Belleville (New Jersey)

Essex County

34-04695

Belleville is a Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. In the 2000 census, a total population of 35 928 has been registered.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.8 km ², of which 8.7 km ² of land and 0.2 km ² (2.05 %) is water.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Platt Adams, athlete and Olympic champion
  • Frances Goodrich, stage and screenwriter
  • Frank Iero, guitarist for the band My Chemical Romance
  • Tony Meola, soccer goalie
  • Ray Toro, guitarist for the band My Chemical Romance
  • Gerard Way, lead singer of the band My Chemical Romance
  • Elaine Zayak, figure skater
  • Mikey Way, bassist of the band My Chemical Romance

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there are 35,928 people, 13,731 households, and 9,089 families residing in the city. The population density is 4153.3 persons per km ². 69.44 % of the population are White, 5.36% African American, 0.17 % Native American, 11.31 % Asian, 0.07 % Pacific Islander, 9.83 % from other races, and 3.82% mixed race. 23.68 % are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 13,731 households 29.5% have children under 18 years. 47.0 % are married couples living together, 13.9% are single mothers, 33.8 % are non-families, 27.9% consist of all households and 9.1% in people older than 65, the average household size is 2, 60, the average family size is 3.23.

21.8 % of the population are under the age of 18, 8.7 % from 18 to 24, 33.9 % from 25 to 44, 22.2% between 45 and 64, 13.4% older than 65 is the average age 36 years. The ratio of women to men is 100:93,2, for people older than 18 years, the ratio 100:89,8.

The median household income is $ 48,576, and the median income for a family $ 55,212. Males have a median income of $ 38,074, women $ 31,729. The per capita income for the city is $ 22,093. 8.2% of the population and 6.3% of families are below the poverty line, including 10.9 % have children younger than 18 years and 7.8 % of people older than 65

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