Plainfield, New Jersey Demographics

Plainfield is 7th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Plainfield is 11th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Plainfield is 12th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Plainfield is 17th in New Jersey out of 192 other cities in Current population (2012)

Plainfield is 19th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Income below poverty line

Plainfield is 20th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Households

Plainfield is 20th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Plainfield	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	50,244	17th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	6.0	47th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	8,269.6	33rd	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Plainfield	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	8.3%	11th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.8%	65th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.5%	223rd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Plainfield	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.1%	239th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.9%	202nd	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Plainfield	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	23.5%	254th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	50.2%	7th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	12th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	238th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	47th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.2%	25th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	21st	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	254th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Plainfield	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	49.7%	230th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	34.8%	35th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Plainfield	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	16,621	20th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	51.3%	48th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	15,743	20th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	51.3%	207th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$290,300	187th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	3.1	25th	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Plainfield	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$23,955	224th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$51,803	220th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.0%	19th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Plainfield	Rank	New Jersey	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,672	30th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$169,259	82nd	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,673	165th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$29,638	51st	$19,993,613	$613,795,732