Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
West New York, New Jersey
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===2000 census=== As of the [[2000 United States census]], there were 45,768 people, 16,719 households, and 11,034 families residing in the town. The population density was 44,995.1/mi<sup>2</sup> (17,324.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 17,360 housing units at an average density of 17,066.8/mi<sup>2</sup> (6,571.3 km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 60.09% White, 3.55% African American, 0.67% Native American, 2.93% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 25.16% from other races, and 7.57% from two or more races. 78.74% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603479610.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for West New York town, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529062720/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603479610.pdf |date=May 29, 2012 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401779610 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for West New York town, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212101800/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401779610 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> There were 16,719 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.9% were married couples living together, 16.9% had a woman whose husband did not live with her, and 34.0% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.30.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> In the town, the age distribution of the population showed 22.3% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> The median income for a household in the town was $31,980, and the median income for a family was $34,083. Males had a median income of $26,703 versus $22,326 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,719. 18.9% of the population and 16.1% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 25.4% were under the age of 18 and 22.3% were 65 or older.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> As of the 2000 Census, West New York was ranked as #52 on a list of cities with the highest percentage of renters.<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/top14.html Top 100 Cities with Highest Percentage of Renters (pop. 5000+)], [[City-Data]]. Accessed July 14, 2007.</ref> 80.1% of West New York residents lived in renter-occupied housing units, vs. 33.8% nationwide.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
West New York, New Jersey
(section)
Add topic