Jersey City, New Jersey Demographics

Jersey City is 29th out of 6,405 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Jersey City is 29th out of 6,406 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jersey City is 1st in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Jersey City is 1st in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Households

Jersey City is 2nd in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Retail sales

Jersey City is 2nd in New Jersey out of 192 other cities in Current population (2012)

Jersey City is 2nd in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Housing units

Jersey City is 3rd in New Jersey out of 179 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Jersey City is 7th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Jersey City is 8th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jersey City is 10th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Size in square miles

Jersey City is 17th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Jersey City	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	254,441	2nd	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	14.8	10th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	16,736.3	8th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jersey City	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	43rd	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	181st	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.0%	233rd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jersey City	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.0%	201st	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	40.6%	97th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jersey City	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	32.7%	243rd	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	25.8%	24th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	38th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	23.7%	21st	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	58th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.4%	17th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	27.6%	44th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	240th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jersey City	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	50.6%	203rd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	38.2%	26th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jersey City	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	108,720	2nd	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	83.9%	7th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	94,599	1st	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	31.8%	245th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$353,000	134th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.6	175th	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Jersey City	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$32,120	158th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$57,520	195th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.4%	27th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jersey City	Rank	New Jersey	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	20,193	1st	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,210,063	2nd	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,259	96th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$324,779	3rd	$19,993,613	$613,795,732