Elizabeth, New Jersey Demographics

Elizabeth is 37th out of 6,405 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Elizabeth is 3rd in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Elizabeth is 4th in New Jersey out of 179 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Elizabeth is 4th in New Jersey out of 192 other cities in Current population (2012)

Elizabeth is 4th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Households

Elizabeth is 4th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Housing units

Elizabeth is 5th in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Retail sales

Elizabeth is 7th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Elizabeth is 10th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Foreign born residents

Elizabeth is 10th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Elizabeth is 13th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Elizabeth	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	126,458	4th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	12.3	13th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	10,144.4	28th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Elizabeth	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	8.0%	17th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	70th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.2%	231st	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Elizabeth	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	72.9%	240th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.4%	240th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Elizabeth	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	54.6%	218th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	21.1%	28th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	16th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.1%	200th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	232nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.6%	14th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	59.5%	7th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	242nd	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Elizabeth	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	50.4%	209th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	46.5%	10th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Elizabeth	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	45,516	4th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	80.4%	10th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	39,375	4th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	27.3%	249th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$333,300	153rd	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	3.1	27th	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Elizabeth	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$19,613	242nd	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$44,678	234th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.7%	23rd	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Elizabeth	Rank	New Jersey	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	9,801	3rd	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,303,968	5th	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,542	85th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$192,007	4th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732