Editing Dover, New Jersey (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880=  2958
|1900=  5938
|1910=  7468
|1920=  9803
|1930= 10031
|1940= 10491
|1950= 11174
|1960= 13034
|1970= 15039
|1980= 14681
|1990= 15115
|2000= 18188
|2010= 18157
|2020= 18460
| estimate=18435
| 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> 1880–1920<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 September 3, 2013.</ref><br>1890–1910<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T9HrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA338 ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 338. Accessed December 18, 2012.</ref> 1880–1930<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 December 18, 2012. No results are listed for 1890 Census.</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>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3402718070 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Dover town, Morris County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212103804/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3402718070 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 16, 2011.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_mor/dover1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Dover town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506173244/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_mor/dover1.pdf |date=May 6, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 14, 2011.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/dovertownnewjersey/ QuickFacts Dover town, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 4, 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>
}}

===2010 census===
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 18,157 people, 5,562 households, and 3,877 families in the town. The [[population density]] was 6,765.5 per square mile (2,612.2/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 5,783 housing units at an average density of 2,154.8 per square mile (832.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 66.55% (12,083) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 6.10% (1,108) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.63% (114) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 2.54% (461) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.05% (9) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 19.88% (3,610) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 4.25% (772) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 69.38% (12,598) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 5,562 households, 33.0% had children under the age of 18; 43.6% were married couples living together; 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 30.3% were non-families. Of all households, 22.6% were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.21 and the average family size was 3.54.<ref name=Census2010/>

21.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 110.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 111.2 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 $59,454 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,227) and the median family income was $61,187 (+/− $2,750). Males had a median income of $34,722 (+/− $4,750) versus $28,098 (+/− $4,993) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $21,581 (+/− $990). About 3.6% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3402718070 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Dover town, Morris County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212084541/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3402718070 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 26, 2012.</ref>

The 2010 Census showed that Dover's Hispanic population accounted for 69.4% of all residents, ranked fifth in the state by percentage, while 13% of New Jersey's population was Hispanic; the city was one of 13 municipalities in the state with a Hispanic majority.<ref>Mascarenhas, Rohan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/census_data_shows_hispanics_as.html "Census data shows Hispanics as the largest minority in N.J."], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 3, 2011. Accessed December 18, 2017.</ref> The town had notable percentages of residents who were Colombians (15.2% of all residents), Mexicans (14.9%), Puerto Ricans (11.1%), Ecuadorians (5.6%), Hondurans (4.7%) and Peruvians (2.8%), with smaller percentages (from 1-2%) of Costa Ricans, Uruguayans, Chileans and Salvadorans.<ref>[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/QTP10/1600000US3418070 QT-P10 - Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010 from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Dover town, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213115232/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/QTP10/1600000US3418070 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 24, 2018.</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 18,188 people, 5,436 households, and 3,919 families residing in Dover. The population density was {{convert|6,788.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,568 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,078.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 69.45% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.83% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.34% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.47% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 15.99% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.89% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 57.94% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603418070.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Dover town, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721140336/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603418070.pdf |date=July 21, 2014 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 18, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402718070 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Dover town, Morris County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212092735/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402718070 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 18, 2012.</ref>

11.27% of Dover residents identified themselves as being of [[Colombian American]] ancestry in the 2000 Census, the second-highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States (behind neighboring [[Victory Gardens, New Jersey]], which had 15.27% of residents so identified) with 1,000 residents identifying their ancestry.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html Colombian Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011163422/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html |date=October 11, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed August 23, 2006.</ref>

There were 5,436 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.55.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

By age, the population of the town is distributed relatively evenly, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 36.0% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.7 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the town was $53,423, and the median income for a family was $57,141. Males had a median income of $31,320 versus $27,413 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,056. About 8.2% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

Dover has a large [[Hispanic]] population with the largest concentrations being of [[Mexican people|Mexican]], [[Colombia]]n, [[Dominican American|Dominican]] and [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] ancestry. [[Hispanic]]s have been a demographic majority since 1980, and have grown quickly. As of the 2000 Census, Dover's population was 57.9% Hispanic, making it the municipality with the fifth-highest Hispanic population percentage in New Jersey and one of eight [[List of U.S. cities with Hispanic majority populations#New Jersey|New Jersey municipalities with a Hispanic majority]]. The surrounding Morris County area is predominantly non-Hispanic (7.8% Hispanic or Latino, of any race).<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212082710/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0500000US34027 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Morris County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 18, 2017.</ref>