Jersey Population 2024

Jersey is the City in the New Jersey State of the United States, located on a peninsula between the Hudson and Hackensack rivers, opposite Manhattan Island, New York City, with which it is connected by the Holland Tunnel. Jersey population in 2024 is estimated to be 305,638, covers city area of 21.13 sq mi (54.74 sq km), second populous city of New Jersey after Newark, ranks third highest density of any US city. Jersey City's emergence as a major transportation hub, sharing a communications complex with New York City.

• Contents
• Population by Age
• Population by Race
• Nativity by Place of Birth

Below is the Jersey population by year:

Jersey is in the northeastern region of New Jersey and the city is divided into six wards which includes Bergen-Lafayette, Downtown Jersey City, The Heights, Journal Square, Greenville and West Side.

Jersey Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, Total Jersey population is 262,075, out of these 131,435 are male, 130,640 are female, The sex ratio of Jersey is 101. The median age of the Jersey population is 34.1, Jersey population by age are, under 18 years is 49,060, 16 years and over is 216,757, 18 years and over is 213,015, 21 years and over is 206,336, 65 years and over is 36,180. 50.2% are male, 49.8% are female, Population of Jersey by age percentwise is, 18.7% are under 18 years old, 82.7% are 16 years and over, 81.3% are 18 years and over, 78.7% are 21 years and over, 11.4% are 65 years and over. There are total 116,602 housing units, The voting population of Jersey are 155,099, out of these 75,691 are male voters, 79,408 are female voters, 48.8% are male, 51.2% are female. Jersey population in 2023 is estimated to be 304,410, population in 2022 is estimated to be 303,153, and in 2021 is estimated to be 298,152.

Jersey Population by Race

White Population

White population in Jersey, New Jersey are 103,825, percentage wise 39.6 percent are whites.

Black Population

Black population in Jersey, New Jersey are 60,542, percentage wise 23.1 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Jersey, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Carribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Jersey are 65,273, percentage wise 24.9 percent are asians, out of these 31,858 are Asian Indians, 9,858 are Chinese, 10,872 are Filipinos, 1,411 are Japanese, 1,802 are Korean, 3,104 are Vietnamese and 6,368 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Jersey, New Jersey are 66,158. Percentage wise 25.2 percent are hispanics, out of these 3,167 are Mexican people, 18,105 are Puerto Ricans, 1,997 are Cubans, and 42,889 are other Hispanic or Latinos.

Nativity by Place of Birth

According to 2019 estimates, Jersey native population is 145,727, out of these 80,484 born in the New Jersey state and 55,914 born in other state in the United States. Foreign born or Population born outside the US are 116,348, out of these 52,314 are Naturalised US citizen, 3,241 are in Europe, 20,048 in Asia, 6,180 in Africa, 22,310 in Latin America and 535 in Northern America. Non-US Citizens, Total Foreigners living in Jersey are 64,034, out of these 4,361 are from Europe, 33,001 are from Asia, 7,114 from Africa, 18,597 are from Latin America and 681 are from Northern America.