People QuickFacts New Jersey USA Population, 2011 estimate 8,821,155 311,591,917 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 8,791,894 308,745,538 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.3% 0.9% Population, 2010 8,791,894 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.2% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.7% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.3% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 74.1% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 14.6% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.7% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 18.1% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 58.9% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 89.4% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 20.3% 12.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 28.7% 20.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 87.3% 85.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 34.6% 27.9% Veterans, 2006-2010 488,675 22,652,496 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 29.8 25.2  Housing units, 2011 3,562,553 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 66.9% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 36.0% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $357,000 $188,400 Households, 2006-2010 3,176,069 114,235,996 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.69 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $34,858 $27,334 Median household income 2006-2010 $69,811 $51,914 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 9.1% 13.8%     Business QuickFacts New Jersey USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 228,937 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 3,367,169 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -5.1 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 604,723 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 781,622 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.7% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.7% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.1% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.7% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.3% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 116,608,094 5,338,306,501 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 233,413,004 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 124,813,580 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,453 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 19,993,613 613,795,732 Building permits, 2011 12,952 624,061     Geography QuickFacts New Jersey USA Land area in square miles, 2010 7,354.22 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,195.5 87.4 FIPS Code 34 (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