East Orange, New Jersey Demographics

East Orange is 33rd out of 6,406 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

East Orange is 34th out of 6,406 other cities in Race - Black or African American

East Orange is 46th out of 6,405 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

East Orange is 1st in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Black or African American

East Orange is 4th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

East Orange is 5th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Female residents

East Orange is 8th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Housing units

East Orange is 10th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Households

East Orange is 10th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

East Orange is 11th in New Jersey out of 192 other cities in Current population (2012)

East Orange is 15th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

East Orange is 18th in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

East Orange is 18th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	East Orange	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	64,268	11th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3.9	93rd	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	16,378.7	10th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	East Orange	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	38th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	67th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.8%	174th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	East Orange	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.3%	212th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.2%	218th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	East Orange	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	4.1%	256th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	88.5%	1st	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	57th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	244th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	117th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	149th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	256th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	East Orange	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	55.2%	5th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	23.2%	89th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	East Orange	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	28,803	8th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	77.8%	15th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	24,785	10th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	26.4%	250th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$253,800	210th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.6	170th	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	East Orange	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$21,352	238th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$40,348	240th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.4%	18th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	East Orange	Rank	New Jersey	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,560	18th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$237,237	63rd	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,628	166th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$33,580	44th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732