate (76,200)
- Muslim Estimate (21,751)
- American Baptist Churches in the USA (16,385)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (10,432)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 276,125
- Sensory: 20,534
- Physical: 54,168
- Mental: 31,695
- Self-care: 21,152
- Go outside home: 70,548
- Employment: 77,254
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 9,273
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 283,736
- Utility gas: 182,908
- Bottled or LP gas: 8,612
- Electricity: 27,821
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 60,056
- Coal or Coke: 150
- Wood: 62
- Solar Energy: 100
- Other fuel: 2,315
- No fuel used: 1,712
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 438,877
- No vehicle: 99,033
- 1 or more vehicle: 339,844
Education Attainment:
- No School: 9,217
- No High School: 38,642
- Some High School: 77,545
- High School: 139,578
- Some College: 86,465
- Associate's Degree: 20,956
- College Degree: 84,953
- Master's Degree: 35,420
- Professional Degree: 15,485
- Doctoral Degree: 5,309
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 283,736
- Owners with phone: 128,638
- Owners without phone: 851
- Renters with phone: 142,711
- Renters without phone: 11,536
10 closest counties:
- Union County, New Jersey
- Hudson County, New Jersey
- Passaic County, New Jersey
- Richmond County, New York
- Bergen County, New Jersey
- New York County, New York
- Morris County, New Jersey
- Kings County, New York
- Middlesex County, New Jersey
- Bronx County, New York
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
07003, 07004, 07006, 07007, 07009, 07017, 07018, 07019, 07021, 07028, 07039, 07040, 07041, 07042, 07043, 07044, 07050, 07051, 07052, 07068, 07078, 07079, 07101, 07102, 07103, 07104, 07105, 07106, 07107, 07108, 07109, 07110, 07111, 07112, 07114, 07175, 07182, 07184, 07188, 07189, 07191, 07192, 07193, 07194, 07195, 07197, 07198, 07199
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WBGO (88.3 FM) NEWARK, NJ
- WSOU (89.5 FM) SOUTH ORANGE, NJ
- WMSC (90.3 FM) UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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