Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hackensack. Bergen County is the most populous County New Jersey and is highly urbanized in the eastern part. It is part of the metropolitan area of New York City and Manhattan is directly adjacent.
History
Bergen County was founded in 1683 as a part of the territory of East Jersey.
Geography
The county has an area of 639 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers of water surfaces. Bergen County is bordered on the north by Rockland County ( New York), to the east by the Hudson River, on the south by Hudson County and Essex County and on the west by Passaic County.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 884 118 people in the county. There were 330 817 households and 235 210 families. The population density was 1,458 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.41 % White, 5.27 % African American, 0.15 % Native Americans, Asian Americans, 10.67 %, 0.02 % Pacific Islander, and 3.22% from other races; 2.26% were descended from two or more races. 10.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
Of the 330 817 households out of which 32.10 % have children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.90 % were married couples living together, 9.70 % had a female householder with no husband. 28.90 % were non-families. 24.70 % of all households and 10.20% had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.17.
Based on the county the population was spread out with 23.00 % under the age of 18, 6.60 % from 18 to 24, 30.60 % from 25 to 44 years, 24.50 % between 45 and 64 years and 15.20% were 65 years old or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.80 males, 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.40 males.
The median income for a household was $ 65,241, and the median income for a family was $ 78,079. Males had a median income of $ 51,346, women $ 37,295. The per capita income was $ 33,638. 5.00 % of the population and 3.40 % of families are below the poverty line. 4.90% of those under age 18 and 5.90% were 65 years or older.
Cities and towns
The county consists of 70 municipalities mountains:
- Allendale
- Alpine
- Bergenfield
- Bogota
- Carlstadt
- Cliffside Park
- Closter
- Cresskill
- Demarest
- Dumont
- East Rutherford
- Edgewater
- Elmwood Park
- Emerson
- Englewood Cliffs
- Englewood
- Fair Lawn
- Fairview
- Fort Lee
- Franklin Lakes
- Garfield
- Glen Rock
- Hackensack
- Harrington Park
- Hasbrouck Heights
- Haworth
- Hillsdale
- Ho -Ho- Kus
- Leonia
- Little Ferry
- Lodi
- Lyndhurst
- Mahwah Township
- Maywood
- Midland Park
- Montvale
- Moonachie
- New Milford
- North Arlington
- Northvale
- Norwood
- Oakland
- Old Tappan
- Oradell
- Palisades Park
- Paramus
- Park Ridge
- Ramsey
- Ridgefield Park
- Ridgefield
- Ridgewood
- River Edge
- River Vale
- Rochelle Park
- Rockleigh
- Rutherford
- Saddle Brook
- Saddle River
- South Hackensack Township
- Teaneck
- Tenafly
- Teterboro
- Upper Saddle River
- Waldwick
- Wallington
- Washington Township
- Westwood
- Wood-Ridge
- Woodcliff Lake
- Wyckoff Township
36 municipalities have more than ten thousand, twelve more than 20,000 inhabitants. The following communities have specific characteristics:
Hackensack is with 42 677 inhabitants ( 2000 census ) inhabitants according to the largest city and administrative center of the county authority. The city is since 1952 twin city of Passau ( Germany ). Born in Hackensack recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder operation here in the 1950s, one of the best known and most sought after recording studios in the United States before he moved to Englewood Cliffs 1959. In New York slang means " I'm not from Hackensack " as much as "I 'm not stupid ."
In the second largest town of the district, Teaneck ( 39 260 inhabitants in 2000 ), were first introduced in 1965 in the United States by a white majority vote breed integrated schools.
Between 1900 and 1920, was the third largest with 35 461 inhabitants of the district municipality, Fort Lee, which, until it was replaced towards the center of the silent era of Hollywood " movie capital" of the United States. The community was named after the American General Charles Lee, an opponent of George Washington. Fort Lee played an important military role at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
Englewood ( seventh largest with 26,203 inhabitants congregation ) was the birthplace of John Travolta and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
In Wyckoff Township was born in 1906 Gertrude Ederle, the first woman who swam across the English Channel.
In the third smallest with 2,183 inhabitants, is the Alpine community FM station Alpine Tower.
In only 2.9 km ² Teterboro Borough is the regional airport in Teterboro Airport, which employs more than 1,000 people. Its area covers almost the entire municipality and also extends to parts of the neighboring boroughs Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights. He is the oldest operating airport in the New York City (first departure 1919). According to the results of the census of 2000, there were in the village, only 18 residents in 7 households, so that Teterboro before the 2.5 sq km slightly smaller area Rockleigh ( 391 inhabitants) is the smallest municipality by people of the county.