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Profile of State Senate District 29, NJ

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Approximate PVI: D+35

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2022 population: 231,248

2022 Census data
White:	32,673	14.13%
Black:	61,344	26.53%
Indian:	679	0.29%
Asian:	7,914	3.42%
2+ races:	8,125	3.51%
Hispanic:	113,479	49.07%

Total non-White:	198,575	85.87%

Age, Family & Household Data for State Senate District 29, NJ

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2022
Number	Percent
34.6
52,479	22.7%
178,769	77.3%
24,654	10.7%

85,386
2.57

51,629	60.5%
27,524	53.3%
9,599	18.6%
33,757	39.5%

2022 Housing Data for State Senate District 29, NJ

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	90,668
Median Value	$340,600

Occupied	85,386	94.2%
Vacant	5,282	5.8%

Owned	19,370	22.7%
Rented	66,016	77.3%
Median Rent	$1,353

Single-Family Units	16,170	17.8%
Detached	8,146	9.0%
Attached	8,024	8.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	34,010	37.5%
Mobile Homes	124	0.1%

2022 Income & Employment Data for State Senate District 29, NJ

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,964	9.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,894	8.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,561	5.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,362	5.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,816	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,892	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,787	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,253	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,651	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,490	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	9,335	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,290	10.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,352	7.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,034	4.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,217	4.9%
$200,000 or more	3,488	4.1%

Median Household Income	50,568
Per Capita Income	26,386

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,115	8.3%
Public Assistance	3,163	3.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	19,152	22.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	50,543	60.3%
Unemployed	5,092	6.1%
In Armed Forces	21	0.0%

Total Labor Force	55,656	66.4%
Not in Labor Force	28,117	33.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		39.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	46,247	32,822	58.5%
Non-Profit	3,096	3,977	43.8%
Self-Employed	4,500	2,917	60.7%

Local Government	2,056	2,533	44.8%
State Government	1,794	2,635	40.5%
Federal Government	1,064	1,003	51.5%

Total Private + Self	50,747	35,739	58.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	8,010	10,148	44.1%
Total	58,757	45,887	56.1%

Pct. Govt.	10.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	10,422	9.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	18,159	17.3%
Professional, Technical	16,439	15.7%
Service Occupations	22,850	21.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	264	0.3%
All others	36,997	35.3%

White Collar		42.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	14,793	14.1%
Transportation and warehousing	11,753	11.2%
Health care and social assistance	11,243	10.7%
Retail trade	9,514	9.1%
Manufacturing	8,984	8.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	7,962	7.6%
Educational services	6,831	6.5%
Other services	6,448	6.1%
Accommodation and food services	6,401	6.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,680	5.4%
Public administration	3,878	3.7%
Finance and insurance	3,772	3.6%
Wholesale trade	2,768	2.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,494	1.4%
Information	1,472	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,281	1.2%
Utilities	281	0.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	165	0.2%
Management	147	0.1%

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for State Senate District 29, NJ

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	5,284	2.28%
Puerto Rican	29,713	12.85%
Cuban	2,149	0.93%
Dominican	19,175	8.29%

Total Central American	11,045	4.78%
Costa Rican	333	0.14%
Guatemalan	4,166	1.80%
Honduran	2,254	0.97%
Nicaraguan	208	0.09%
Panamanian	276	0.12%
Salvadoran	3,786	1.64%
Other Central American	22	0.01%

Total South American	38,266	16.55%
Argentinean	236	0.10%
Bolivian	23	0.01%
Chilean	630	0.27%
Colombian	3,302	1.43%
Ecuadorian	27,944	12.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	4,502	1.95%
Uruguayan	784	0.34%
Venezuelan	591	0.26%
Other South American	254	0.11%

Other Hispanic	7,847	3.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,826	1.65%
Chinese	2,100	0.91%
Filipino	695	0.30%
Korean	552	0.24%
Taiwanese	78	0.03%
Japanese	72	0.03%
Vietnamese	68	0.03%
Thai	40	0.02%
Indonesian	24	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
Spanish	93,059	42.9%
English	82,532	38.0%
Other Indo-European	27,838	12.8%
Other	5,551	2.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,921	1.3%
Chinese	1,628	0.8%
Other Asian	996	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	746	0.3%
Arabic	723	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Brazilian	14,941	6.5%
Portuguese	8,946	3.9%
American	5,296	2.3%
Italian	5,273	2.3%
African	2,973	1.3%
Nigerian	2,950	1.3%
Irish	2,948	1.3%
German	2,445	1.1%
Jamaican	2,011	0.9%
Polish	2,002	0.9%
Other Subsaharan African	1,531	0.7%
Guyanese	1,443	0.6%
Haitian	1,277	0.6%
Ghanaian	1,266	0.5%
English	890	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	174,953	75.7%
Not a citizen	56,295	24.3%

Native	137,000	59.2%
Foreign-born	94,248	40.8%

2022 Educational Attainment Data for State Senate District 29, NJ

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years		9-12 Years		H.S. Grad or GED		Some College		Bach. Degree		Grad Degree
21,560	14.1%	16,186	10.6%	55,743	36.4%	29,355	19.2%	19,187	12.5%	11,157	7.3%
Average years of education: 12.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	21,560	14.1%
9-12 Years	16,186	10.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	55,743	36.4%
Some College	29,355	19.2%
Bach. Degree	19,187	12.5%
Grad Degree	11,157	7.3%
Average years of education: 12.0

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

Election Results for State Senate District 29, NJ

Date	District	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes
2023-11-07	29	Teresa Ruiz* (D)	7,766	83.5%	Maritza Mathews (R)	1,351	14.5%	186	2.0%	9,303

*: incumbent sp: special election RO: runoff election