Editing Fort Lee, New Jersey (section)

==Demographics==
[[Image:NJ 67.jpg|thumb|left|[[Koreatown, Fort Lee|Fort Lee Koreatown]]<ref name=AsianAmericans>Pyong Gap Min. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5PSYZMs8TzEC&pg=PA237 ''Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues''], p. 237. [[Pine Forge Press]], 2006. {{ISBN|9781412905565}}. Accessed August 31, 2015.</ref> is centered at the intersection of Main Street and [[New Jersey Route 67|Route 67]] (Lemoine Avenue).]] 
At the turn of the 21st century, Fort Lee saw a large [[Korean diaspora|Korean migration]] which has converted much of the town into a large [[Koreatown]],<ref name=AsianAmericans/> in that many traditional Korean stores and restaurants may be seen in Fort Lee, and the [[hangul]] letters of the Korean alphabet are as common as signs in English in parts of the downtown area. This Koreatown is separate from the similar Korean enclave in the adjacent town of [[Koreatown, Palisades Park|Palisades Park]].<ref name=AsianAmericans/> The rapid increase of the Korean population has seen the decline of many other immigrant communities once centered in Fort Lee, notably the [[Greek American|Greek]] and [[Italian American|Italian]] communities, once quite large. A sizable [[Russian American|Russian]] immigrant community has also sprung up in recent years.

The per capita Korean American population of Bergen County, 6.3% by the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]],<ref name="Karen Sudol and Dave Sheingold">{{cite web|author1=Karen Sudol|author2=Dave Sheingold|date=October 12, 2011|title=Korean language ballots coming to Bergen County|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/Korean_language_ballots_coming_to_Bergen_County.html|publisher=© 2012 North Jersey Media Group|accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Richard Newman">{{cite web|author=Richard Newman|date=August 30, 2012|title=Korean company to buy Fort Lee bank|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/167951555_Korean_company_to_buy_Fort_Lee_bank_buying_local_lender.html|url-status=dead|publisher=© 2012 North Jersey Media Group Inc. All rights reserved|accessdate=August 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014140239/http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/167951555_Korean_company_to_buy_Fort_Lee_bank_buying_local_lender.html|archive-date=October 14, 2013}}</ref> (increasing to 6.9% by the 2011 [[American Community Survey]]),<ref name="United States Census Bureau">{{cite web|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates - Geographies - Bergen County, New Jersey|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212210151/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-date=February 12, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 12, 2014}}</ref> is the highest of any county in the United States,<ref name="Richard Newman" /> with [[List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations#Top ten municipalities as ranked by Korean-American percentage of overall population in 2010|all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population]]<ref name="BergenCountyKoreanPercentage">{{cite web|author=James O'Neill|date=February 22, 2015|title=Mahwah library hosts Korean tea ceremony to celebrate new year|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/mahwah-library-hosts-korean-tea-ceremony-to-celebrate-new-year-1.1275756|url-status=dead|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|accessdate=February 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222201039/http://www.northjersey.com/news/mahwah-library-hosts-korean-tea-ceremony-to-celebrate-new-year-1.1275756|archive-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> and an absolute total of 56,773 Korean Americans (increasing to 63,247 by the 2011 American Community Survey)<ref name="United States Census Bureau" /> living in the county.<ref name="Karen Sudol and Dave Sheingold" /><ref name="Monsy Alvarado">{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=September 4, 2012|title=Bergen County swears in first female Korean-American assistant prosecutor|url=http://www.northjersey.com/leonia/Bergen_County_swears_in_first_female_Korean-American_assistant_prosecutor.html|publisher=© 2012 North Jersey Media Group|accessdate=September 4, 2012}}</ref> The concentration of Korean Americans in nearby Palisades Park in turn is the highest of any municipality in Bergen County,<ref>Pérez-Peña, Richard. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/nyregion/16palisades.html "As Koreans Pour In, a Town Is Remade"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 15, 2010. Accessed June 13, 2022. "Since the 1980s, the towns of eastern Bergen County -- Edgewater, Englewood Cliffs, Leonia, Fort Lee and others -- seem to have exerted a magnetic pull on Asian immigrants, particularly Koreans. But none more so than Palisades Park, whose population is now 54 percent Asian-American and 44 percent Korean-American, the Census Bureau reported this week."</ref> at 52% of the population,<ref name="Karen Sudol and Dave Sheingold" /> enumerating 10,115 residents of Korean ancestry;<ref>{{cite web|title=Palisades Park borough, New Jersey QuickLinks|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3455770lk.html|url-status=dead|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513134539/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3455770lk.html|archive-date=May 13, 2014}}</ref> while Fort Lee has nearly as many Koreans by absolute numbers, at 8,318, representing 23.5% of its 2010 population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fort Lee borough, New Jersey QuickLinks|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3424420lk.html|url-status=dead|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519045050/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3424420lk.html|archive-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> Along with Koreatowns in [[Koreatown, Manhattan|New York City]] and [[Koreatown, Long Island|Long Island]], the Bergen County Koreatowns serve as the nexus for an overall Korean American population of 218,764 individuals in the [[New York metropolitan area|Greater New York]] [[Combined Statistical Area]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=June 29, 2012}}</ref> the second largest population of ethnic Koreans outside of Korea.<ref name="NYCSecondKorea">{{cite book|author=Chi-Hoon Kim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCegCgAAQBAJ&q=new+york+second+largest+korean+population&pg=PA326|title=Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City: A Food Lover's...|year=2015| publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190263638|accessdate=October 11, 2015}}</ref>

[[Image:Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal), Fort Lee, jeh.jpg|thumb|Episcopal Church]]
[[Image:Young Israel Ft Lee Parker Old Palisade jeh.JPG|thumb|Young Israel Synagogue]]
{{US Census population
|1880=  1424
|1890=  1253
|1900=  2612
|1910=  4472
|1920=  5761
|1930=  8759
|1940=  9468
|1950= 11648
|1960= 21815
|1970= 30631
|1980= 32449
|1990= 31997
|2000= 35461
|2010= 35345
|2020= 40191
| estimate=39700
| estyear=2023
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2023-POP-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023], [[United States Census Bureau]], released May 2024. Accessed May 16, 2024.</ref>
|footnote=Population sources:<small><br />1910–1920<ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726–1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''], [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed October 13, 2013.</ref> 1910<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T9HrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA335 ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 335. Accessed October 13, 2013.</ref><br />1910–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA714 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 – Population Volume I''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 714. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref> 1900–2020<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 Table 6: New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1940 - 2000], Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, August 2001. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=BergenCensus>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/Departments__Services/Planning__Engineering/Census_Data/Table00_HistPopTo2020.pdf Historical Population Trends in Bergen County 1900-2020], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Department of Planning and Engineering, 2022. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><br />2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> 2010<ref name=Census2010>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3424420 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Fort Lee borough, Bergen County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212135809/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3424420 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 5, 2012.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ber/fortlee1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Fort Lee borough] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402032614/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ber/fortlee1.pdf|date=April 2, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed February 5, 2012.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fortleeboroughnewjersey QuickFacts Fort Lee borough, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 14, 2022.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref></small>
}}
In March 2011, about 2,500 [[Japanese-Americans]] were living in Edgewater and Fort Lee, the largest concentration of Japanese-Americans in New Jersey.<ref>Stirling, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/japanese-americans_in_fort_lee.html "Japanese-Americans in Fort Lee, Edgewater describe frantic calls to loved ones in quake's wake"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 11, 2011. Updated March 12, 2011. Accessed December 7, 2013. "According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, about 2,500 Japanese-Americans, the largest concentration in the state, reside in Fort Lee and Edgewater."</ref>

There were 1,119 Fort Lee residents who filed claims to recover lost money from the [[Madoff investment scandal]], the most from any ZIP code.<ref>Efrati, Amir; and Frank, Robert. [https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123669568988683829 "Madoff Set to Plead Guilty to 11 Felonies"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', March 11, 2009. Accessed July 8, 2014. "1,119 – Number of investors in Fort Lee, N.J., who filed claims to recover lost money. The largest total for any ZIP code."</ref>

===2010 census===

The [[2010 United States census]] counted 35,345 people, 16,371 households, and 9,364 families in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{convert|13910.9|/sqmi}}. There were 17,818 housing units at an average density of {{convert|7012.7|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 53.49% (18,905) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 2.75% (973) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.14% (50) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 38.44% (13,587) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.02% (7) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.08% (1,090) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 2.07% (733) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 10.97% (3,877) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/> [[Korean American]]s accounted for 23.5% of the 2010 population, or 8,306 people.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 16,371 households, 21.8% had children under the age of 18; 45.6% were married couples living together; 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 42.8% were non-families. Of all households, 38.4% were made up of individuals and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.89.<ref name=Census2010/> [[Domestic partnership|Same-sex couples]] headed 127 households in 2010, an increase from the 65 counted in 2000.<ref>Lipman, Harvy; and Sheingold, Dave. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203212228/http://www.northjersey.com/news/127675238_NORTH_JERSEY_SEES_30__GROWTH_IN_SAME-SEX_COUPLES___Census_shows_shift_in_suburbs.html "North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 14, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 3, 2013. Accessed September 7, 2014.</ref>

17.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 86.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 83.8  males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 [[American Community Survey]] showed that (in 2010 [[inflation adjustment|inflation-adjusted]] dollars) [[median household income]] was $72,341 (with a margin of error of +/− $4,502) and the median family income was $86,489 (+/− $11,977). Males had a median income of $66,015 (+/− $3,526) versus $55,511 (+/− $3,404) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $44,996 (+/− $2,903). About 5.5% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3400324420 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Fort Lee borough, Bergen county, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213091326/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3400324420 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 35,461 people, 16,544 households, and 9,396 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|14,001.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 17,446 housing units at an average density of {{convert|6,888.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 62.75% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 31.43% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.73% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.69% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 2.26% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.87% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603424420.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Fort Lee borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222313/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603424420.pdf |date=July 14, 2014 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 5, 2013.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3400324420 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Fort Lee borough, Bergen County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212085320/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3400324420 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 5, 2013.</ref>

There were 16,544 households, out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.2% were non-families. 39.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.88.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the borough the age distribution of the population shows 17.5% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the borough was $58,161, and the median income for a family was $72,140. Males had a median income of $54,730 versus $41,783 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $37,899. About 5.7% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

As of the 2000 Census, 17.18% of Fort Lee's residents identified themselves as being of [[Korean American|Korean]] ancestry, which was the fifth highest in the United States and third highest of any municipality in New Jersey; behind neighboring [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]] (36.38%) and [[Leonia, New Jersey|Leonia]] (17.24%) – for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Korean.html Korean Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206002820/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Korean.html |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed June 28, 2006.</ref> In the same census, 5.56% of Fort Lee's residents identified themselves as being of [[Chinese American|Chinese]] ancestry,<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Chinese.html Chinese Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110232258/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Chinese.html |date=November 10, 2006 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed June 28, 2006.</ref> and 6.09% of Fort Lee's residents identified themselves as being of Japanese ancestry, the highest of any municipality in New Jersey for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Japanese.html Japanese Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110232413/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Japanese.html |date=November 10, 2006 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed June 28, 2006.</ref> In the 2010 Census, 23.5% of residents (8,318 individuals) identified themselves as being of Korean ancestry, 7.5% (2,653) as Chinese and 3.7% (1,302) as Japanese.<ref name=Census2010/>