New Jersey is home to significant number of persons of Latino Hispanic descent, representing 18.9% of the total population.
Contents
- Places and populations
- Places with over 100000 people
- Places with between 25000 and 100000 people
- Places with between 10000 and 25000 people
- Places with fewer than 10000 people
- Center for Hispanic Policy Research and Development
- Public office
- Statewide
- US and State legislators
- County and local offices
- Newark
- Bergen Passaic
- Perth Amboy
- Union
- South Jersey
- Sports and arts
- References
Places and populations
As of the 2010 USA Census, New Jersey has several municipalities with Hispanic majority populations.
Places with over 100,000 people
Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
Places with between 10,000 and 25,000 people
Places with fewer than 10,000 people
Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development is designed to empower the Hispanic community of New Jersey by administering grant dollars and providing other assistance to Hispanic community-based organizations, creating training and employment opportunities for Hispanic college interns, conducting and supporting research on New Jersey's Hispanic community, and ensuring Hispanic access to services and programs.
Public office
Public officials of Latino/Hispanic descent include:
Statewide
US and State legislators
County and local offices
Newark
The percentage of Latinos in Newark, the states largest city grew considerably between 1980 and 2010, from 18.6% to 33.8%; that of blacks has slightly decreased from 58.2% to 52.4%. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 33.83% (93,746) r one-third of the population, of which 13% of the total population was Puerto Rican. While municipal elections have seen black-Latino coalitions, voting tends to remain racially polarized.