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People QuickFacts |
Newark |
New Jersey |
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Population, 2000 |
273,546 | 8,414,350 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
-0.6% | 8.6% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.8% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
27.9% | 24.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
9.3% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.5% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
26.5% | 72.6% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
53.5% | 13.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.2% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
14.0% | 5.4% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
4.4% | 2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
29.5% | 13.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
54.4% | 59.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
24.1% | 17.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
42.6% | 25.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
57.9% | 82.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
9.0% | 29.8% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
31.7 | 30.0 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
100,141 | 3,310,275 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
23.8% | 65.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$119,000 | $170,800 |
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Households, 2000 |
91,382 | 3,064,645 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.85 | 2.68 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$26,913 | $55,146 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$13,009 | $27,006 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
28.4% | 8.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Newark |
New Jersey |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
3,353,066 | 97,060,800 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) |
2,319,293 | 227,309,002 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
912,814 | 79,914,892 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$3,419 | $9,922 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 1997 ($1000) |
335,022 | 13,416,088 |
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Total number of firms, 1997 |
10,514 | 654,227 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
37.8% | 15.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
19.6% | 23.7% |