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Passaic County Facts

Census Statistics

	Passaic County	New Jersey
Population, 2003 estimate	498,357	8,638,396
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.6%	2.7%
Population, 2000	489,049	8,414,350
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	3.9%	8.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.4%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.1%	24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.1%	13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.5%	51.5%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	62.3%	72.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	13.2%	13.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.7%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	16.2%	5.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	4.0%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	30.0%	13.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	51.5%	66.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.4%	59.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	26.6%	17.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	41.9%	25.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	73.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	21.2%	29.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	97,455	1,389,811
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.4	30.0?
Housing units, 2002	170,648	3,372,572
Homeownership rate, 2000	55.6%	65.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	52.1%	36.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$190,600	$170,800?
Households, 2000	163,856	3,064,645
Persons per household, 2000	2.92	2.68
Median household income, 1999	$49,210	$55,146
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,370	$27,006
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.3%	8.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	11,843	234,558
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	172,511	3,622,788
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.5%	2.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	25,235	482,699
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	6,464,231	97,060,800
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	4,659,927	79,914,892
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,665	$9,922
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	15.9%	15.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.9%	23.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	689	30,441
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,435,222	50,673,011
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	185	7,417
Persons per square mile, 2000	2,639.3	1,134.4
Metropolitan Area	Bergen-Passaic, NJ P	?
FIPS Code	031	34

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