Editing Middlesex County, New Jersey (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:New Punjab Club food spread.jpg|thumb|[[Indian cuisine]] is ubiquitously available in Middlesex County.]]
{{US Census population
|1790= 15956
|1800= 17890
|1810= 20381
|1820= 21470
|1830= 23157
|1840= 21893 | 1840n=*
|1850= 28635
|1860= 34812
|1870= 45029
|1880= 52286
|1890= 61754
|1900= 79762
|1910=114426
|1920=162334
|1930=212208
|1940=217077
|1950=264872
|1960=433856
|1970=583813
|1980=595893
|1990=671780
|2000=750162
|2010=809858
|2020=863162
| estyear=2024
| estimate=890119
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2024/counties/totals/co-est2023-pop-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024], [[United States Census Bureau]], released March 2025. Accessed March 26, 2025.</ref>
|footnote=Historical sources: 1790-1990<ref>Forstall, Richard L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sezaSI_LPA8C&pg=PA108 ''Population of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 from the Twenty-one Decennial Censuses''], pp. 108-109. [[United States Census Bureau]], March 1996. {{ISBN|9780934213486}}. Accessed October 3, 2013.</ref><br />1970-2010<ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf#page=32 ''New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts; 2010 Census of Population and Housing''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723055400/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019110730/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |url-status=live |date=July 23, 2013 }}, p. 6, CPH-2-32. [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed August 29, 2016.</ref> 2000<ref name=Census2000>[https://archive.today/20200212084354/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0500000US34023 DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000; Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Middlesex County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 22, 2013.</ref><br>2010<ref name=Census2010>[https://archive.today/20200212092805/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US34023 DP1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Middlesex County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 22, 2013.</ref><ref name=Census2010LWD/> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/middlesexcountynewjersey QuickFacts Middlesex County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 26, 2025.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><br />* = Lost territory in previous decade.<ref name=Story/>
}}

===Indian community===
Middlesex County is prominently known for its significant concentration of [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region| Indians]]. The growing [[Little India (Edison/Iselin)|Little India]] is a Desi-focused commercial strip in Middlesex County, the U.S. county with the highest concentration of Indians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2012/11/big_business_in_little_india_c.html|title=Big business in Little India: Commerce flourishes in vibrant ethnic neighborhood|first=Peter|last=Genovese|date=November 16, 2012|website=nj.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Oak-Tree-Road-Iselin-NJ|title=Eat Street: Oak Tree Road, Iselin, N.J.|website=SAVEUR|date=March 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27indianj.html|title=A Place Where Indians, Now New Jerseyans, Thrive|author=Joseph Berger|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 27, 2008 |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> The [[Little India, Edison/Iselin|Oak Tree Road]] strip runs for about one-and-a-half miles through [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] and neighboring [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]], near the area's sprawling [[Chinese in New York City|Chinatown]] and [[Koreans in New York City|Koreatown]], running along [[New Jersey Route 27]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/travel/indo-chinese-restaurants-edison-new-jersey.html|title=Indo-Chinese Food Is Hard to Find, Except in New Jersey|first=David|last=Shaftel|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 9, 2017}}</ref> It is the largest and most diverse [[Desi]] cultural hub in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-india-thrives-in-central-new-jersey-1506340801|title='Little India' Thrives in Central New Jersey|first=Kate|last=King|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=September 25, 2017|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2012/06/06/the-ultimate-neighborhood-bank/|title=How Indo-Americans Created The Ultimate Neighborhood Bank|first=Monte|last=Burke|website=Forbes}}</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]]. Accessed February 11, 2019.</ref> which was 23 times the 256 (0.9%) counted as of the 2000 Census; and [[Diwali]] is celebrated by the township as a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] holiday. [[Carteret, New Jersey|Carteret]]'s [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] community, variously estimated at upwards of 3,000, is the largest concentration of Sikhs in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/15colnj.html|title=Turbans Make Targets, Some Sikhs Find|author=Kevin Coyne|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 15, 2008 |access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref> In Middlesex County, election [[ballot]]s are printed in English, [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html|title=State of New Jersey Department of State|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=May 29, 2017}}</ref>

===Jewish community===
Along with other counties in New Jersey, Middlesex is also home to a large [[American Jews|Jewish]] community, especially [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]]. The world's largest Jewish gathering 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=TAPintoEdison|date=December 1, 2024|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref>

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|Census of 2020]], the county had 863,162 people, 285,906 households, and 209,808 families. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2794|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 315,521 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1021.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The county's racial makeup was 41.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.53% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 26.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 9.06% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 22.4% of the population.

There were 285,906 households, of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 24.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 14.2% had a male householder with no wife present and 26.6% were non-families. 14.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.32.

About 21.6% of the county's population was under age 18, 9.3% was from age 18 to 24, 40.1% was from age 15 to 44, and 15.5% was age 65 or older. The median age was 39.3 years. The gender makeup of the county was 49.4% male and 50.5% female. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males.

The county's median household income was $93,418, and the median family income was $107,149. About 8.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Middlesex County {{!}} Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US34023|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

===2010 census===
[[File:Fcc2.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] housing tracts at the previously [[exurban]] southern tip of Middlesex County in 2010. Since then, significant new housing construction is rendering this area of the county with an increasingly [[suburb]]an environment.]]
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 809,858 people, 281,186 households, and 203,016 families in the county. The [[population density]] was 2,621.6 per square mile (1,012.2/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 294,800 housing units at an average density of 954.3 per square mile (368.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 58.60% (474,589) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 9.69% (78,462) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.34% (2,777) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 21.40% (173,293) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.03% (251) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.99% (56,569) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 2.95% (23,917) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 18.40% (148,975) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 281,186 households, 34.4% had children under the age of 18; 55.9% were married couples living together; 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 27.8% were non-families. Of all households, 22.5% were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.8 and the average family size was 3.29.<ref name=Census2010/>

22.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 96.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 94 males.<ref name=Census2010/>