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====African American==== The county's [[African American]] community is almost entirely concentrated in three municipalities: Englewood (10,215 residents, accounting for 38.98% of the city's total population), Teaneck (11,298; 28.78%), and Hackensack (10,518; 24.65%). Collectively, these three areas account for nearly 70% of the county's total African American population of 46,568, and in fact, blacks have had a presence in these towns since the earliest days of the county. In sharp contrast, African Americans comprise less than 2% of the total in most of Bergen's other municipalities.<ref>Vial, Debra Lynn. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161008195704/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22458321.html "Troubling Encounters along Suburban Byways; Minorities Feel Targeted by Local Police"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 9, 1999. Accessed September 4, 2016. "About 70 percent of Bergen County's African American residents live in Hackensack, Teaneck, and Englewood, according to current population estimates. In some 20 of the other towns, from River Vale to Ho-Ho-Kus, black residents make up less than 1 percent of the population. In 27 others, they are less than 2 percent."</ref> In Englewood, the African American population is concentrated in the Third and Fourth wards of the western half of the city, while the northeastern section of Teaneck has been an African American enclave for several decades.<ref>Fallon, Scott; and Lesser, Benjamin. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610175940/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-93134494.html "Making elections fair to minorities"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 21, 2005</ref> In 2014, Teaneck selected its first female African-American mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/teaneck-selects-its-first-female-african-american-mayor-faces-continuing-fiscal-troubles-1.1044354|title=Teaneck selects its first female African American mayor, faces continuing fiscal troubles|author=Aaron Morrison|work=northjersey.com|date=July 1, 2014|access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref> Hackensack's long-established African American community is primarily located in the central part of the city, especially in the area near Central Avenue and First Street.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140610175946/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-105615552.html "Picture this: Black History Store"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 21, 2005. Accessed December 24, 2013.</ref> Bergen County's black population has declined from 52,473 counted in the 2010 Census<ref name=Census2010/> to an estimated 50,478 in 2012.<ref name="http"/> Other county municipalities with a sizeable minority of African Americans include [[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]] (7.7%), [[Bogota, New Jersey|Bogota]] (9.4%), [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]] (6.5%), [[Lodi, New Jersey|Lodi]] (7.5%) and [[Ridgefield Park, New Jersey|Ridgefield Park]] (6.4%).<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP3.CY10/0500000US34003 GCT-P3; Race and Hispanic or Latino: 2010 β County β County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213155303/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP3.CY10/0500000US34003 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2016.</ref>
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