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==Demographics== {{US Census population |1870= 3834 |1880= 9372 |1890= 19033 |1900= 32722 |1910= 55545 |1920= 76754 |1930= 88979 |1940= 79198 |1950= 77203 |1960= 74215 |1970= 72743 |1980= 65047 |1990= 61444 |2000= 61842 |2010= 63024 |2020= 71686 | estimate=74532 | estyear=2024 | estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=ANNRNK/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2024/cities/totals/SUB-IP-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 19, 2025.</ref> |footnote=Population sources:<small> 1870β1920<ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726-1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226125132/https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full |date=February 26, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed July 30, 2013.</ref><br/>1870<ref>Raum, John O. [https://archive.org/details/historyofnewjers03raum/page/264 ''The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1''], p. 264, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 30, 2013. "Bayonne City contains a population of 3,834."</ref><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 30, 2013.</ref> 1880β1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA98 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194344/https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 98. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed July 30, 2013.</ref><br/>1890β1910<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070698356/page/n344 <!-- pg=337 --> ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 337. Accessed November 11, 2012.</ref> 1870β1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA710 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930095817/https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA710#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 8, 2012.</ref><br/>1940β2000<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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222054/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 |date=October 5, 2022 }}, 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>[https://archive.today/20200212100925/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401703580 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Bayonne city, Hudson County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 9, 2012.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_hud/bayonne1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Bayonne city] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506173022/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_hud/bayonne1.pdf |date=May 6, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed February 9, 2012.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bayonnecitynewjersey/ QuickFacts Bayonne city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002011024/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bayonnecitynewjersey/ |date=October 2, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 9, 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084623/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref></small> }} The city has an ethnically diverse population, home to large populations of [[African Americans]], [[Italian Americans]], [[Irish Americans]], [[Polish Americans]], [[Indian Americans]], [[Egyptian Americans]], [[Dominican Americans]], [[Puerto Ricans]], [[Mexican Americans]], [[Salvadoran Americans]], [[Filipino Americans]], and [[Pakistani Americans]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} ===2010 census=== The [[2010 United States census]] counted 63,024 people, 25,237 households, and 16,051 families in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|10858.3|/sqmi}}. There were 27,799 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4789.4|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 69.21% (43,618) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 8.86% (5,584) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.31% (194) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 7.71% (4,861) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.03% (16) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 10.00% (6,303) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 3.88% (2,448) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] people of any race were 25.79% (16,251) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/> [[Non-Hispanic Whites]] were 56.8% of the population. Of the 25,237 households, 29.5% had children under the age of 18; 41.1% were married couples living together; 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.4% were non-families. Of all households, 31.6% were made up of individuals and 11.8% 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=Census2010/> 22.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.9 males.<ref name=Census2010/> The U.S. Census Bureau's 2006β2010 [[American Community Survey]] showed that (in 2010 [[inflation adjustment|inflation-adjusted]] dollars) [[median household income]] was $53,587 (with a margin of error of +/β $2,278) and the median family income was $66,077 (+/β $5,235). Males had a median income of $51,188 (+/β $1,888) versus $42,097 (+/β $1,820) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $28,698 (+/β $1,102). About 9.9% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212083100/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3401703580 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Bayonne city, Hudson County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 8, 2012.</ref> ===2000 census=== As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 61,842 people, 25,545 households, and 16,016 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|10,992.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 26,826 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,768.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 78.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.50% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 7.46% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.02% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 17.81% of the population.<ref name="Census2000">[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603403580.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Bayonne city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112212730/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603403580.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 7, 2013.</ref><ref name="Census2000SF1">[https://archive.today/20200212103028/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401703580 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Bayonne city, Hudson County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 7, 2013.</ref> As of the 2000 Census, the most common reported ancestries of Bayonne residents were [[Italian American|Italian]] (20.1%), [[Irish American|Irish]] (18.8%) and [[Polish American|Polish]] (17.9%).<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> There were 25,545 households, out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.10.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> In the city the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> The median income for a household in the city was $41,566, and the median income for a family was $52,413. Males had a median income of $39,790 versus $33,747 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $21,553. About 8.4% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.9% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
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