2022 population: 24,273
( 888 from 2010
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Land area: 8.3 square miles
Population density: 2925.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 11,893 | 49.00% | 14.1% |
Black: | 2,757 | 11.36% | 21.7% |
Indian: | 27 | 0.11% | 64.5% |
Asian: | 4,123 | 16.99% | 20.2% |
2+ races: | 787 | 3.24% | 58.0% |
Hispanic: | 4,476 | 18.44% | 44.5% |
Total non-White: | 12,380 | 51.00% | 29.8% |
2010-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Change in White population: | -1,957 | -10.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 2,845 | 14.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 8,400 | |
Median Value | $417,300 | |
Occupied | 8,150 | 97.0% |
Vacant | 250 | 3.0% |
Owned | 6,961 | 85.4% |
Rented | 1,189 | 14.6% |
Median Rent | $1,881 | |
Single-Family Units | 7,041 | 83.8% |
Detached | 6,577 | 78.3% |
Attached | 464 | 5.5% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 922 | 11.0% |
Mobile Homes | 1 | 0.0% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 152 | 1.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 42 | 0.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 112 | 1.4% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 158 | 1.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 58 | 0.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 164 | 2.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 125 | 1.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 77 | 0.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 145 | 1.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 279 | 3.4% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 708 | 8.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 966 | 11.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,177 | 14.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 815 | 10.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 1,385 | 17.0% |
$200,000 or more | 1,787 | 21.9% |
Median Household Income | 123,417 | |
Per Capita Income | 48,206 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 369 | 4.5% |
Public Assistance | 86 | 1.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 276 | 3.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 9,881 | 77.6% |
Unemployed | 497 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 10,378 | 81.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 2,351 | 18.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 22.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,155 | 3,492 | 59.6% |
Non-Profit | 361 | 747 | 32.6% |
Self-Employed | 548 | 349 | 61.1% |
Local Government | 574 | 664 | 46.4% |
State Government | 419 | 284 | 59.6% |
Federal Government | 219 | 61 | 78.2% |
Total Private + Self | 5,703 | 3,841 | 59.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 1,573 | 1,756 | 47.3% |
Total | 7,276 | 5,597 | 56.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,487 | 19.3% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 2,681 | 20.8% |
Professional, Technical | 3,607 | 28.0% |
Service Occupations | 1,729 | 13.4% |
All others | 2,369 | 18.4% |
White Collar | 68.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 1,591 | 12.4% |
Educational services | 1,419 | 11.0% |
Manufacturing | 1,325 | 10.3% |
Retail trade | 1,272 | 9.9% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,199 | 9.3% |
Public administration | 909 | 7.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 904 | 7.0% |
Finance and insurance | 773 | 6.0% |
Construction | 742 | 5.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 654 | 5.1% |
Accommodation and food services | 468 | 3.6% |
Other services | 428 | 3.3% |
Wholesale trade | 369 | 2.9% |
Information | 271 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 261 | 2.0% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 168 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 105 | 0.8% |
Management | 15 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 110 | 0.45% |
Puerto Rican | 1,186 | 4.89% |
Cuban | 111 | 0.46% |
Dominican | 623 | 2.57% |
Total Central American | 820 | 3.38% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 369 | 1.52% |
Honduran | 78 | 0.32% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 11 | 0.05% |
Salvadoran | 362 | 1.49% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 1,414 | 5.83% |
Argentinean | 35 | 0.14% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 46 | 0.19% |
Colombian | 515 | 2.12% |
Ecuadorian | 255 | 1.05% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 203 | 0.84% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 360 | 1.48% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 212 | 0.87% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 2,275 | 9.37% |
Filipino | 501 | 2.06% |
Vietnamese | 213 | 0.88% |
Chinese | 201 | 0.83% |
Korean | 87 | 0.36% |
Indonesian | 2 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 14,810 | 65.6% |
Spanish | 3,022 | 13.4% |
Other Indo-European | 1,938 | 8.6% |
Other Asian | 1,128 | 5.0% |
Tagalog | 612 | 2.7% |
Other | 218 | 1.0% |
Vietnamese | 204 | 0.9% |
Chinese | 188 | 0.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 151 | 0.7% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Italian | 4,590 | 18.9% |
Irish | 2,853 | 11.8% |
German | 2,295 | 9.5% |
Polish | 1,877 | 7.7% |
American | 645 | 2.7% |
English | 485 | 2.0% |
Russian | 341 | 1.4% |
Jamaican | 285 | 1.2% |
Guyanese | 261 | 1.1% |
Slovak | 242 | 1.0% |
Hungarian | 239 | 1.0% |
Portuguese | 208 | 0.9% |
Ukrainian | 183 | 0.8% |
Nigerian | 171 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 170 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 22,268 | 91.7% |
Not a citizen | 2,005 | 8.3% |
Native | 18,467 | 76.1% |
Foreign-born | 5,806 | 23.9% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
523 | 2.9% | 805 | 4.5% | 4,269 | 24.1% | 4,514 | 25.4% | 4,517 | 25.5% | 3,112 | 17.5% |
Average years of education: 14.1 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 523 | 2.9% |
9-12 Years | 805 | 4.5% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 4,269 | 24.1% |
Some College | 4,514 | 25.4% |
Bach. Degree | 4,517 | 25.5% |
Grad Degree | 3,112 | 17.5% |
Average years of education: 14.1 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +658 | D +334 | D + 1.9% | |
D +992 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +1,403 | R +675 | R + 8.8% | |
D +728 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +649 | D +76 | R + 0.4% | |
D +725 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -9 | R +258 | R + 2.3% | |
D -267 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) | Diff (US) | PSV | |||||
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2020 | 64% | Joe Biden (D) | 6,448 | 53.4% | Donald Trump* (R) | 5,446 | 45.1% | 188 | 1.6% | 12,082 | 4 | -2 | 0.26% |
2016 | 57% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 5,456 | 51.1% | Donald Trump (R) | 4,788 | 44.8% | 440 | 4.1% | 10,684 | 4 | -1 | 0.27% |
2012 | 54% | Barack Obama* (D) | 5,720 | 58.0% | Mitt Romney (R) | 4,043 | 41.0% | 106 | 1.1% | 9,869 | 0 | -6 | 0.27% |
2008 | 60% | Barack Obama (D) | 5,723 | 53.8% | John McCain (R) | 4,797 | 45.1% | 110 | 1.0% | 10,630 | 4 | 0 | 0.27% |
2004 | 57% | John Kerry (D) | 4,893 | 50.1% | George W. Bush* (R) | 4,808 | 49.2% | 67 | 0.7% | 9,768 | 3 | -1 | 0.27% |
2020 President, South Plainfield borough | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 6,448 | 53.4% | |||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 5,446 | 45.1% | |||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 106 | 0.9% | |||||||||
Other | 82 | 0.7% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 12,082 | ||||||||||
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2016 President, South Plainfield borough | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 5,456 | 51.1% | |||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 4,788 | 44.8% | |||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 213 | 2.0% | |||||||||
Other | 227 | 2.1% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 10,684 | ||||||||||
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2012 President, South Plainfield borough | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 5,720 | 58.0% | |||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 4,043 | 41.0% | |||||||||
Other | 106 | 1.1% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 9,869 | ||||||||||
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2008 President, South Plainfield borough | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 5,723 | 53.8% | |||||||||
John McCain (R) | 4,797 | 45.1% | |||||||||
Other | 110 | 1.0% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 10,630 | ||||||||||
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2004 President, South Plainfield borough | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 4,808 | 49.2% | |||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 4,893 | 50.1% | |||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 46 | 0.5% | |||||||||
Other | 21 | 0.2% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 9,768 | ||||||||||
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Year | Type | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff | PSV | |||||
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2021 | G | 37% | Jack Ciattarelli (R) | 3,534 | 51.0% | Phil Murphy* (D) | 3,330 | 48.0% | 72 [+] | 1.0% | 6,936 | 3 | 0.27% |
2020 | S2 | 63% | Cory Booker* (D) | 6,625 | 55.1% | Rik Mehta (R) | 5,139 | 42.7% | 259 [+] | 2.2% | 12,023 | 2 | 0.27% |
2018 | S1 | 47% | Robert Menendez* (D) | 4,376 | 49.4% | Bob Hugin (R) | 4,212 | 47.6% | 270 [+] | 3.0% | 8,858 | 7 | 0.28% |
2017 | G | 34% | Kim Guadagno (R) | 3,173 | 49.9% | Phil Murphy (D) | 3,070 | 48.3% | 115 [+] | 1.8% | 6,358 | 8 | 0.30% |
2014 | S2 | 31% | Cory Booker* (D) | 2,853 | 50.7% | Jeffrey Bell (R) | 2,693 | 47.9% | 79 [+] | 1.4% | 5,625 | 6 | 0.30% |