Somerville, NJ

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3468460, place: Somerville borough, New Jersey)

Total Population: 12,423
Male: 6,249 (50.3%)
Female: 6,174 (49.7%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 869 (7%)
5 to 9 years: 786 (6.33%)
10 to 14 years: 651 (5.24%)
15 to 19 years: 686 (5.52%)
20 to 24 years: 850 (6.84%)
25 to 34 years: 2,210 (17.79%)
35 to 44 years: 2,237 (18.01%)
45 to 54 years: 1,445 (11.63%)
55 to 59 years: 522 (4.2%)
60 to 64 years: 429 (3.45%)
65 to 74 years: 874 (7.04%)
75 to 84 years: 635 (5.11%)
85 years and over: 229 (1.84%)

Median age: 35.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 9,698 (78.06%)
21 years and over: 9,285 (74.74%)
62 years and over: 1,984 (15.97%)
65 years and over: 1,738 (13.99%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 9,698 (78.06%)
--Male: 4,828 (38.86%)
--Female: 4,870 (39.2%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,738 (13.99%)
--Male: 658 (5.3%)
--Female: 1,080 (8.69%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 12,026 (96.8%)
--White: 7,532 (60.63%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,112 (17%)
--Black or African American: 1,606 (12.93%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 23 (0.19%)
--Asian: 913 (7.35%)
----Asian Indian: 289 (2.33%)
----Chinese: 201 (1.62%)
----Filipino: 258 (2.08%)
----Japanese: 18 (0.14%)
----Korean: 31 (0.25%)
----Vietnamese: 25 (0.2%)
----Other Asian: 91 (0.73%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 3 (0.02%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 2 (0.02%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.01%)
--Some other race: 634 (5.1%)
Two or more Races: 397 (3.2%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,112 (17%)
--Mexican: 278 (2.24%)
--Puerto Rican: 402 (3.24%)
--Cuban: 46 (0.37%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 1,386 (11.16%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 10,311 (83%)
--White Alone: 7,532 (60.63%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 11,793 (94.93%)
--Householder: 4,743 (38.18%)
--Spouse: 2,109 (16.98%)
--Child: 3,327 (26.78%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,443 (19.67%)
--Other relatives: 780 (6.28%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 222 (1.79%)
--Nonrelatives: 834 (6.71%)
----Unmarried partner: 254 (2.04%)
Living in group quarters: 630 (5.07%)
--Institutionalized Population: 460 (3.7%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 170 (1.37%)
Total households: 4,743
Family households (families): 2,891 (60.95%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,356 (28.59%)
--Married-couple families: 2,109 (44.47%)
----With own children under 18 years: 990 (20.87%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 563 (11.87%)
----With own children under 18 years: 294 (6.2%)
Nonfamily households: 1,852 (39.05%)
--Householder living alone: 1,489 (31.39%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 533 (11.24%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,472 (31.04%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,210 (25.51%)
Average household size: 2.49 people
Average family size: 3.15 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 4,882
Occupied housing units: 4,743 (97.15%)
Vacant housing units: 139 (2.85%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 14 (0.29%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.1%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 2%
Occupied housing units: 4,743 (97.15%)
Owner occupied housing units: 2,306 (47.23%)
Renter occupied housing units: 2,437 (49.92%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.7 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.28 people

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