Editing Somerset, New Jersey (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 21731
|1990= 22070
|2000= 23040
|2010= 22083
|2020= 22968
|footnote=Population sources: 1980<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1AVxMztHPuoC&pg=PA50 ''1980 Census of Population: Number of Inhabitants United States Summary''], p. 1-141. [[United States Census Bureau]], June 1983. Accessed January 12, 2012.</ref><br>1990–2010<ref name=CPH232/> 2000<ref name=Census2000/> 2010<ref name=Census2010/><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:34&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 11, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===Census 2010===

The [[2010 United States census]] counted 22,083 people, 8,594 households, and 5,552 families in the CDP. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3490.1|/sqmi}}. There were 8,883 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1403.9|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 47.04% (10,387) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 28.88% (6,378) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.23% (50) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 17.59% (3,885) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.01% (3) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.98% (659) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 3.26% (721) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 9.47% (2,092) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 8,594 households, 27.7% had children under the age of 18; 51.1% were married couples living together; 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 35.4% were non-families. Of all households, 29.0% 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 2.50 and the average family size was 3.14.<ref name=Census2010/>

20.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.2 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

===Census 2000===
At the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2">[https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref> there were 23,040 people, 8,238 households and 5,799 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|4,322.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 8,424 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,580.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 43.94% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 38.55% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.04% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 2.94% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 12.00% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US3468370 DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Somerset CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212095148/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US3468370 |date=2020-02-12 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 13, 2013.</ref>

There were 8,238 households, of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.29.<ref name=Census2000/>

24.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.<ref name=Census2000/>

The [[median household income]] was $65,831 and the median family income was $73,040. Males had a median income of $50,309 versus $36,162 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $26,798. About 4.9% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/>