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	South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
Total population	17,083	281,421,906
State	New Jersey
City	south orange
Zip(s)	07079

South Orange, NJ, 07079 Population

	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
Male	8,198	47.99%	49.06%
Female	8,885	52.01%	50.94%
Median age (years)	34.8		35.3

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	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
18 years and over	13,282	77.75%	74.31%
21 years and over	11,500	67.32%	69.97%
62 years and over	2,371	13.88%	14.66%
65 years and over	2,038	11.93%	12.43%

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	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
White	10,289	60.23%	75.14%
Black or African American	5,384	31.52%	12.32%
Asian	660	3.86%	3.64%
Some other race	290	1.7%	5.46%
Two or more races	460	2.69%	2.43%

South Orange, NJ, 07079 Housing

	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
Total households	5,566		105,480,101
Family households (families)	3,800	68.27%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,766	31.73%	31.94%

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	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
Total housing units	5,708		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	150	2.63%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	5,566	97.51%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	4,013	70.3%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,553	27.21%	30.77%

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	South Orange, NJ, 07079	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	757	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	928	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	1,086	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	507	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	6	0.57%
Median (dollars)	275,100	119,600

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	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	843	15.15%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	1,568	28.17%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	903	16.22%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,016	18.25%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	542	9.74%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	687	12.34%	9.65%

South Orange, NJ, 07079 Education

	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,393		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	419	6.55%	6.47%
Kindergarten	299	4.68%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,676	26.22%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	910	14.23%	21.38%
College or graduate school	3,089	48.32%	22.81%

South Orange, NJ, 07079 Economy

	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
Population 16 years and over	13,681		217,168,077
In labor force	9,464	69.18%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	9,457	69.13%	63.39%
- - Employed	9,044	66.11%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	413	3.02%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	7	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	4,217	30.82%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	7,175	52.44%	51.66%
In labor force	4,571	33.41%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	4,571	33.41%	29.65%
- - Employed	4,379	32.01%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,260	9.21%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	873		12,787,501

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	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	5,549		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	241	4.34%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	227	4.09%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	317	5.71%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	379	6.83%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	525	9.46%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	811	14.62%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	701	12.63%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	958	17.26%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	551	9.93%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	839	15.12%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	82,865		41,994

	South Orange, NJ, 07079	%, South Orange, NJ, 07079	United States
With earnings	4,769	34.86%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	117,277		56,604
With Social Security income	1,493	10.91%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	14,546		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	137	1.0%	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	931	6.81%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	20,393		17,376

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