East Orange, New Jersey


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East Orange
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Population 2000:69,824
Population 2002:69,750
Elevation:166 feet
Foreign born:18.3% (15.1% Latin America, 2.1% Africa)
Land area:3.9 square miles
County:Essex
Industries:Educational,health and social services (29.0%), Transportation and warehousing,and utilities (10.7%).
Population growth:-74 (-0.11%)
Races
Black:89.5%
Hispanic:4.7%
Two or more races:3.8%
White Non-Hispanic:2.7%
Other race:2.1%
American Indian:0.9%
Marital Status
Never married:43.9%
Now married:31.5%
Divorced:9.7%
Widowed:8.9%
Separated:6.1%
Median
House value:$122,000
Household income:$32,346
Resident age:33.0 years
East Orange Compared to New Jersey State Average
House age:above
Median house value:above
Number of rooms per house:below
Hispanic race population percentage:much above
Black race population percentage:much above
Unemployed percentage:above
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:below
Foreign-born population percentage:much above
Population density:much above
Renting percentage:above
Education
High school or higher:72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher:15.0%
Unemployed:13.3%
Graduate or professional degree:4.5%
Crime Statistics
2002 crime index:949.6 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 burglaries:912 (1279.4 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:752 (1054.9 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:698 (979.2 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:54 (75.8 per 100,000)
2002 murders:16 (22.4 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:1,523 (2136.5 per 100,000)
2002 larceny counts:1,999 (2804.3 per 100,000)
Ancestries
West Indian:11.1%
Subsaharan African:4.0%
United States:1.6%
 

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East Orange, New Jersey ZIP Codes: 07017 07018