People QuickFacts East Orange New Jersey Population, 2011 estimate 64,365 8,834,773 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 64,270 8,791,898 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.1% 0.5% Population, 2010 64,270 8,791,894 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.2% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.7% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.8% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 55.2% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.1% 68.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 88.5% 13.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 8.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 7.9% 17.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 2.2% 59.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.5% 89.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 23.2% 20.6% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 17.8% 29.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.3% 87.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.2% 35.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,875 472,716 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 31.5 30.1  Housing units, 2010 28,803 3,553,562 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 26.4% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 77.8% 35.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $253,800 $349,100 Households, 2007-2011 24,785 3,180,854 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.57 2.69 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,352 $35,678 Median household income, 2007-2011 $40,348 $71,180 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.4% 9.4%     Business QuickFacts East Orange New Jersey Total number of firms, 2007 3,560 781,622 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 63.3% 7.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.4% 8.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.4% 8.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 27.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 116,608,094 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 143,504 233,413,004 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 237,237 124,813,580 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $3,628 $14,453 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 33,580 19,993,613     Geography QuickFacts East Orange New Jersey Land area in square miles, 2010 3.92 7,354.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 16,378.7 1,195.5 FIPS Code 19390 34 Counties Essex County (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