People QuickFacts	Perth Amboy	New Jersey
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	51,093	8,834,773
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	50,814	8,791,898
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.5%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	50,814	8,791,894
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.9%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	27.3%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	9.3%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.7%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	50.3%	68.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	10.5%	13.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.1%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.7%	8.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	5.6%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	78.1%	17.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	12.0%	59.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.8%	89.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	36.2%	20.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	74.4%	29.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	68.4%	87.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.0%	35.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,375	472,716
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.0	30.1 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	16,556	3,553,562
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	36.8%	66.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	65.4%	35.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$292,200	$349,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	16,597	3,180,854
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.00	2.69
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,744	$35,678
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$45,369	$71,180
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.9%	9.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Perth Amboy	New Jersey
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,525	781,622
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	20.3%	7.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.3%	8.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	52.0%	8.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.4%	27.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	938,547	116,608,094
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	361,389	233,413,004
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	340,743	124,813,580
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,047	$14,453
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	32,547	19,993,613

   	Geography QuickFacts	Perth Amboy	New Jersey
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4.70	7,354.22
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	10,806.9	1,195.5
 	FIPS Code    	58200	34
 	Counties    	Middlesex 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