Perth Amboy, New Jersey Demographics

Perth Amboy is 2nd in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Perth Amboy is 5th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Two or More

Perth Amboy is 8th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Perth Amboy is 15th in New Jersey out of 192 other cities in Current population (2012)

Perth Amboy is 16th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Income below poverty line

Perth Amboy is 17th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Households

Perth Amboy is 18th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Perth Amboy is 19th in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Perth Amboy	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	51,744	15th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.7	77th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	10,806.9	22nd	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Perth Amboy	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	7.9%	18th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.3%	40th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.3%	227th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Perth Amboy	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.4%	251st	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.0%	230th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Perth Amboy	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	50.3%	228th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	10.5%	59th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	8th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.7%	218th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	42nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	5.6%	5th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	78.1%	2nd	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	249th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Perth Amboy	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	50.7%	200th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	36.2%	31st	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Perth Amboy	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	16,556	21st	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	65.4%	31st	35.9%	25.9%
Households	16,597	17th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	36.8%	239th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$292,200	183rd	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	3.0	34th	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Perth Amboy	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$20,744	240th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$45,369	233rd	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.9%	16th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Perth Amboy	Rank	New Jersey	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,525	19th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$340,743	32nd	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,047	122nd	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$32,547	46th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732