| | People QuickFacts | Roselle | New Jersey |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 21,299 | 8,864,590 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 21,085 | 8,791,898 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.0% | 0.8% |
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Population, 2010 | 21,085 | 8,791,894 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 23.5% | 23.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 12.0% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.5% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 29.6% | 68.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 55.1% | 13.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.2% | 8.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.1% | 2.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 26.8% | 17.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 16.1% | 59.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.8% | 89.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 31.5% | 20.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 43.7% | 29.2% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 86.6% | 87.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 20.7% | 35.0% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 926 | 472,716 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28.9 | 30.1 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 7,939 | 3,553,562 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 61.3% | 66.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 43.4% | 35.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $277,800 | $349,100 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 7,609 | 3,180,854 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.76 | 2.69 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,611 | $35,678 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $55,488 | $71,180 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.5% | 9.4% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Roselle | New Jersey |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,510 | 781,622 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 35.4% | 7.7% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 8.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.6% | 8.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.0% | 27.3% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 98,784 | 116,608,094 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 233,413,004 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 87,678 | 124,813,580 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $4,268 | $14,453 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 19,124 | 19,993,613 |