Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ

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2022 Population

116,824

0.263% 1-year decline

US Senator

Bob Menendez

Democratic Party

US Senator

Cory Booker

Democratic Party

About

In 2022, Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ had a population of 117k people with a median age of N/A and a median household income of N/A. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ declined from 117,132 to 116,824, a −0.263% decrease and its median household income N/A from N/A to N/A, a N/A% N/A.

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None of the households in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ borders Middlesex County (North Central)--Metuchen & South Edison PUMA, NJ, Middlesex County (Northeast)--Carteret & North Woodbridge PUMA, NJ, Middlesex County (Central)--New Brunswick & Highland Park PUMA, NJ, Somerset County (South) PUMA, NJ, Somerset County (Central)--Bridgewater, Somerville & North Plainfield PUMA, NJ, Union County (Southwest)--Plainfield & Westfield PUMA, NJ, and Union County (Southeast)--Linden, Rahway & Roselle PUMA, NJ.

United States New Jersey

Population & Diversity

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

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Hispanic Population

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N/A% of the people in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ are hispanic (N/A people).

The following chart shows the N/A races represented in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ as a share of the total population.

Military

Economy

The economy of Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ employs N/A people. The largest industries in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ are Elementary & secondary schools (3,153 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (2,953 people), and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing (2,739 people), and the highest paying industries are .

Employment

Workforce Diversity

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Women

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Men

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The workforce of Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Occupations

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From N/A to N/A, employment in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ stayed at a rate of NaNk%, from N/A employees to N/A employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ, are Software developers (2,076 people), Other managers (1,915 people), and Registered nurses (1,858 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for false.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New Jersey (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ, are Elementary & secondary schools (3,153 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (2,953 people), and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing (2,739 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.27%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 16.5%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New Jersey.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New Jersey went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 57.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (41.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.696%).

Bob Menendez and Cory Booker are the senators currently representing the state of New Jersey. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

New Jersey is currently represented by 12 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ. Showing the available data for New Jersey.

2020 Election Results

Joseph R Biden Jr. (57.3%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (41.4%)
Republican Party
Jo Jorgensen (0.696%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New Jersey went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 57.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (41.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.696%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in New Jersey for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from New Jersey

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.

Bob Menendez

Senator from New Jersey

Assumed office on January 17, 2006
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Jon Corzine, who was elected Governor of New Jersey.

Cory Booker

Senator from New Jersey

Assumed office on October 31, 2013
Elected to the seat to succeed Jeffrey Chiesa, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Frank Lautenberg.

Bob Menendez and Cory Booker are the senators currently representing New Jersey.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in New Jersey over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from New Jersey

New Jersey is currently represented by 12 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for New Jersey have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ in false were N/A.

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Number of Households

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In N/A, the median household income of the N/A households in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ N/A N/A from the previous year's value of N/A.

The following chart displays the households in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

0.442

2022 Wage GINI in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ

0.441

2021 Wage GINI in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ

In 2022, the income inequality in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ was 0.442 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.23% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (70.8%)
Worked At Home (12.7%)
Carpooled (8.41%)

In 2022, 70.8% of workers in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (12.7%) and those who carpooled to work (8.41%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

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Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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The following chart displays the households in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ have N/A.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

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The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 22.3% under 18 years, 19.2% between 18 and 34 years, 42.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.3% were men and 51.7% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Military or VA

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Middlesex County (Northwest)--North Piscataway & South Plainfield PUMA, NJ changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.