Editing New Jersey (section)

=== 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%}}

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'''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%)
|}