New Jersey Population

New Jersey (U.S. state abbreviation is 'NJ') is the northeastern US state, bordering Pennsylvania and Maryland to the west, Connecticut to the north, Delaware to the south, Atlantic ocean to the east. New Jersey state was named after the Isle of Jersey, an island in the English Channel and it falls in Eastern Time Zone. New Jersey population in 2021 is estimated to be 8.97 million, It is 11th populated state and 47th by area rank in United States. Its Area is 8,722 sq miles (22,591 sq km) and has highest density rank, 1210 people per sq mile. New Jersey state capital is Trenton, world largest statue of tooth(15 feet), a giant structure is located here in Trenton and the top 5 cities are Newark, Jersy City, Paterson, Elizabeth and Edison.

Image Source: Augusta, New Jersey

Population of New Jersey is projected 8.9 million in 2019 with the change of 0.24 compared to 0.22 in 2018. NJ population in 2020 is estimated to be 8.95 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	8,799,624
2011	8,827,783	0.32
2012	8,845,483	0.20
2013	8,858,362	0.15
2014	8,866,780	0.10
2015	8,870,869	0.05
2016	8,874,516	0.04
2017	8,888,543	0.16
2018	8,908,520	0.22
2019*	8,929,900	0.24
2020*	8,954,844	0.28
2021*	8,973,552	0.21

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

New Jersey Population by Race & Groups

61.3% are White American, followed by 17.8% with Hispanic/Latino, 12.2% are Black Americans, 8.5% are Asians. American Indian and Alaska Native are 18,006. 1,165 are Cherokee tribal, 83 are Chippewa tribal, 226 are Navajo tribal and 112 are Sioux tribals. Asian population is 844,105 in NJ state, out of these 369,590 are Asian Indians, 158,076 are Chinese, 115,958 are Filipinos, 13,245 are Japanese, 96,644 are Korean and 22,594 are Vietnamese nationals. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 3,013 people, out of these 799 are Native Hawaiian, 747 are Guamanian or Chamorro, 373 are Samoan. Hispanic/Latino are 1,764,520, out of these 239,179 are Mexicans, 479,873 are Puerto Ricans, 91,638 are Cubans.

Total Population	8,960,161	Percent
White	6,085,474	67.92%
Black or African American	1,207,356	13.47%
American Indian and Alaska Native	18,006	0.201%
Cherokee tribal grouping	1,165	0.013%
Chippewa tribal grouping	83	0.001%
Navajo tribal grouping	226	0.003%
Sioux tribal grouping	112	0.001%
Asian Population	844,105	9.42%
Asian Indian	369,590	4.12%
Chinese	158,076	1.76%
Filipino	115,958	1.29%
Japanese	13,245	0.15%
Korean	96,644	1.08%
Vietnamese	22,594	0.25%
Other Asian Population	67,998
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,013	0.03%
Native Hawaiian	799	0.009%
Guamanian or Chamorro	747	0.008%
Samoan	373	0.004%
Other Pacific Islander	1,094
Some other race	573,146
Hispanic or Latino	1,764,520	19.69%
Mexican	239,179	2.67%
Puerto Rican	479,873	5.36%
Cuban	91,638	1.02%
Other Hispanic or Latino	953,830

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of New Jersey

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Newark	282,090
2	Jersey	265,549
3	Paterson	145,627
4	Elizabeth	128,885
5	Clifton	85,273
6	Trenton	83,974
7	Camden	73,973
8	Passaic	69,948
9	Union	68,520
10	Bayonne	65,083

Population Pyramid

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in NJ

English is the official and most spoken language in New Jersey state, out of these 69% speak English natively at home, followed by 16.1% speak Spanish Language, 8.3% speak european langugage and 4.8% speak Asian languages.

Speakers in New Jersey include 408,855 Asian languages, out of these 74,912 speak Hindi, 81,103 are Gujarati, 29,874 are Urdu, 16,583 are Punjabi, 24,926 are Bengali, 22,202 are Nepali/Marathi, 31,104 are Telugu, 24,295 are Tamil, 17,269 are Malayalam/Kannada.
Regarding East and Mid Asia spoken languages are, 121,495 speak Chinese(Mandarin/Cantonese), 10,036 are Japanese, 78,324 are Korean, 41,134 are Hmong, 19,015 are Vietnamese, 995 are Khmer, 2,930 are Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 79,417 are Tagalog.

67,451 speak Arabic, from the middleeast, 15,291 are Hebrew speakers. On the African side, 4,196 speak Amharic/Somali, 31,633 are Yoruba, Twi, Igbo and 6,456 speak Swahili.

35,097 speak French, 67,373 are Italian, 76,347 are Portugese, 21,016 are German, 9,975 speak Yiddish/Pennsylvania Dutch/West Germanic languages, 21,948 are Greek, 47,543 are Russians, 59,136 are Polish, 8,811 are Serbo-Croatian, 22,095 are Ukrainian and 4,983 are Armenian speakers.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	5,821,459	69.03
Spanish Language	1,360,981	16.14
European Language	701,070	8.31
Asian Languages	408,855	4.85
Other Languages	141,080	1.67

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

Education statistics in New Jersey as per table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		796,641	409,761	386,880
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	92,320	53,747	38,573
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	224,905	126,163	98,742
	Some college or associates degree	357,976	176,606	181,370
	Bachelors degree or higher	121,440	53,245	68,195
Population 25 years and over		6,163,699	2,941,677	3,222,022
	Less than 9th grade	315,598	150,750	164,848
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	351,184	176,841	174,343
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,722,597	827,376	895,221
	Some college, no degree	1,026,060	494,291	531,769
	Associates degree	400,424	165,893	234,531
	Bachelors degree	1,439,971	680,088	759,883
	Graduate or professional degree	907,865	446,438	461,427

White		3,676,721	1,756,026	1,920,695
	High school graduate or higher	3,444,704	1,643,950	1,800,754
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,547,585	758,316	789,269
Black or African		786,616	355,461	431,155
	High school graduate or higher	687,788	308,250	379,538
	Bachelors degree or higher	181,245	72,932	108,313
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		11,704	5,975	5,729
	High school graduate or higher	8,626	4,230	4,396
	Bachelors degree or higher	2,358	1,201	1,157
Asian		590,486	281,757	308,729
	High school graduate or higher	545,019	265,787	279,232
	Bachelors degree or higher	405,302	201,929	203,373
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1,876	827	1,049
	High school graduate or higher	1,485	662	823
	Bachelors degree or higher	629	257	372
Hispanic or Latino Origin		1,062,068	525,494	536,574
	High school graduate or higher	774,024	374,431	399,593
	Bachelors degree or higher	190,231	82,317	107,914

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

As on 2017, the New Jersey State table of the physically or mentally disabled people.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	925,580
Male	426,173
Female	499,407
	-
White	665,379
Black or African American	144,591
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,739
Asian	42,664
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	243
Some other race	49,000
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	232,396
With a vision difficulty	171,506
With a cognitive difficulty	325,414
With an ambulatory difficulty	496,699
With a self-care difficulty	197,173
With an independent living difficulty	349,736

Counties of New Jersey

New Jersey state is divided into 21 counties. Bergen is the most populous County with 936,692, followed by Middlesex County with 829,685, Essex county with 799,767.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Atlantic County	266,328	265,429	-0.3	15	15
Bergen County	933,569	936,692	0.3	1	1
Burlington County	445,196	445,384	0	11	11
Camden County	506,343	507,078	0.1	8	8
Cape May County	93,184	92,560	-0.7	20	20
Cumberland County	151,748	150,972	-0.5	16	16
Essex County	795,908	799,767	0.5	3	3
Gloucester County	290,850	291,408	0.2	14	14
Hudson County	672,922	676,061	0.5	4	4
Hunterdon County	124,628	124,714	0.1	18	18
Mercer County	368,602	369,811	0.3	12	12
Middlesex County	827,684	829,685	0.2	2	2
Monmouth County	622,327	621,354	-0.2	5	5
Morris County	494,225	494,228	0	10	10
Ocean County	595,470	601,651	1	6	6
Passaic County	503,694	503,310	-0.1	9	9
Salem County	62,838	62,607	-0.4	21	21
Somerset County	330,700	331,164	0.1	13	13
Sussex County	141,185	140,799	-0.3	17	17
Union County	555,273	558,067	0.5	7	7
Warren County	105,869	105,779	-0.1	19	19