Editing Scotch Plains, New Jersey (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880= 1167
| 1890= 1305
| 1900= 1200 | 1900n=*
| 1910= 1616
| 1920= 2343
| 1930= 4186
| 1940= 4993
| 1950= 9069
| 1960=18491
| 1970=22279
| 1980=20774
| 1990=21160
| 2000=22732
| 2010=23510
| 2020=24968
| estimate=24430
| 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><br>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 May 22, 2013.</ref> 1880–1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA99 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III – 51 to 75''], p. 99. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed August 30, 2012.</ref><br>1890–1910<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T9HrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA339 ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 339. Accessed August 30, 2012.</ref> 1910–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA714 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 – Population Volume I''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 719. Accessed August 30, 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>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3403966060 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Scotch Plains township, Union County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212101140/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3403966060 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 18, 2011.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_uni/scotchplains1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Scotch Plains township], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 18, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://php.app.com/census/results2.php?pageNum_Recordset1=1&totalRows_Recordset1=22&State=NJ&County=Union&Town=%25&Submit=Search 2010 Census Populations], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]''. Accessed August 9, 2011.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/scotchplainstownshipunioncountynewjersey/ QuickFacts Scotch Plains township, Union County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 22, 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><br>* = Lost territory in previous decade.<ref name=Story/></small>
}}
''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'' ranked Scotch Plains as the most affordable suburb in New Jersey in its 2009 report.<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090223055746/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/02/0219_affordable_suburbs/31.htm Best Affordable Suburbs 2009], ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]''. Accessed April 21, 2011.</ref>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Scotch Plains township, Union 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 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Scotch Plains township, Union County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=060XX00US3403966060&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 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) – Scotch Plains township, Union County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=060XX00US3403966060&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</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) – Scotch Plains township, Union County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=060XX00US3403966060&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|17,335
|17,121
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,297
|76.26%
|72.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.27%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|2,532
|2,519
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,365
|11.14%
|10.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.47%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|16
|23
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.07%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,638
|1,795
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,610
|7.21%
|7.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.45%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|2
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.01%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|30
|60
|style='background: #ffffe6; |145
|0.13%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.58%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|284
|408
|style='background: #ffffe6; |958
|1.25%
|1.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.84%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|895
|1,852
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,579
|3.94%
|6.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.33%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''22,732'''
|'''23,510'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''24,968'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 23,510 people, 8,595 households, and 6,429 families in the township. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2606.9|/sqmi}}. There were 8,896 housing units at an average density of {{convert|986.4|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 77.43% (18,203) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 11.08% (2,605) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.12% (29) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 7.65% (1,799) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.01% (2) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.39% (327) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 2.32% (545) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 6.73% (1,582) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 8,595 households, 37.4% had children under the age of 18; 62.6% were married couples living together; 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 25.2% were non-families. Of all households, 21.7% were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.20.<ref name=Census2010/>

25.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.3 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 $104,873 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,397) and the median family income was $126,138 (+/− $7,410). Males had a median income of $90,016 (+/− $11,033) versus $66,022 (+/− $5,055) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $52,488 (+/− $3,094). About 1.3% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3403966060 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Scotch Plains township, Union County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212084509/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3403966060 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 30, 2012.</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 22,732 people, 8,349 households, and 6,295 families residing in the township . The population density was {{convert|2,503.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 8,479 housing units at an average density of {{convert|933.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 78.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.30% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 7.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.95% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.52% from two or more races. 3.94% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/0603403966060.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Scotch Plains township, Union County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 30, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3403966060 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Scotch Plains township, Union County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212092517/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3403966060 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 30, 2012.</ref>

There were 8,349 households, out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.16.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the township the population was distributed with 25.4% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the township was $81,599, and the median income for a family was $96,238. Males had a median income of $63,648 versus $43,714 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $39,913. 3.0% of the population and 2.0% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 2.0% of those under the age of 18 and 7.0% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>