People QuickFacts Hudson County New Jersey Population, 2012 estimate 652,302 8,864,590 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 634,266 8,791,898 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.8% 0.8% Population, 2010 634,266 8,791,894 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 6.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.6% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.5% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.4% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 67.0% 74.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 15.1% 14.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 14.2% 8.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.4% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 42.4% 18.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 30.9% 58.9%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.2% 89.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 40.5% 20.6% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 58.5% 29.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.1% 87.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 35.3% 35.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 16,996 472,716 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 33.2 30.1  Housing units, 2011 272,798 3,562,553 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 34.0% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 83.4% 35.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $374,000 $349,100 Households, 2007-2011 240,526 3,180,854 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.58 2.69 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $32,087 $35,678 Median household income, 2007-2011 $57,660 $71,180 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.1% 9.4%     Business QuickFacts Hudson County New Jersey Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 12,618 228,937 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 204,105 3,367,169 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -6.3 -5.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 45,860 604,723  Total number of firms, 2007 55,520 781,622 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 11.8% 7.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 12.6% 8.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.5% 8.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.7% 27.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,614,244 116,608,094 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 14,524,927 233,413,004 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,099,871 124,813,580 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,350 $14,453 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 880,714 19,993,613 Building permits, 2011 1,581 12,952     Geography QuickFacts Hudson County New Jersey Land area in square miles, 2010 46.19 7,354.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 13,731.4 1,195.5 FIPS Code 017 34 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 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