Editing East Orange, New Jersey (section)

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 69,824 people, 26,024 households, and 16,082 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|17,776.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 28,485 housing units at an average density of {{convert|7,252.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 89.46% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]], 3.84% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.43% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.14% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.80% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.70% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603419390.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for East Orange city, New Jersey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529062726/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603419390.pdf |date=May 29, 2012 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 19, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[https://archive.today/20200212092416/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401319390 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for East Orange city, Essex County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 19, 2012.</ref>

[[File:Public Playgrounds in East Orange, New Jersey (1908).jpeg|thumb|right|Public playgrounds in East Orange, 1908]]
[[File:Apartment building, East Orange.jpg|thumb|right|A pre-WWII apartment on South Munn Avenue in East Orange.]]
There were 26,024 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.0% were married couples living together, 28.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.37.<ref name=Census2000 /><ref name=Census2000SF1 />

In the city the population was spread out, with 28.1% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.7 males.<ref name=Census2000 /><ref name=Census2000SF1 />

The median income for a household in the city was $32,346, and the median income for a family was $38,562. Males had a median income of $31,905 versus $30,268 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,488. About 15.9% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those ages 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000 /><ref name=Census2000SF1 />

As part of the 2000 Census, 89.46% of East Orange's residents identified themselves as being [[Black people|Black]] or [[African American]]. This was one of the highest percentages of African American and Caribbean American people in the United States. Migrants from [[Jamaica]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Guyana]], [[Haiti]] and other smaller Caribbean Islands have a huge presence, and East Orange has the second-highest in New Jersey (behind [[Lawnside, New Jersey|Lawnside]], at 93.6%) of all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying Black American ancestry. East Orange also has a large Haitian American community, with 2,852 persons claiming Haitian ancestry in the 2000 Census.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/African-American.html African American Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317184700/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/African-American.html |date=March 17, 2015 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed June 28, 2006.</ref>

Although still a small percentage of total residents, [[Orange, New Jersey|Orange]] and East Orange have the largest concentrations of [[Guyanese Americans]] in the country. In the 2000 Census, 2.5% of East Orange residents identified as being of Guyanese ancestry. While Queens and [[Brooklyn]] had larger populations in terms of raw numbers, Orange (with 2.9%) and East Orange had the highest percentage of people of Guyanese ancestry of all places in the United States with at least 1,000 people identifying their ancestry.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Guyanese.html Guyanese Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713035420/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Guyanese.html |date=July 13, 2015 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed August 21, 2006.</ref>