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Profile of State Senate District 05, NJ

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Approximate PVI: D+18

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2022 population: 235,803

2022 Census data
White:	105,437	44.71%
Black:	49,542	21.01%
Indian:	85	0.04%
Asian:	9,356	3.97%
2+ races:	5,598	2.37%
Hispanic:	64,588	27.39%

Total non-White:	130,366	55.29%

Age, Family & Household Data for State Senate District 05, NJ

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2022
Number	Percent
36.4
56,047	23.8%
179,756	76.2%
33,968	14.4%

87,822
2.64

55,950	63.7%
31,042	55.5%
9,303	16.6%
31,872	36.3%

2022 Housing Data for State Senate District 05, NJ

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	95,650
Median Value	$201,800

Occupied	87,822	91.8%
Vacant	7,828	8.2%

Owned	52,072	59.3%
Rented	35,750	40.7%
Median Rent	$1,172

Single-Family Units	68,689	71.8%
Detached	45,682	47.8%
Attached	23,007	24.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	15,657	16.4%
Mobile Homes	541	0.6%

2022 Income & Employment Data for State Senate District 05, NJ

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	5,860	6.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,277	4.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,562	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,224	4.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,133	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,768	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,074	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,438	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,262	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,503	6.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,392	8.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,846	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	8,387	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,963	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,272	8.3%
$200,000 or more	6,861	7.8%

Median Household Income	68,028
Per Capita Income	33,879

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,996	9.1%
Public Assistance	3,410	3.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	17,937	20.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	78,054	70.1%
Unemployed	6,716	6.0%
In Armed Forces	142	0.1%

Total Labor Force	84,912	76.2%
Not in Labor Force	26,460	23.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	41,777	36,465	53.4%
Non-Profit	2,740	6,561	29.5%
Self-Employed	4,521	2,606	63.4%

Local Government	3,452	4,936	41.2%
State Government	1,933	2,626	42.4%
Federal Government	1,092	822	57.1%

Total Private + Self	46,298	39,071	54.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,217	14,945	38.1%
Total	55,515	54,016	50.7%

Pct. Govt.	13.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	14,910	13.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	23,723	21.6%
Professional, Technical	24,361	22.2%
Service Occupations	19,135	17.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	213	0.2%
All others	27,637	25.2%

White Collar		57.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	17,393	15.8%
Retail trade	15,262	13.9%
Manufacturing	9,822	8.9%
Educational services	9,639	8.8%
Transportation and warehousing	8,040	7.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,822	6.2%
Accommodation and food services	6,645	6.1%
Construction	6,403	5.8%
Finance and insurance	4,988	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,892	4.5%
Public administration	4,874	4.4%
Other services	4,719	4.3%
Wholesale trade	3,803	3.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,878	1.7%
Information	1,810	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,657	1.5%
Utilities	654	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	242	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	116	0.1%
Management	107	0.1%

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for State Senate District 05, NJ

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,997	3.39%
Puerto Rican	32,464	13.77%
Cuban	1,221	0.52%
Dominican	12,760	5.41%

Total Central American	4,877	2.07%
Costa Rican	40	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,377	0.58%
Honduran	423	0.18%
Nicaraguan	1,457	0.62%
Panamanian	203	0.09%
Salvadoran	1,377	0.58%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,009	0.85%
Argentinean	206	0.09%
Bolivian	84	0.04%
Chilean	108	0.05%
Colombian	697	0.30%
Ecuadorian	652	0.28%
Paraguayan	10	0.00%
Peruvian	123	0.05%
Uruguayan	15	0.01%
Venezuelan	114	0.05%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,260	1.38%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	2,982	1.26%
Indian	1,840	0.78%
Filipino	1,223	0.52%
Cambodian	1,029	0.44%
Chinese	890	0.38%
Korean	124	0.05%
Bangladeshi	101	0.04%
Thai	38	0.02%
Other East Asian	36	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	163,152	74.0%
Spanish	44,604	20.2%
Other Indo-European	3,348	1.5%
Vietnamese	2,678	1.2%
Other	1,748	0.8%
Other Asian	1,256	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,035	0.5%
Tagalog	825	0.4%
Chinese	595	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	38,079	16.1%
Italian	28,565	12.1%
German	25,612	10.9%
English	14,425	6.1%
Polish	8,844	3.8%
American	5,278	2.2%
French	2,398	1.0%
Haitian	1,763	0.7%
Scottish	1,612	0.7%
Russian	1,361	0.6%
Welsh	1,324	0.6%
Dutch	1,180	0.5%
Swedish	1,082	0.5%
European	1,065	0.5%
Jamaican	994	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	222,892	94.5%
Not a citizen	12,911	5.5%

Native	208,854	88.6%
Foreign-born	26,949	11.4%

2022 Educational Attainment Data for State Senate District 05, NJ

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years		9-12 Years		H.S. Grad or GED		Some College		Bach. Degree		Grad Degree
10,837	6.9%	13,729	8.7%	53,065	33.7%	41,492	26.4%	24,499	15.6%	13,805	8.8%
Average years of education: 12.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	10,837	6.9%
9-12 Years	13,729	8.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	53,065	33.7%
Some College	41,492	26.4%
Bach. Degree	24,499	15.6%
Grad Degree	13,805	8.8%
Average years of education: 12.8

Source for the above data: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (5 year-estimates)

Election Results for State Senate District 05, NJ

Date	District	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes
2023-11-07	5	Nilsa Cruz-Perez* (D)	25,799	68.6%	Clyde Cook (R)	11,245	29.9%	577	1.5%	37,621

*: incumbent sp: special election RO: runoff election