Editing Bloomfield, New Jersey (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1820= 3085
| 1830= 4309
| 1840= 2528 | 1840n=*
| 1850= 3385
| 1860= 4790
| 1870= 4580 | 1870n=*
| 1880= 5748
| 1890= 7708
| 1900= 9668 | 1900n=*
| 1910= 15070
| 1920= 22019
| 1930= 38077
| 1940= 41623
| 1950= 49307
| 1960= 51867
| 1970= 52029
| 1980= 47792
| 1990= 45061
| 2000= 47683
| 2010= 47315
| 2020= 53105
| estimate=55416
| estyear=2024
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2024/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2024-POP-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024], [[United States Census Bureau]], released May 2025. Accessed May 16, 2025.</ref>
| footnote=Population sources:<small><br/>1820–1920<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 July 25, 2013.</ref> 1820–1910<ref>Folsom, Joseph Fulford. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LA9MieZ9hhsC&pg=PA145 ''Bloomfield, Old and New: An Historical Symposium''], p. 145. Centennial Historical Committee, 1912. Accessed November 4, 2012.</ref> <br/>1840<ref>[[Francis Bowen|Bowen, Francis]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DnUFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231 ''American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1843''], p. 231, David H. Williams, 1842. Accessed July 25, 2013.</ref> 1850–1870<ref>Raum, John O. [https://archive.org/details/historyofnewjers03raum/page/241 ''The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1''], p. 241, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 25, 2013. "Bloomfield township is five miles long by three wide, On its north is Acqackannonck, Passaic county, Belleville and the city of Newark on the east, Orange on the south, and Montclair and Orange on the west. On the Second and Third rivers, there are numerous manufacturing establishments. The population in 1850 was 3,385; in 1860, 4,790; and in 1870, 4,580. The village of the same name extends about three and a half miles in a northwesterly direction, including West Bloomfield. It was settled in the early part of the colony by New Englanders."</ref> 1850<ref>[[J. D. B. De Bow|Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA138 ''The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850''], p. 138. R. Armstrong, 1853. Accessed July 25, 2013.</ref><br/>1870<ref>Staff. [https://archive.org/details/acompendiumnint00offigoog/page/n272 <!-- pg=259 --> ''A compendium of the ninth census, 1870''], p. 259. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1872. Accessed July 25, 2013.</ref> 1870–1890<ref>[[Rollin D. Salisbury|Salisbury, Rollin D.]] [https://archive.org/details/finalreportstat02survgoog/page/n187 <!-- pg=157 --> ''The Physical Geography of New Jersey: Volume IV. of the Final Report of the State Geologist''], p. 157. [[Trenton, New Jersey]], The John L. Murphy Publishing Company, 1898. Accessed November 4, 2012.</ref> 1880–1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA97 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75''], p. 97. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed July 25, 2013.</ref><br/>1890–1910<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070698356/page/n343 <!-- pg=336 --> ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 336. Accessed September 29, 2012.</ref> 1900–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA710 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 710. Accessed January 28, 2012.</ref><br/>1940–2000<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> 2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/><br>2010<ref name=Census2010>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20200212103001/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401306260 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Bloomfield township, Essex County, New Jersey]}}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 28, 2012.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ess/bloomfield1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Bloomfield township, Essex County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903075012/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ess/bloomfield1.pdf |date=2014-09-03 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed January 28, 2012.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bloomfieldtownshipessexcountynewjersey/ QuickFacts Bloomfield township, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 30, 2023.</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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In 2014, the cost of living in Bloomfield was 20% higher than the U.S. average.<ref>[http://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_living/zip-code/new_jersey/bloomfield/07003 Cost of Living in Bloomfield (ZIP 07003), New Jersey], [[Sperling's BestPlaces]]. Accessed December 22, 2014.</ref>

According to a 2007 report from [[CNNMoney.com]], the quality of life in Bloomfield in terms of crime are 3 incidents per 1,000 people as compared to the "best places to live average" of 1.3 incidents per 1,000. There were 35 property crime incidents per 1,000 people in Bloomfield as compared to the "best places to live average" of 20.6.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070813053614/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2007/snapshots/PL3406250.html "Money Magazine: Best places to live 2007: Bloomfield, NJ snapshot"]}}, ''[[CNNMoney]]'', backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of August 13, 2007. Accessed December 22, 2014.</ref>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Bloomfield township, Essex County, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Jersey: 1990 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-32-1.pdf |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Jersey: 2000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2002/dec/phc-1-32.pdf |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Bloomfield township, Essex County, New Jersey |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US3401306260&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Bloomfield township, Essex County, New Jersey |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US3401306260&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|38,578
|30,036
|22,291
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19,668
|85.61%
|62.99%
|47.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37.02%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,873
|5,332
|8,092
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,941
|4.16%
|11.18%
|17.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.72%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|40
|51
|102
|style='background: #ffffe6; |84
|0.09%
|0.11%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,207
|3,980
|3,846
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,495
|4.90%
|8.35%
|8.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.47%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|N/A
|30
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|N/A
|0.06%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|52
|296
|407
|style='background: #ffffe6; |713
|0.12%
|0.62%
|0.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.34%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|N/A
|1,057
|957
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,003
|N/A
|2.22%
|2.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.77%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,311
|6,901
|11,606
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,197
|5.13%
|14.47%
|24.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30.52%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''45,061'''
|'''47,683'''
|'''47,315'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''53,105'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 47,315 people, 18,387 households, and 11,768 families in the township. The [[population density]] was {{convert|8920.5|/sqmi}}. There were 19,470 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3670.7|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 59.61% (28,205) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 18.51% (8,757) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.41% (193) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 8.22% (3,891) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.04% (21) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.35% (4,423) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 3.86% (1,825) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 24.53% (11,606) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 18,387 households, 28.3% had children under the age of 18; 44.2% were married couples living together; 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.0% were non-families. Of all households, 29.5% were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.20.<ref name=Census2010/>

21.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 89.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 86.4 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 $62,831 (with a margin of error of +/− $2,641) and the median family income was $77,936 (+/− $4,120). Males had a median income of $51,498 (+/− $1,805) versus $44,735 (+/− $2,867) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $30,421 (+/− $1,122). About 5.8% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20200212085043/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3401306260 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Bloomfield township, Essex County, New Jersey]}}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 28, 2012.</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 47,683 people, 19,017 households, and 12,075 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|8,961.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 19,508 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3,666.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 70.09% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.69% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8.38% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.42% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.16% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 14.47% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603406260.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Bloomfield township, New Jersey]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 29, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20200212103320/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401306260 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Bloomfield township, Essex County, New Jersey]}}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 29, 2012.</ref>

There were 19,017 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.16.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the township, 21.1% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the township was $53,289, and the median income for a family was $64,945. Males had a median income of $43,498 versus $36,104 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $26,049. About 4.4% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>