Editing Bergenfield, New Jersey (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 729
|1910= 1991
|1920= 3667
|1930= 8816
|1940= 10275
|1950= 17647
|1960= 27203
|1970= 29000
|1980= 25568
|1990= 24458
|2000= 26247
|2010= 26764
|2020= 28321
| estimate=28274
| estyear=2023
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2023-POP-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023], [[United States Census Bureau]], released May 2024. Accessed May 16, 2024.</ref>
|footnote=Population sources:<small><br>1900–1920<ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726-1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''], [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed August 12, 2013.</ref> 1900–1910<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070698356/page/n342 <!-- pg=335 --> ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 335. Accessed May 16, 2012.</ref><br>1910–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA714 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 714. Accessed May 16, 2012.</ref> 1900–2020<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 Table 6: New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1940 - 2000], Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, August 2001. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=BergenCensus>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/Departments__Services/Planning__Engineering/Census_Data/Table00_HistPopTo2020.pdf Historical Population Trends in Bergen County 1900-2020], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Department of Planning and Engineering, 2022. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><br>2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> 2010<ref name=Census2010>[https://archive.today/20200212112318/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400305170 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Bergenfield borough, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed May 16, 2012.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ber/bergenfield1.pdf Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Bergenfield borough] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402032417/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ber/bergenfield1.pdf |date=April 2, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed May 16, 2012.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/bergenfieldboroughnewjersey QuickFacts Bergenfield borough, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 25, 2022.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref></small>
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{{See also|Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region}}
Bergenfield has been called the ''[[Little Manila]]'' of Bergen County.<ref>Stevens, Jean. "Popular roast pig finds a following in North Jersey", ''[[Herald News]]'', September 12, 2007. "One might find more lechon in Passaic these days. The city may be North Jersey's next so-called Little Manila, following Bergenfield, Bloomfield and Belleville."</ref><ref>Pizarro, Max. [http://observer.com/2009/07/rivas-and-soriano-champion-corzine-and-christie-respectively-in-bergenfield/ "Rivas and Soriano champion Corzine and Christie respectively in Bergenfield"], [[PolitickerNJ]], July 12, 2009. Accessed September 6, 2017. "'I think people see him as an everyday man who is upset about the situation we are facing in New Jersey,' the reverend said today as he made the rounds with Christie from one vendor's booth to the next in a town dubbed Bergen's little Manila, home to 15,000 Filipino-Americans."</ref> Of the 14,224 [[Filipino American|Filipino]] population in the county as a whole enumerated in the 2000 Census, 3,133 (22% of the county total) lived in Bergenfield.<ref>[http://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/research-planning/asian Asian: Filipino Population by County], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://bergenfield.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm Bergenfield 2000 Census Data], areaconnect.com. Accessed April 10, 2006.</ref> By the 2010 Census, 4,569 Bergenfield residents (17.1% of the population) listed themselves as being of Filipino ancestry,<ref name=Census2010/> and increasing further to 5,062 (18.4%) by 2016.<ref>[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/1600000US3405170 ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Bergenfield borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213092415/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/1600000US3405170 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 27, 2019.</ref>

A growing Jewish community in Bergenfield and neighboring [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]] is comprised of [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox Jews]].<ref>[https://www.jewishdatabank.org/databank/search-results/study/808 2014 Northern New Jersey Federation Survey: "Survey Says"], [[Berman Jewish Databank]], 2014. Accessed May 23, 2024. "The South Bergen area (especially Teaneck/Bergenfield) and East Bergen are the core of the community in many ways, with a larger proportion in these areas strongly connected to being Jewish."</ref>

===2010 census===
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 26,764 people, 8,852 households, and 6,816 families in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{convert|9306.5|/sqmi}}. There were 9,200 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3199.1|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 52.42% (14,029) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 7.70% (2,060) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.31% (84) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 25.60% (6,851) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.05% (13) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 10.12% (2,709) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 3.80% (1,018) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] residents of any race were 26.52% (7,097) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 8,852 households, 35.5% had children under the age of 18; 58.7% were married couples living together; 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 23.0% were non-families. Of all households, 19.4% 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 3.02 and the average family size was 3.46.<ref name=Census2010/>

23.9% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.8 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 [[American Community Survey]] showed that (in 2010 [[inflation adjustment|inflation-adjusted]] dollars) [[median household income]] was $82,546 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,568) and the median family income was $99,963 (+/− $5,602). Males had a median income of $52,891 (+/− $2,058) versus $50,443 (+/− $2,598) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $35,034 (+/− $2,133). About 3.9% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212083303/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3400305170 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Bergenfield borough, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 28, 2012.</ref>

[[Domestic partnership|Same-sex couples]] headed 62 households in 2010, an increase from the 51 counted in 2000.<ref>Lipman, Harvy; and Sheingold, Dave. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203212228/http://www.northjersey.com/news/127675238_NORTH_JERSEY_SEES_30__GROWTH_IN_SAME-SEX_COUPLES___Census_shows_shift_in_suburbs.html "North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 14, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 3, 2013. Accessed September 5, 2014.</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 26,247 people, 8,981 households, and 6,753 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|9,065.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 9,147 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3,159.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 62.90% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.90% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 20.41% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (5,357 Asian), 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.47% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.06% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 17.05% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603405170.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Bergenfield borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906210213/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603405170.pdf |date=September 6, 2008 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 4, 2013.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[https://archive.today/20200212082604/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3400305170 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Bergenfield borough, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 4, 2013.</ref>

There were 8,981 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.41.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the borough 24.8% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.3% was from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the borough was $62,172, and the median income for a family was $71,187. Males had a median income of $42,074 versus $35,137 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $24,706. About 2.6% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>