| | People QuickFacts | Newark | New Jersey |
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Population, 2013 estimate | 278,427 | 8,899,339 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 277,138 | 8,791,909 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 0.5% | 1.2% |
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Population, 2010 | 277,140 | 8,791,894 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.6% | 23.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 8.6% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.5% | 51.3% |
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White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 26.3% | 68.6% |
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Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 52.4% | 13.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.3% |
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Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 8.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.8% | 2.7% |
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Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 33.8% | 17.7% |
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White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 11.6% | 59.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 86.4% | 90.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 27.2% | 21.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 45.4% | 30.0% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 70.8% | 88.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 12.7% | 35.8% |
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Veterans, 2009-2013 | 7,375 | 437,652 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 32.3 | 30.4 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 109,520 | 3,553,562 |
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Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 22.7% | 65.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 79.8% | 36.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $243,200 | $327,100 |
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Households, 2009-2013 | 92,363 | 3,186,418 |
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Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.85 | 2.71 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $16,972 | $36,027 |
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Median household income, 2009-2013 | $33,960 | $71,629 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 29.1% | 10.4% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Newark | New Jersey |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 16,484 | 781,622 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 35.3% | 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 | 4.6% | 8.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.0% | 8.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 33.4% | 27.3% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,209,162 | 116,608,094 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,119,200 | 233,413,004 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,637,185 | 124,813,580 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,902 | $14,453 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 552,638 | 19,993,613 |