People QuickFacts	Plainfield	New Jersey
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	50,085	8,821,155
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	49,808	8,791,894
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	49,808	8,791,894
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.3%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	25.8%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	9.5%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	49.7%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	23.5%	68.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	50.2%	13.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	8.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.2%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	40.4%	17.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	8.3%	59.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	87.3%	89.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	32.9%	20.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	40.7%	28.7%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	74.5%	87.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	19.6%	34.6%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	28.0	29.8 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	52.1%	66.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	51.5%	36.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$305,700	$357,000
 	Households, 2006-2010    	16,081	3,176,069
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	3.02	2.69
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$23,767	$34,858
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$52,056	$69,811
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	16.8%	9.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Plainfield	New Jersey
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,672	781,622
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	35.5%	7.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	8.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	19.7%	8.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	27.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	82,000	116,608,094
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	41,380	233,413,004
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	169,259	124,813,580
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$3,673	$14,453
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	29,638	19,993,613

   	Geography QuickFacts	Plainfield	New Jersey
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	6.02	7,354.22
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	8,269.6	1,195.5
 	FIPS Code    	59190	34
 	Counties    	Union 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