| | People QuickFacts | Monmouth County | New Jersey |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 629,384 | 8,864,590 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 630,378 | 8,791,898 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.2% | 0.8% |
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Population, 2010 | 630,380 | 8,791,894 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.3% | 6.1% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.3% | 23.2% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.1% | 13.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.3% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 85.1% | 74.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 7.7% | 14.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 5.2% | 8.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.6% | 1.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 9.9% | 18.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 76.5% | 58.9% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 90.7% | 89.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.1% | 20.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 17.1% | 29.2% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.6% | 87.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 39.6% | 35.0% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 38,591 | 472,716 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 33.6 | 30.1 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 258,987 | 3,562,553 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.7% | 66.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.8% | 35.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $413,500 | $349,100 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 233,120 | 3,180,854 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.67 | 2.69 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $42,234 | $35,678 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $83,842 | $71,180 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.5% | 9.4% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Monmouth County | New Jersey |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 18,842 | 228,9371 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 216,744 | 3,367,1691 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 0.7 | -5.11 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 48,066 | 604,723 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 63,391 | 781,622 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.1% | 7.7% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.9% | 8.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.8% | 8.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.7% | 27.3% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,468,419 | 116,608,094 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,058,874 | 233,413,004 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,225,081 | 124,813,580 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,511 | $14,453 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,153,458 | 19,993,613 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 864 | 12,952 |