South Orange, New Jersey Neighborhood Info

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	South Orange, New Jersey	United States
Total population	16,964	281,421,906
State	New Jersey
City	south orange

South Orange, New Jersey Population

	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
Male	8,142	48.0%	49.06%
Female	8,822	52.0%	50.94%
Median age (years)	34.7		35.3

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	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
18 years and over	13,187	77.74%	74.31%
21 years and over	11,413	67.28%	69.97%
62 years and over	2,351	13.86%	14.66%
65 years and over	2,024	11.93%	12.43%

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	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
White	10,248	60.41%	75.14%
Black or African American	5,309	31.3%	12.32%
Asian	660	3.89%	3.64%
Some other race	287	1.69%	5.46%
Two or more races	460	2.71%	2.43%

South Orange, New Jersey Housing

	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
Total households	5,522		105,480,101
Family households (families)	3,768	68.24%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,754	31.76%	31.94%

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	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
Total housing units	5,671		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	149	2.63%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	5,522	97.37%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	3,982	70.22%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,540	27.16%	30.77%

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	South Orange, New Jersey	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	11	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	40	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	283	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	750	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	928	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	1,078	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	501	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	6	0.57%
Median (dollars)	274,600	119,600

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	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	843	15.27%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	1,553	28.12%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	894	16.19%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,010	18.29%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	535	9.69%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	687	12.44%	9.65%

South Orange, New Jersey Education

	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,386		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	419	6.56%	6.47%
Kindergarten	299	4.68%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,676	26.24%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	903	14.14%	21.38%
College or graduate school	3,089	48.37%	22.81%

South Orange, New Jersey Economy

	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
Population 16 years and over	13,605		217,168,077
In labor force	9,429	69.31%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	9,422	69.25%	63.39%
- - Employed	9,030	66.37%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	392	2.88%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	7	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	4,176	30.69%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	7,142	52.5%	51.66%
In labor force	4,561	33.52%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	4,561	33.52%	29.65%
- - Employed	4,369	32.11%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,251	9.2%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	873		12,787,501

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	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	5,504		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	232	4.22%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	227	4.12%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	317	5.76%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	370	6.72%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	513	9.32%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	805	14.63%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	696	12.65%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	954	17.33%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	551	10.01%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	839	15.24%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	83,611		41,994

	South Orange, New Jersey	%, South Orange, New Jersey	United States
With earnings	4,742	34.85%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	117,624		56,604
With Social Security income	1,474	10.83%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	14,592		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	137	1.01%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,990		6,320
With public assistance income	89	0.65%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,749		3,032
With retirement income	916	6.73%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	20,537		17,376

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