Editing New Jersey (section)

== Demographics ==
===Population===
[[File:New Jersey population density 2020.png|thumb|New Jersey population density as of 2020|left]]
{{US Census population
| 1790 = 184139
| 1800 = 211149
| 1810 = 245562
| 1820 = 277575
| 1830 = 320823
| 1840 = 373306
| 1850 = 489555
| 1860 = 672035
| 1870 = 906096
| 1880 = 1131116
| 1890 = 1444933
| 1900 = 1883669
| 1910 = 2537167
| 1920 = 3155900
| 1930 = 4041334
| 1940 = 4160165
| 1950 = 4835329
| 1960 = 6066782
| 1970 = 7168164
| 1980 = 7364823
| 1990 = 7730188
| 2000 = 8414350
| 2010 = 8791894
| 2020 = 9288994
| estimate = 9500851
| estyear = 2024
| footnote = Sources:<ref name=QuickFactsNJ/><ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
Residents of New Jersey are most commonly referred to as New Jerseyans or, less commonly, as New Jerseyites. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], the state had a population of 9,288,994, a 5.7% increase since the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]], which counted 8,791,894 residents.<ref name=QuickFactsNJ/> The state ranked eleventh in the country by total population and first in population density, with 1,185 residents per square mile (458 per km<sup>2</sup>). Historically, New Jersey has experienced one of the fastest growth rates in the country, with its population increasing by double digits almost every decade until 1980; growth has since slowed but remained relatively robust until recently. In 2022, the Census Bureau estimated there were 6,262 fewer residents than in 2020, a decline of 0.3% from 2020, related to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NJ |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: New Jersey |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-date=July 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718114426/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NJ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, the Census Bureau reported that the state population rebounded by 2.3% or 211,837 residents from April 2020. New Jersey lead the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] with a 1.3% growth rate or 121,209 residents from 2023 placing it among the top ten states nationwide for population growth.<ref name=Growth>{{cite web|url=https://www.roi-nj.com/2025/02/18/politics/n-j-tops-9-5-million-in-population-and-other-key-stats-about-states-growth/|title=N.J. tops 9.5 million in population – and other key stats about state's growth|website=roi-nj.com|date=February 18, 2025|access-date=May 7, 2025}}</ref>

New Jersey is the only state where every county is deemed [[urban area|urban]] as defined by the [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Metropolitan Areas and Components, 1999, with FIPS codes |url=https://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/99mfips.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510103542/https://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/99mfips.txt |archive-date=May 10, 2009 |access-date=July 25, 2010}}</ref> Most residents live in the counties surrounding [[New York City]], the nation's largest city, [[Philadelphia]], the nation's sixth-largest city, or along the eastern [[Jersey Shore]]; the extreme southern and northwestern counties are relatively less dense overall. Since the 2000 census, the [[United States Census Bureau]] calculated that New Jersey's [[center of population]] was located in [[East Brunswick, New Jersey|East Brunswick]].<ref>Sweilem, Amira. [https://www.nj.com/data/2022/11/njs-population-center-still-tilts-north-this-town-considers-it-a-badge-of-honor.html "N.J.'s population center still tilts north. This town considers it a badge of honor."], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], November 27, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2024. "Answer time: East Brunswick has held the statistical center of population title since the 2010 Census.... The U.S. Census runs the calculation every 10 years and it has wobbled around Middlesex County since 1880, straying just once since that time into Somerset County (Warren Township) in 1890. East Brunswick just barely held onto the population center in the 2020 Census calculations.... The new spot is on Hawk Court just off Milltown Road between the NJ Turnpike and Ryders Lane."</ref><ref>Stirling, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/us_census_shows_nj_turnpike_in.html "U.S. Census shows East Brunswick as statistical center of N.J."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612191013/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/us_census_shows_nj_turnpike_in.html |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 31, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2024. "For any of you who have ever lain awake at night asking: Where, oh where is the statistical center of New Jersey, there really is an answer. Nenninger Lane, East Brunswick. A few hundred feet into the woods along tiny Nenninger, a dead-end road beside the New Jersey Turnpike, sits the heart of the Garden State in terms of population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau."</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104035710/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72330691.html "East Brunswick, N.J., Represents State's Population Center."], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 27, 2001. Retrieved March 10, 2024. "And the center of New Jersey, according to 2000 census data, is a litter-strewn patch of woods on Milltown Road in East Brunswick. Demographers call it the 'center of population,' the place that would require the least amount of travel if all the state's 8.4 million residents were to converge on one spot.</ref> The state is located in the middle of the [[Northeast megalopolis]], which has more than 50 million residents.

As of 2023, New Jersey had a [[Median income|median household income]] of $99,781, the [[List of U.S. states and territories by income|second-highest]] of any U.S. state behind [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="NJMedianIncome">{{cite web |date=September 2018 |title=Household Income: 2017 |url=https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acsbr17-01.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119023522/https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acsbr17-01.pdf |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |access-date=February 5, 2019 |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name="QF_table">{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NJ,US/PST045221 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: New Jersey |access-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007211542/http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NJ,US/PST045221 |url-status=live }}</ref> Conversely, New Jersey's poverty rate of 9.4% was slightly lower than the national average of 11.4%,<ref name="QF_table" /> and the [[List of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate|sixth lowest of the fifty states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico]]. This is attributed to several factors, including the state's proximity to the major economic centers of New York City and [[Philadelphia]], its hosting the highest number of [[millionaire]]s both per capita and per square mile in the U.S., and the fact that it has the most [[scientist]]s and [[engineer]]s per square mile in the world.<ref name=NewJerseyHighestScientistsEngineersWorld>{{cite web |title=New Jersey |url=http://www.njss.org/about/nj.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019090041/http://www.njss.org/about/nj.php |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=October 19, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey State Society}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Nature Jobs |title=Delaware / Hudson Valley Hot Spot for biotechnology |url=http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2001/010712/full/nj0021.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204220354/http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2001/010712/full/nj0021.html |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |access-date=July 25, 2010 |work=Nature (journal)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 6, 2012 |title=New Jersey leads world in number of scientists, engineers per square mile |url=http://www.politifact.com/new-jersey/statements/2012/sep/06/choose-new-jersey/new-jersey-leads-world-number-scientists-engineers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040552/http://www.politifact.com/new-jersey/statements/2012/sep/06/choose-new-jersey/new-jersey-leads-world-number-scientists-engineers/ |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |access-date=January 5, 2014 |publisher=PolitiFact}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 8,752 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007–2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |access-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |access-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The top countries of origin for New Jersey's immigrants in 2018 were [[Indians in New Jersey|India]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Mexico]], [[Ecuador]], and the [[Filipinos in New Jersey|Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_new_jersey.pdf|title=Immigrants in New Jersey|access-date=May 10, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818073217/https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_new_jersey.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Race and ethnicity ===
[[File:Ethnic Origins in New Jersey.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in New Jersey]]New Jersey is one of the most ethnically diverse states in the United States: as of 2022, over one-fifth (21.5%) of its residents are Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% are Black, and one-tenth are Asian. One in four New Jerseyans were born abroad and more than one million (12.1%) are not fully fluent in English. Compared to the U.S. as a whole, the state is more racially and ethnically diverse and has a higher proportion of immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJSHAD – Complete Health Indicator Report – Population Demographics |url=https://www-doh.state.nj.us/doh-shad/indicator/complete_profile/Demographics.html#:~:text=New%20Jersey%20is%20recognized%20as,not%20speak%20English%20very%20well. |access-date=February 13, 2023 |website=www-doh.state.nj.us |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213222905/https://www-doh.state.nj.us/doh-shad/indicator/complete_profile/Demographics.html#:~:text=New%20Jersey%20is%20recognized%20as,not%20speak%20English%20very%20well. |url-status=live }}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Ethnic composition as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]
|-
! Race and Ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815165418/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Alone
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|51.9|%|2||background:gray}}
|align=right| {{bartable|54.5|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]{{efn|Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry.}}
|align=right| {{bartable}}
|align=right| {{bartable|21.6|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|African American (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12.4|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|align=right| {{bartable|13.6|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10.2|%|2||background:purple}}
|align=right| {{bartable|11.0|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.1|%|2||background:gold}}
|align=right| {{bartable|0.7|%|2||background:gold}}
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.02|%|2||background:pink}}
|align=right| {{bartable|0.1|%|2||background:pink}}
|-
| Other
|align=right| {{bartable|0.8|%|2||background:brown}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.8|%|2||background:brown}}
|}
[[File:New jersey counties by race.svg|thumb|upright|Map of counties in New Jersey by racial plurality, per the 2020 census{{Collapsible list
| title = Legend|{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}

'''Non-Hispanic White'''

{{legend|#e6b8af|30–40%}}

{{legend|#dd7e6b|40–50%}}

{{legend|#cc4125|50–60%}}

{{legend|#a61c00|60–70%}}

{{legend|#85200c|70–80%}}

{{legend|#5b0f00|80–90%}}

{{col-2}}

'''Black or African American'''

{{legend|#ffe599|40–50%}}

'''Hispanic or Latino'''

{{legend|#a2c4c9|40–50%}}

{{col-end}}
}}]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Historical racial demographics
|-
! Racial composition !! 1970<ref name="census"/> !! 1990<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |date=December 24, 2014 |access-date=March 12, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224151538/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-date=December 24, 2014 }}</ref>!! 2000<ref>[http://censusviewer.com/city/NJ Population of New Jersey: Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts]{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=Beta7 |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census|access-date=March 12, 2017|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522200920/https://census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="2020DP1">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US34 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): New Jersey |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 17, 2024 |archive-date=April 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418004129/https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US34 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[White Americans|White]] || 88.6% || 79.3% || 72.5% || 68.6% || 55.0%
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]] || 10.7% || 13.4% || 13.6% || 13.7% || 13.1%
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 0.3% || 3.5% || 5.7% || 8.3% || 10.2% 
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 0.1% || 0.2% || 0.2% || 0.3% || 0.6%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || – || – || –
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.3% || 3.6% || 5.4% || 6.4% || 11.3%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 2.5% || 2.7% || 9.7%
|}
[[File:India Square JC jeh.JPG|thumb|[[India Square]] in the [[Marion Section]] of [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] is home to the highest concentration of [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan area|Asian Indians]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref name="Kiniry, Laura 2006. pg. 3422">Kiniry, Laura. "Moon Handbooks New Jersey", Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006. pg. 34 {{ISBN|1-56691-949-5}}. Retrieved April 10, 2015.</ref>]]
[[File:BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png|thumb|[[Bergen County, New Jersey#Korean American|Koreatown, Bergen County]], across the [[George Washington Bridge]] from [[New York City]]]]
[[File:New Jersey Counties by metro area labeled.svg|thumb|upright|[[Metropolitan Statistical Areas of New Jersey|Metropolitan statistical areas and divisions of New Jersey]]; those shaded in blue are part of the [[New York City Metropolitan Area]], including [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer]] and [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren]] counties. Counties shaded in green, including [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic]], [[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May]], and [[Cumberland County, New Jersey|Cumberland]] counties, belong to the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia Metropolitan Area]].{{Clarify|reason=Warren Mercer, Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland have colors that need explaining in the caption. "Warren County constitutes part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan statistical area," according to it's lead section. Why is this not accounted for?|date=July 2024}}]]

New Jersey is home to roughly half a million [[Illegal immigration to the United States|undocumented immigrants]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nieto-Munoz |first=Sophie |date=March 8, 2022 |title=Murphy proposes $53M fund to aid undocumented immigrants |url=https://newjerseymonitor.com/2022/03/08/murphy-proposes-another-potential-fund-for-undocumented-immigrants/ |access-date=February 13, 2023 |website=New Jersey Monitor |language=en-US |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213222907/https://newjerseymonitor.com/2022/03/08/murphy-proposes-another-potential-fund-for-undocumented-immigrants/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=February 2, 2011 |title=N.J. illegal immigration level holds steady |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/nj_illegal_immigration_level_h.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525203810/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/nj_illegal_immigration_level_h.html |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref> comprising an estimated 6.2% of the population, which in 2018 was the fifth-highest percentage of any U.S. state.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 2011 |title=Pew Research Center |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2011/02/01/iv-state-settlement-patterns/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094322/http://www.pewhispanic.org/2011/02/01/iv-state-settlement-patterns/ |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |access-date=May 17, 2015}}</ref> The municipalities of Camden, Jersey City, and Newark are considered [[Sanctuary city|sanctuary cities]] for illegal immigrants.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 1, 2017 |title=What towns in New Jersey are considered sanctuary cities? |url=http://nj1015.com/what-towns-in-new-jersey-are-considered-sanctuary-cities/?trackback=tsmclip |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416142829/https://nj1015.com/what-towns-in-new-jersey-are-considered-sanctuary-cities/?trackback=tsmclip |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |access-date=September 3, 2019 |website=New Jersey 101.5—New Jersey News Radio}}</ref>

For further information on various ethnoracial groups and neighborhoods prominently featured within New Jersey, see the following articles:
* [[History of the Jews in New Jersey]]
* [[Hispanics and Latinos in New Jersey]]
* [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region]]
* [[Chinese in the New York City metropolitan region]]
* [[List of U.S. cities with significant Korean American populations#Top ten municipalities as ranked by Korean-American percentage of overall population in 2010|List of U.S. cities with significant Korean American populations]]
* [[Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region]]
* [[Filipinos in New Jersey]]
* [[Russians in the New York City metropolitan region]]
* [[Bergen County#Community diversity|Bergen County]]
* [[Jersey City#Race_and_ethnicity|Jersey City]]
* [[India Square]] in Jersey City, home to the highest concentration of [[Asian Indian]]s in the [[Western Hemisphere]]
* [[Ironbound]], a [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] and [[Brazilian people|Brazilian]] enclave in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]
* [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]], a [[Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region|Filipino]] enclave in Jersey City
* [[Havana on the Hudson]], a [[Cuban people|Cuban]] enclave in [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]]
* [[Koreatown, Fort Lee]], a [[Korean diaspora|Korean]] enclave in southeast Bergen County
* [[Koreatown, Palisades Park]], also a Korean enclave in southeast Bergen County
* [[Bangladeshi American#Demographics|Little Bangladesh]], a [[Bangladeshi American|Bangladeshi]] enclave in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]]
* [[Little India (Middlesex County, New Jersey)|Little India (Edison/Iselin)]], the largest and most diverse [[South Asia]]n hub in the United States
* [[Little Istanbul]], also known as [[Ramallah|Little Ramallah]], a Middle Eastern enclave in Paterson
* [[Little Lima]], a [[Peruvian American|Peruvian]] enclave in Paterson

New Jersey is one of the most ethnically and religiously [[Polyethnicity|diverse]] states in the United States. Nearly one-fourth of New Jerseyans (22.7%) were [[foreign born]], compared to the national average of 13.5%.<ref name="QF_table" /> As of 2011, 56.4% of New Jersey's children under the age of one belonged to racial or ethnic minority groups, meaning that they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white.<ref>{{cite news |last=Exner |first=Rich |date=June 3, 2012 |title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html |archive-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref> The 2019 Vintage Year Census estimated that the state's ethnic makeup was as follows: 71.9% White alone, 15.1% Black or African American alone, 10.0% Asian alone, 0.6% American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, and 2.3% Two or more races. Hispanic or Latino accounted for 20.9%, while White alone (non-Hispanic or Latino) accounted for 54.6% of the population.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NJ ''US Census Bureasu Quick Facts: New Jersey.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718114426/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NJ|date=July 18, 2021}} US Department of Commerce. Census Bureau. 2019 Vintage Year Census Estimates. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref> Many of the municipalities in [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], the state's largest county, have a sizeable minority population of Hispanics and Asians.<ref>Koloff, Abbott; and Sheingold, Dave. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2016/12/08/census-data-show-growing-diversity-north-jersey/95113992/ "Census data show growing diversity in North Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004145650/https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2016/12/08/census-data-show-growing-diversity-north-jersey/95113992/ |date=October 4, 2023 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 8, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2023. "North Jersey continues to grow more racially and ethnically diverse with a rise in residents of Asian and Hispanic heritage, bringing the region closer to a point where whites may no longer be a majority of the population. A dozen municipalities in Bergen County saw their Hispanic populations more than double in the first half of this decade while Asian populations in several other towns grew similarly, according to U.S. Census Bureau survey information made public Thursday."</ref> There are also three [[State-recognized tribes in the United States|state-recognized tribes]], and in 2020, 51,186 identified as being Native American alone, while 96,691 did in combination with one or more other races.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html}}</ref>

New Jersey hosts some of the nation's largest communities of religious and ethnic minorities in proportional or absolute terms. It has the second-largest [[Jewish American|Jewish]] population by percentage (after New York);<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/jewish/ Religious Landscape Study: Jews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408175102/https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/jewish/|date=April 8, 2019}}, [[Pew Research Center]]. Retrieved January 25, 2022.</ref> the largest [[Islam in the United States|Muslim]] population by percentage;<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/muslim/ Religious Landscape Study: Muslims] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125192549/https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/muslim/|date=January 25, 2022}}, [[Pew Research Center]]. Retrieved January 25, 2022.</ref> the largest population of [[Peruvian American|Peruvians]] in the U.S.; the largest population of [[Cuban Americans|Cubans]] outside [[Florida]]; the third-highest [[Asia]]n population by percentage; and the second-highest [[Italian Americans in New York City|Italian]] population,<ref name="Italians">[https://www.niaf.org/culture/statistics/states-with-the-highest-population-of-italian-americans/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502012855/http://www.niaf.org/culture/statistics/states-with-the-highest-population-of-italian-americans/|date=May 2, 2019}} Accessed April 29, 2019.</ref> according to the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]]. African Americans, [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]] ([[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Ricans]] and [[Dominican American|Dominicans]]), [[West Indian Americans|West Indians]], [[Arab American|Arabs]], and [[Brazilian people|Brazilian]] and [[Portuguese Americans]] are also high in number. New Jersey also has the fourth-largest [[Filipino American|Filipino]] population, and fourth-largest [[Chinese American|Chinese]] population, per the 2010 U.S. Census.

New Jersey has the-third highest [[Indian American#List of U.S. States by population of Asian Indians|Indian]] population of any state by absolute numbers and the [[Indians in the New York metropolitan area|highest by percentage]],<ref>[http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=185 The Foreign Born from India in the United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426225326/http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=185|date=April 26, 2006}}, dated December 1, 2003</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-6. Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States, Regions, Divisions, States, Puerto Rico, and Places of 100,000 or More Population: Table 2. Percent of Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin, for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States, and for Puerto Rico: 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t6/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223205154/http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t6/tab02.pdf |archive-date=February 23, 2010 |access-date=July 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/atlas/divers.xls Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120144920/http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/atlas/divers.xls|date=January 20, 2017}} (Microsoft Excel)</ref><ref name="censusbrief">{{cite web |date=June 2004 |title=Ancestry: 2000—Census 2000 Brief |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920132346/http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |archive-date=September 20, 2004 |access-date=June 19, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> with [[India Square]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]]<ref name="Kiniry, Laura 2006. pg. 3422"/> hosting the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref name="Laryssa Wirstiuk22">{{cite news |author=Laryssa Wirstiuk |date=April 21, 2014 |title=Neighborhood Spotlight: Journal Square |work=Jersey City Independent |url=http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2014/04/neighborhood-spotlight-journal-square/ |url-status=dead |access-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630085618/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2014/04/neighborhood-spotlight-journal-square/ |archive-date=June 30, 2018 }}</ref> A study by the [[Pew Research Center]] found that in 2013, New Jersey was the only U.S. state in which immigrants born in [[India]] constituted the largest [[foreign born|foreign-born]] nationality, representing roughly 10% of all foreign-born residents in the state.<ref name="IndiaNewJersey">{{cite web |author=Erin O'Neill |date=October 19, 2015 |title=What's the top country of birth for immigrants in N.J.? |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/whats_the_top_country_of_birth_for_immigrants_in_nj.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020140441/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/whats_the_top_country_of_birth_for_immigrants_in_nj.html |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |access-date=October 19, 2015 |publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC}}</ref> [[Central New Jersey]], particularly [[Edison Township, New Jersey|Edison]] and surrounding [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], has the highest concentration of Indians, at nearly 20% in 2020; [[Little India (Edison/Iselin)|Little India]] is the largest and most diverse [[South Asian]] cultural hub in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |author=Joseph Berger |date=April 27, 2008 |title=A Place Where Indians, Now New Jerseyans, Thrive |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27indianj.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621041522/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27indianj.html |archive-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Kate |date=September 25, 2017 |title='Little India' Thrives in Central New Jersey |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-india-thrives-in-central-new-jersey-1506340801 |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412142632/https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-india-thrives-in-central-new-jersey-1506340801 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Genovese |first=Peter |date=November 16, 2012 |title=Big business in Little India: Commerce flourishes in vibrant ethnic neighborhood |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2012/11/big_business_in_little_india_c.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413205752/https://www.nj.com/news/2012/11/big_business_in_little_india_c.html |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2019 |website=The Star-Ledger}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 31, 2011 |title=Eat Street: Oak Tree Road, Iselin, N.J. |url=https://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Oak-Tree-Road-Iselin-NJ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208170118/http://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Oak-Tree-Road-Iselin-NJ |archive-date=February 8, 2014 |access-date=April 27, 2019 |website=SAVEUR}}</ref> The area includes a sprawling [[Chinese in New York City|Chinatown]] and [[Korean Americans in New York City|Koreatown]] running along [[New Jersey Route 27]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Shaftel |first=David |date=March 9, 2017 |title=Indo-Chinese Food Is Hard to Find, Except in New Jersey |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/travel/indo-chinese-restaurants-edison-new-jersey.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418122336/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/travel/indo-chinese-restaurants-edison-new-jersey.html |archive-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref> [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] in Middlesex County has experienced a particularly rapid growth rate in its [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region|Indian American]] population with an estimated 5,943 (13.6%) as of 2017,<ref name="IndiansMonroe">[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/0600000US3402347280 DP05: ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES from the 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Monroe township, Middlesex County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213155409/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/0600000US3402347280|date=February 13, 2020}}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Retrieved February 11, 2019.</ref> which was 23 times the 256 (0.9%) counted at the 2000 Census; [[Diwali]] is celebrated by the township as a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] holiday. In Middlesex County, election [[ballot]]s are printed in English, [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=State of New Jersey Department of State |url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525113011/http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=May 29, 2017 |publisher=State of New Jersey}}</ref> [[Robbinsville, New Jersey|Robbinsville]], in neighboring Mercer County, hosts [[Swaminarayan Akshardham (North America)|the world's largest]] [[Hindu temple]] outside Asia.<ref name="World'sLargestHinduTempleNJ"/> [[Carteret, New Jersey|Carteret]]'s [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] community, variously estimated at upwards of 3,000, is the largest concentration of Sikhs in the state.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kevin Coyne |date=June 15, 2008 |title=Turbans Make Targets, Some Sikhs Find |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/15colnj.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211141425/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/15colnj.html |archive-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref> [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]] is home to America's largest [[Malayali]] community.<ref>[http://40days.homestead.com/Day_22_-_People.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073622/http://40days.homestead.com/Day_22_-_People.pdf|date=March 4, 2016}}. Retrieved January 16, 2016.</ref>

New Jersey also has the third-largest [[Korean American|Korean]] population, with Bergen County home to the highest Korean concentration per capita of any U.S. county<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 |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 |access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> (6.9% in 2011). It is a growing hub and home to [[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 news |author=James O'Neill |date=February 22, 2015 |title=Mahwah library hosts Korean tea ceremony to celebrate new year |newspaper=Northjersey.com |url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/mahwah-library-hosts-korean-tea-ceremony-to-celebrate-new-year-1.1275756 |url-status=live |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 |access-date=February 22, 2015 }}</ref> led by [[Koreatown, Palisades Park|Palisades Park (벼랑 공원)]],<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5PSYZMs8TzEC&q=fort+lee+koreatown+pyong+min&pg=PA237 |title=Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues Second Edition, Edited by Pyong Gap Min |publisher=Pine Forge Press – An Imprint of Sage Publications, Inc |year=2006 |isbn=9781412905565 |access-date=July 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527181032/https://books.google.com/books?id=5PSYZMs8TzEC&q=fort+lee+koreatown+pyong+min&pg=PA237 |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> the municipality with the highest [[List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations#Municipalities with density of at least 500 Korean Americans per square mile in 2010|density]] of ethnic [[Koreans]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. Displaying ubiquitous [[Hangul|Hangul (한글)]] signage and known as the ''Korean village'',<ref name="Palisades Park Municipal Court">{{cite web |title=Palisades Park Municipal Court |url=http://www.town-court.com/getTownCourt.php?courtID=1071 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028004824/http://www.town-court.com/getTownCourt.php?courtID=1071 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2014 |publisher=SpinJ Corporation}}</ref> Palisades Park uniquely comprises a Korean majority (52% in 2010) of its population,<ref>{{cite web |title=Palisades Park borough, New Jersey QuickLinks |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3455770lk.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513134539/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3455770lk.html |archive-date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=July 11, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Kirk Semple |date=May 18, 2012 |title=In New Jersey, Memorial for 'Comfort Women' Deepens Old Animosity |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/nyregion/monument-in-palisades-park-nj-irritates-japanese-officials.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529231015/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/nyregion/monument-in-palisades-park-nj-irritates-japanese-officials.html |archive-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref> with both the [[List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations#Municipalities with density of at least 500 Korean Americans per square mile in 2010|highest Korean-American density and percentage]] of any municipality in the United States.

====Birth data====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:left;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" | {{no wrap|Live births by single race/ethnicity of mother}}
|-
! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]]
! 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214040341/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2015<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831155911/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |archive-date=August 31, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603002249/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |archive-date=June 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201210916/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2018<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128161211/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |archive-date=November 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |title=Data |publisher=Centres for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200707/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |title=Data |publisher=Centres for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 20, 2022 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210175206/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/NVSR70-17.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |title=Data |publisher=Centres for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201003942/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |title=Data |publisher=Centres for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404230758/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2023<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-1.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref>
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
| 48,196 (46.6%)
| 47,425 (46.0%)
| 46,076 (44.9%)
| 45,825 (45.3%)
| 45,500 (44.9%)
| 45,368 (45.6%)
| 44,709 (45.6%)
| 47,318 (46.6%)
| 47,356 (46.0%)
| 46,205 (45.7%)
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
| 20,102 (19.4%)
| 18,363 (17.8%)
| 13,870 (13.5%)
| 13,684 (13.5%)
| 13,886 (13.7%)
| 13,394 (13.4%)
| 12,951 (13.2%)
| 12,822 (12.6%)
| 12,911 (12.5%)
| 12,030 (11.9%)
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
| 11,977 (11.6%)
| 12,192 (11.8%)
| 12,053 (11.7%)
| 11,691 (11.5%)
| 11,452 (11.3%)
| 11,112 (11.2%)
| 10,451 (10.7%)
| 10,281 (10.1%)
| 10,561 (10.3%)
| 9,983 (9.9%)
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]
| 193 (0.2%)
| 172 (0.2%)
| 62 (0.0%)
| 72 (0.1%)
| 67 (0.1%)
| 94 (0.1%)
| 41 (>0.1%)
| 45 (>0.1%)
| 34 (>0.1%)
| 45 (>0.1%)
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (any race)
| ''27,267'' (26.4%)
| ''27,919'' (27.1%)
| ''28,083'' (27.3%)
| ''27,354'' (27.0%)
| ''27,597'' (27.3%)
| ''27,443'' (27.6%)
| ''27,205'' (27.8%)
| ''28,143'' (27.7%)
| ''29,931'' (29.1%)
| ''30,238'' (29.9%)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''103,305''' (100%)
| '''103,127''' (100%)
| '''102,647''' (100%)
| '''101,250''' (100%)
| '''101,223''' (100%)
| '''99,585''' (100%)
| '''97,954''' (100%)
| '''101,497''' (100%)
| '''102,893''' (100%)
| '''101,001''' (100%)
|}

===Languages===

{|id="gujjuinjersey" class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:1em; float:center"
|+Most common non-English languages spoken in New Jersey
|-
! Language !! Percentage of population<br /><small>(as of 2010)</small><ref name="MLA Data"/>
|-
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || 14.59%
|-
|[[Chinese language|Chinese]] (including [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] and [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]) || 1.23%
|-
| [[Italian language|Italian]] || 1.06%
|-
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || 1.06%
|-
| [[Filipino language|Filipino]] || 0.96%
|-
| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 0.89%
|-
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] || 0.83%
|-
| [[Polish language|Polish]] || 0.79%
|-
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || 0.71%
|-
| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || 0.62%
|-
| [[Russian language|Russian]] || 0.56%
|}

As of 2010, 71.31% (5,830,812) of New Jersey residents age{{nbsp}}5 and older spoke English at home as a [[primary language]], while 14.59% (1,193,261) spoke Spanish, 1.23% (100,217) Chinese (which includes [[Cantonese]] and [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]), 1.06% (86,849) Italian, 1.06% (86,486) [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], 0.96% (78,627) [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], and [[Korean language|Korean]] was spoken as a [[main language]] by 0.89% (73,057) of the population over the age of five. In total, 28.69% (2,345,644) of New Jersey's population age{{nbsp}}5 and older spoke a [[mother language]] other than English.<ref name="MLA Data">{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/map_data|title=New Jersey|publisher=[[Modern Language Association]]|access-date=August 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201170638/http://www.mla.org/map_data|archive-date=December 1, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A diverse collection of languages has since evolved amongst the state's population, given that New Jersey has become [[multiculturalism|cosmopolitan]] and is home to [[ethnic enclave]]s of non-English-speaking communities:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=June 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403073333/http://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents|archive-date=April 3, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR11.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=June 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808080130/http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR11.shtm|archive-date=August 8, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR10.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=June 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712200141/https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR10.shtm|archive-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR09.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2009 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=June 19, 2013|archive-date=August 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808080125/http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR09.shtm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* [[Albanian language|Albanian]] – [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]]
* [[Arabic language|Arabic]] – [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], Paterson, [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]
* [[Armenian language|Armenian]] – [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]]
* [[Bengali language|Bengali]] – Paterson
* [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Hindi]] – Jersey City, all of Middlesex County, Cherry Hill, [[Parsippany, New Jersey|Parsippany]], [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]]
* [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] – [[Gloucester City, New Jersey|Gloucester City]], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex]], [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset]], and [[Union County, New Jersey|Union]] counties
* Japanese – [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]] and [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]] [[borough (New Jersey)|boroughs]] in Bergen County
* [[Korean language|Korean]] – [[Bergen County, New Jersey#Korean American|Bergen County (numerous municipalities)]]; [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]]; and [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey#Demographics|Cherry Hill]]
* [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] – Bergen County
* [[Malayalam]] – Bergen County
* [[Polish language|Polish]] – Bergen County ([[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]], [[Wallington, New Jersey|Wallington]]); Mercer County ([[Top Road, Trenton, New Jersey|Top Road]], [[Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Lawrence Township]], [[Hopewell, New Jersey|Hopewell]]); [[Linden, New Jersey|Linden]]
* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] – [[Ironbound]] section of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]; [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]]
* Russian – [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]] borough of Bergen County, Princeton area and Mercer County
* [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] – [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] (''Edison-South''), and all of Middlesex County; Fair Lawn, Parsippany
* [[Turkish language|Turkish]] – [[Little Istanbul]] section of Paterson, [[Mount Ephraim, New Jersey|Mount Ephraim]], Delran, Cherry Hill
* [[Urdu]] – Mount Ephraim has a significant number of residents of Pakistani origin.
* [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] – [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]],<ref name=VietnameseNewYearAtlanticCity>{{cite web|url=https://www.acnj.gov/News/View/417/city-of-atlantic-city-celebrates-vietnamese-new-year|title=City of Atlantic City Celebrates Vietnamese New Year|publisher=City of Atlantic City|date=January 30, 2023|access-date=July 4, 2023|archive-date=July 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705034234/https://www.acnj.gov/News/View/417/city-of-atlantic-city-celebrates-vietnamese-new-year|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Little Saigon, Philadelphia|Camden/Cherry Hill]], [[Edison Township, New Jersey|Edison Township]], [[Jersey City]], [[Woodlynne, New Jersey|Woodlynne]]<ref name=HighestVietnamesePercentageNewJersey>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.com/rank/new-jersey-state--vietnamese-population-percentage--city-rank.htm|title=New Jersey Vietnamese Population Percentage City Rank Based on US Census 2010 data|publisher=World Media Group|access-date=July 4, 2023|archive-date=July 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705001036/http://www.usa.com/rank/new-jersey-state--vietnamese-population-percentage--city-rank.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] – [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood Township]], [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]], [[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson]]
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File:Constitution Park Fort Lee New Jersey.JPG|High-rise residential complexes in the borough of [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]]
File:Downtown-paterson-nj2.jpg|[[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], sometimes known as Silk City,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patersonnj.gov/|title=City of Paterson—Silk City|access-date=April 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109161822/http://www.patersonnj.gov/|archive-date=November 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> has become a prime destination for an internationally diverse pool of immigrants,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yumimmigrantcity.com/restaurants/machu-picchu/a-brief-history-of-peruvian-immigration-to-the-united-states/|title=A Brief History of Peruvian Immigration to the United States|publisher=yumimmigrantcity.com|access-date=April 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731004838/http://yumimmigrantcity.com/restaurants/machu-picchu/a-brief-history-of-peruvian-immigration-to-the-united-states/|archive-date=July 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://thealternativepress.com/articles/patersons-bengali-community-takes-pride-in-akhta|title=Paterson's Bengali Community Takes Pride in Akhtaruzzaman's Upset Victory|author1=Joe Malinconico|author2=Charlie Kratovil|name-list-style=amp|magazine=The Alternative Press|date=May 9, 2012|access-date=April 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514190904/http://thealternativepress.com/articles/patersons-bengali-community-takes-pride-in-akhta|archive-date=May 14, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> with at least 52 distinct ethnic groups.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/political-battle-brewing-over-paterson-s-plans-for-hispanic-heritage-month-event-1.1096285|title=Political battle brewing over Paterson's plans for Hispanic Heritage Month event|author=Joe Malinconico|newspaper=Northjersey.com |date=September 25, 2014|access-date=September 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926133042/http://www.northjersey.com/news/political-battle-brewing-over-paterson-s-plans-for-hispanic-heritage-month-event-1.1096285|archive-date=September 26, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
File:Jersey City Skyline 2023 150 cropped.jpg|Skyscrapers in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], one of the most [[ethnic diversity|ethnically diverse]] cities in the world<ref name=DiverseJC1>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/02/jersey_city_named_most_ethnically_linguistically_d.html|title=Jersey City named most diverse city in America: report|author=Summer Dawn Hortillosa|work=The Jersey Journal|date=February 17, 2015|access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518105950/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/02/jersey_city_named_most_ethnically_linguistically_d.html|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=DiverseJC2>{{cite web|url=http://www.movoto.com/jersey-city-nj/jersey-city-facts/|title=53 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Jersey City|author=Spencer McKee|publisher=Movoto|access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094715/http://www.movoto.com/jersey-city-nj/jersey-city-facts/|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
File:CamdenNJ FedCourt.jpg|Federal Courthouse in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]], which is connected to [[Philadelphia]] via the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]] in the background
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===Sexual orientation and gender identity===
{{further|LGBT culture in New York City|LGBT culture in Philadelphia}}
New Jersey is widely regarded as an [[gay-friendly|LGBTQ+ friendly]] state and is now home to more [[List of gay villages#United States|gay villages]] per square mile than any other U.S. state. [[Same-sex marriage in New Jersey]] has been legally recognized since October 21, 2013, the effective date of a trial court ruling invalidating New Jersey's restriction of [[marriage]] to persons of different sexes at the time. In September 2013, Mary C. Jacobson, Assignment Judge of the [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer Vicinage]] of the [[New Jersey Superior Court|Superior Court]], ruled that as a result of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]'s June 2013 decision in ''[[United States v. Windsor]]'', the [[Constitution of New Jersey]] requires the state to recognize [[same-sex marriage]]s.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zernike|first=Kate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/nyregion/christie-withdraws-appeal-of-same-sex-marriage-ruling-in-new-jersey.html|title=As Gays Wed in New Jersey, Christie Ends Court Fight|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=October 22, 2013|archive-date=October 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022205118/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/nyregion/christie-withdraws-appeal-of-same-sex-marriage-ruling-in-new-jersey.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref>

Numerous [[gayborhood]]s have emerged in New Jersey, most prominently in [[Jersey City]],<ref name=NJGayVillages>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2016/11/where_are_the_most_lgbt-friendly_towns_in_nj.html|title=Where are the most LGBT-friendly towns in N.J.?|date=November 2, 2016|access-date=May 19, 2023|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029172650/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2016/11/where_are_the_most_lgbt-friendly_towns_in_nj.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Asbury Park, New Jersey|Asbury Park]], [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/new-jersey/maplewood/where-the-gays-are-2|title=Where the Gays Are – Are Maplewood and South Orange the gay-family Mecca of the tri-state area? Maplewood, NJ|first=Deborah|last=Goldstein|publisher=Maplewood Patch|date=July 27, 2010|access-date=September 14, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602053503/http://patch.com/new-jersey/maplewood/where-the-gays-are-2|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Montclair, New Jersey|Montclair]], and [[Lambertville, New Jersey|Lambertville]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/travel/queer-travel-new-hope-lgbtq-friendly.html|title=Searching for a Gay Getaway (Not Fire Island)|last=Piepenburg|first=Erik|date=June 16, 2022|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 6, 2023|archive-date=October 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007170549/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/travel/queer-travel-new-hope-lgbtq-friendly.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], the [[List of U.S. state capitals|state capital]] of New Jersey, elected [[Reed Gusciora]], its first openly gay mayor, in 2018,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2018/07/i_am_honored_trenton_swears_in_reed_gusciora_as_ci.html|title='I am honored': Trenton swears in Reed Gusciora as city's new mayor|first=Paige|last=Gross|work=The Star-Ledger|date=July 1, 2018|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701203915/https://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2018/07/i_am_honored_trenton_swears_in_reed_gusciora_as_ci.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Jennifer Williams, New Jersey's first openly [[transgender]] city councilmember, in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/mercer/2022/12/one-vote-makes-the-difference-and-nj-has-its-first-transgender-council-member.html|title=One vote makes the difference, and N.J. has its first transgender council member|author=Richard Cowen|publisher=NJ Advance Media|date=December 30, 2022|access-date=December 30, 2022|archive-date=December 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230235137/https://www.nj.com/mercer/2022/12/one-vote-makes-the-difference-and-nj-has-its-first-transgender-council-member.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2018, Maplewood, [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]] unveiled permanent [[rainbow crossing|rainbow-colored crosswalks]] to celebrate LGBTQ pride.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2018/06/maplewood_rainbow_crosswalk.html|title=Town permanently painted crosswalk rainbow, because LGBT pride never goes away|first=Delaney|last=Dryfoos|work=The Star-Ledger|date=June 7, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614034102/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2018/06/maplewood_rainbow_crosswalk.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rahway, New Jersey|Rahway]], [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]], also unveiled its own rainbow-colored crosswalks in June 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/06/facebook-troll-tried-to-take-down-nj-towns-rainbow-crosswalks-it-didnt-work.html|title=Facebook troll tried to take down N.J. town's rainbow crosswalks. It didn't work|first=Cassidy|last=Grom|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=June 12, 2019|access-date=June 12, 2019|archive-date=June 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612222000/https://www.nj.com/news/2019/06/facebook-troll-tried-to-take-down-nj-towns-rainbow-crosswalks-it-didnt-work.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2019, [[Governor of New Jersey|New Jersey Governor]] [[Phil Murphy]] signed legislation mandating LGBTQ+ inclusive [[curriculum|educational curriculum]] in schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-jersey-schools-lgbtq-curriculum_us_5c539cf7e4b01d3c1f11f2c5|title=New Jersey Governor Signs Bill Requiring LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum In Schools. Gov. Phil Murphy was "honored" to sign the bill, an aide said|first=Nick|last=Visser|publisher=Huffpost|date=January 31, 2019|access-date=February 1, 2019|archive-date=February 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201035507/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-jersey-schools-lgbtq-curriculum_us_5c539cf7e4b01d3c1f11f2c5|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2019, New Jersey began allowing a [[gender neutrality|neutral or non-binary gender]] choice on [[birth certificate]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transequality.org/documents/state/new-jersey|title=New Jersey Birth Certificate Laws|publisher=National Center for Transgender Equality – New Jersey|access-date=February 1, 2019|archive-date=January 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131185440/https://transequality.org/documents/state/new-jersey|url-status=live}}</ref>

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By number of adherents, the largest religious traditions in New Jersey, according to the 2010 [[Association of Religion Data Archives]], were the [[Roman Catholic Church]] with 3,235,290; [[Islam]] with 160,666; and the [[United Methodist Church]] with 138,052.<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/34/rcms2010_34_state_adh_2010.asp|title=State Membership Report|publisher=The Association of Religion Data Archives|access-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217004456/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/34/rcms2010_34_state_adh_2010.asp|archive-date=December 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The world's [[List of largest Hindu temples|largest Hindu temple outside Asia]] is in [[Robbinsville, New Jersey|Robbinsville]], [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]].<ref name="World'sLargestHinduTempleNJ">{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/hindu-temple-largest-outside-india-modern-new-jersey-8954200/lite/|title=World's largest Hindu temple outside India in modern era to be inaugurated on October 8 in New Jersey|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=September 25, 2023|access-date=October 1, 2023|archive-date=October 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003015530/https://indianexpress.com/article/world/hindu-temple-largest-outside-india-modern-new-jersey-8954200/lite/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2021, the State of New Jersey aligned with the World Hindu Council to declare October [[Hinduism|Hindu]] Heritage Month. In January 2018, [[Gurbir Grewal]] became the first [[Sikh American]] to serve as state [[attorney general]] in the United States.<ref name=GurbirGrewalNJ61stAttorneyGeneral>{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases18/pr20180116a.html|title=Gurbir S. Grewal Confirmed as 61st New Jersey Attorney General|publisher=State of New Jersey|date=January 16, 2018|access-date=September 15, 2018|quote=Gurbir S. Grewal became the 61st Attorney General of the State of New Jersey following the inauguration of Governor Phil Murphy today, January 16, 2018.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915122025/https://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases18/pr20180116a.html|archive-date=September 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2019, [[Sadaf Jaffer]] of [[Montgomery, New Jersey|Montgomery]] became the first female [[Muslim American]] mayor, first female [[South Asian]] mayor, and first female [[Pakistani-American]] mayor in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/05/first-female-muslim-mayor-in-the-us-calls-this-nj-town-home.html|title=First female Muslim mayor in the U.S. calls this N.J. town home|author=Olivia Rizzo|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=May 21, 2019|access-date=May 21, 2019|quote=She is now the first female South Asian mayor of a New Jersey municipality and the first female Muslim mayor in the state. She is also believed to be the first female Muslim mayor, female Pakistani-American mayor and first female South Asian-American mayor first in the nation, according to Religionnews.com.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524015524/https://www.nj.com/news/2019/05/first-female-muslim-mayor-in-the-us-calls-this-nj-town-home.html|archive-date=May 24, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Large numbers of Orthodox Jews are now migrating to New Jersey from New York, due to the latter's higher cost of living.<ref name=NYLargestOrthodoxJewishCommunities>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/nyregion/ultra-orthodox-jews-hasidim-new-jersey.html|title=An Uneasy Welcome as Ultra-Orthodox Jews Extend Beyond New York|author=Joseph Berger|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 2, 2017|access-date=October 29, 2022|archive-date=October 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028083532/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/nyregion/ultra-orthodox-jews-hasidim-new-jersey.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The world's largest gathering of rabbis outside of Israel occurred in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] on December 1, 2024.<ref name=LargestJewishgatheringWorldCentralNewJersey>{{cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/edison/sections/religions-and-spirituality/articles/edison-expo-hall-hosts-world-s-largest-confab-of-rabbis-jewish-leaders-2|title=Edison Expo Hall Hosts 'World's Largest' Confab of Rabbis, Jewish Leaders|author=Tony Gallotto|publisher=[[TAPinto]] Edison|date=December 1, 2024|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref>

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File:Facade of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Newark.jpg|[[Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Newark)|Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart]] in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], the fifth-largest cathedral in North America, is the seat of the city's [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark|Roman Catholic archdiocese]].
File:The old Beis Madrash Building of BMG.jpg|[[Beth Medrash Govoha]] ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: בית מדרש גבוה), in [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood]], [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]], the world's largest [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[yeshiva]] outside Israel. New Jersey is home to the second-highest [[American Jews#Demographics|Jewish American]] population per capita, after [[New York (state)|New York]], and the fastest-growing [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] population.<ref name=LargestYeshivaOutsideIsrael>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/04/lakewood-yeshiva-looks-to-use-old-golf-course-for-new-campus.html|title=Lakewood yeshiva looks to use old golf course for new campus|author=Steve Strunsky|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=April 16, 2019|access-date=February 24, 2023|quote=Beth Medrash Gohova is said to be the world's largest Jewish-affiliated university outside of Israel.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416231806/https://www.nj.com/news/2019/04/lakewood-yeshiva-looks-to-use-old-golf-course-for-new-campus.html|archive-date=April 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=LargestYeshivaNorthAmerica>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/ocean/2017/08/11_ways_lakewood_is_like_nowhere_else_in_nj.html|title=10 ways Lakewood is unlike anywhere else in N.J.|author=Stephen Stirling|date=August 3, 2017|publisher=NJ Advance Media|access-date=February 24, 2023|quote=The sea change can be pinned to one event: The founding of the Beth Medrash Govoha yeshiva in the mid-20th century. The Orthodox Jewish community has set down roots en masse around the religious school, which is now the largest yeshiva in North America.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416233313/https://www.nj.com/ocean/2017/08/11_ways_lakewood_is_like_nowhere_else_in_nj.html|archive-date=April 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
File:BAPS Robbinsville Mandir - carving 4.jpg|[[Akshardam New Jersey]] in [[Robbinsville, New Jersey|Robbinsville]], [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], the world's second-largest [[Hindu temple]]. New Jersey is home to the highest [[Hinduism|Hindu]] population per capita in the U.S.
File:ICPCNJ.png|[[Islamic Center of Passaic County]], [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]], was founded in 1990. New Jersey is home to one of the highest Muslim population concentrations in the [[Western hemisphere]] (3.5%), and Paterson, which houses the Islamic Center of Passaic County, is the epicenter of New Jersey's Muslim community, leading [[South Paterson]] to be nicknamed ''Little [[Istanbul]]'' and ''Little [[Ramallah]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Muslims By State |url=https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/muslim/ |access-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125192549/https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/muslim/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
File:SoShimSaBuddhaHall.jpg|[[So Shim Sa Zen Center]] in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], serving New Jersey's Buddhist community
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