North Plainfield, NJ

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3453280, place: North Plainfield borough, New Jersey)

Total Population: 21,103
Male: 10,409 (49.32%)
Female: 10,694 (50.68%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,654 (7.84%)
5 to 9 years: 1,541 (7.3%)
10 to 14 years: 1,449 (6.87%)
15 to 19 years: 1,246 (5.9%)
20 to 24 years: 1,379 (6.53%)
25 to 34 years: 3,837 (18.18%)
35 to 44 years: 3,872 (18.35%)
45 to 54 years: 2,695 (12.77%)
55 to 59 years: 875 (4.15%)
60 to 64 years: 559 (2.65%)
65 to 74 years: 958 (4.54%)
75 to 84 years: 756 (3.58%)
85 years and over: 282 (1.34%)

Median age: 33.7 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 15,664 (74.23%)
21 years and over: 14,959 (70.89%)
62 years and over: 2,300 (10.9%)
65 years and over: 1,996 (9.46%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 15,664 (74.23%)
--Male: 7,703 (36.5%)
--Female: 7,961 (37.72%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,996 (9.46%)
--Male: 767 (3.63%)
--Female: 1,229 (5.82%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 20,158 (95.52%)
--White: 10,023 (47.5%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 6,916 (32.77%)
--Black or African American: 2,824 (13.38%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 59 (0.28%)
--Asian: 1,064 (5.04%)
----Asian Indian: 320 (1.52%)
----Chinese: 245 (1.16%)
----Filipino: 128 (0.61%)
----Japanese: 11 (0.05%)
----Korean: 54 (0.26%)
----Vietnamese: 133 (0.63%)
----Other Asian: 173 (0.82%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 17 (0.08%)
----Native Hawaiian: 4 (0.02%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0%)
----Samoan: 2 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 10 (0.05%)
--Some other race: 2,887 (13.68%)
Two or more Races: 945 (4.48%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 6,916 (32.77%)
--Mexican: 332 (1.57%)
--Puerto Rican: 787 (3.73%)
--Cuban: 93 (0.44%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 5,704 (27.03%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 14,187 (67.23%)
--White Alone: 10,023 (47.5%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 20,916 (99.11%)
--Householder: 7,202 (34.13%)
--Spouse: 3,793 (17.97%)
--Child: 6,547 (31.02%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 4,843 (22.95%)
--Other relatives: 1,873 (8.88%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 488 (2.31%)
--Nonrelatives: 1,501 (7.11%)
----Unmarried partner: 450 (2.13%)
Living in group quarters: 187 (0.89%)
--Institutionalized Population: 41 (0.19%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 146 (0.69%)
Total households: 7,202
Family households (families): 5,086 (70.62%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,664 (36.99%)
--Married-couple families: 3,793 (52.67%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,024 (28.1%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 852 (11.83%)
----With own children under 18 years: 446 (6.19%)
Nonfamily households: 2,116 (29.38%)
--Householder living alone: 1,673 (23.23%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 505 (7.01%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 2,899 (40.25%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,410 (19.58%)
Average household size: 2.9 people
Average family size: 3.4 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 7,393
Occupied housing units: 7,202 (97.42%)
Vacant housing units: 191 (2.58%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 7 (0.09%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.4%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 2%
Occupied housing units: 7,202 (97.42%)
Owner occupied housing units: 4,238 (57.32%)
Renter occupied housing units: 2,964 (40.09%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.99 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.78 people

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