People QuickFacts Gloucester County New Jersey Population, 2012 estimate 289,586 8,864,590 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 288,288 8,791,898 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.5% 0.8% Population, 2010 288,288 8,791,894 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.9% 6.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.9% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.7% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.5% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 84.6% 74.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 10.5% 14.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.8% 8.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.8% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.0% 18.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 80.7% 58.9%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.8% 89.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.0% 20.6% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.8% 29.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.0% 87.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.4% 35.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 20,670 472,716 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.1 30.1  Housing units, 2011 110,814 3,562,553 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 80.4% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 17.4% 35.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $236,100 $349,100 Households, 2007-2011 103,548 3,180,854 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.72 2.69 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $32,067 $35,678 Median household income, 2007-2011 $74,830 $71,180 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.3% 9.4%     Business QuickFacts Gloucester County New Jersey Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 5,841 228,937 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 84,075 3,367,169 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 8.1 -5.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 14,548 604,723  Total number of firms, 2007 20,252 781,622 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.6% 7.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.1% 8.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.2% 8.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.5% 27.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 15,679,384 116,608,094 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,962,489 233,413,004 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,352,549 124,813,580 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,216 $14,453 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 379,388 19,993,613 Building permits, 2011 592 12,952     Geography QuickFacts Gloucester County New Jersey Land area in square miles, 2010 322.01 7,354.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 895.3 1,195.5 FIPS Code 015 34 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area   (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