Bergen County, New Jersey

  People QuickFacts Bergen County New Jersey
  Population, 2002 estimate 895,0918,590,300
  Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002 1.2%2.1%
  Population, 2000 884,1188,414,350
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 7.1%8.6%
  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.3%6.7%
  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.0%24.8%
  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 15.2%13.2%
  Female persons, percent, 2000 51.9%51.5%
  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 78.4%72.6%
  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 5.3%13.6%
  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.2%
  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 10.7%5.7%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 3.2%5.4%
  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.3%2.5%
  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 10.3%13.3%
  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 72.3%66.0%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 62.8%59.8%
  Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 25.1%17.5%
  Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 32.4%25.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.6% 82.1%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 38.2%29.8%
  Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 129,5161,389,811
  Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 29.730.0
  Housing units, 2002 344,1023,372,572
  Homeownership rate, 2000 67.2%65.6%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 40.4%36.1%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $250,300$170,800
  Households, 2000 330,8173,064,645
  Persons per household, 2000 2.642.68
  Median household income, 1999 $65,241$55,146
  Per capita money income, 1999 $33,638$27,006
  Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 5.0%8.5%

  Business QuickFacts Bergen County New Jersey
  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 33,205234,558
  Private nonfarm employment, 2001 474,6323,622,788
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 1.2%2.1%
  Nonemployer establishments, 2000 68,844482,699
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 10,419,66897,060,800
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 10,766,06179,914,892
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $12,646$9,922
  Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 16.4%15.6%
  Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 22.1%23.7%
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 1,77130,441
  Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 3,988,80850,673,011

  Geography QuickFacts Bergen County New Jersey
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2347,417
  Persons per square mile, 2000 3,775.51,134.4
  Metropolitan Area Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 

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