Bloomfield, New Jersey
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 Location in New Jersey
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | March 23, 1812 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | New Jersey |
| County : | Essex County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 48 ′ N , 74 ° 11 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 47,982 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 3,477 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.8 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 44 m |
| Postal code : | 07003 |
| Area code : | +1 973 |
| FIPS : | 34-06260 |
| GNIS ID : | 1729714 |
| Website : | www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com |
| Mayor : | Michael J. Venezia ( D ) (until December 31, 2019) |
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Bloomfield is a township in Essex County , New Jersey , USA . In the 2010 census , a population of 47,315 was recorded.
The city is named after the politician and General Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), who was temporarily also governor of New Jersey.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 13.8 km² .
Demographics
As of the 2000 census, there are 47,683 people, 19,017 households and 12,075 families in the city. The population density is 3,460.6 inhabitants per km². 70.09% of the population are White, 11.69% African American , 0.19% Native American , 8.38% Asian , 0.07% Pacific Islander , 6.42% Other Ethnicity, and 3.16% Mixed Race . 14.47% are Latinos of any race.
Of the 19,017 households, 28.2% have children under the age of 18. 46.7% of them are married couples living together, 12.4% are single mothers, 36.5% are not families, 30.4% are single households and 10.6% are people over 65. The average household size is 2 , 49, the average family size 3.16.
21.1% of the population are under 18 years old, 8.4% between 18 and 24, 34.0% between 25 and 44, 22.3% between 45 and 64, 14.3% older than 65. The average age is 37 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 90.8, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 87.1.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 53,289 and the median income for a family is $ 64,945. Males have a median income of $ 43,498 versus $ 36,104 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 26,049. 5.9% of the population and 4.4% of families live below the poverty line, of which 6.3% are children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 8.2% of the people are over 65.
traffic
In Bloomfield is the terminus Grove Street of the Newark Light Rail , a suburban train-like transport system in the Newark area . Commuter trains stop at two stations on the Montclair-Boonton line of the New Jersey Transit railway company , with which you can directly reach New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan .
The Garden State Parkway , a toll highway in New Jersey (Garden State) with several exits, runs north to south through the Bloomfield area .
The Newark Liberty International Airport is located approximately 12 km from Bloomfield.
sons and daughters of the town
- William D. Bishop (1827-1904), politician
- William C. Carl (1865–1936), organist and music teacher
- Randolph Bourne (1886-1918), publicist
- Seymour Parker Gilbert (1892–1938), lawyer, banker, politician and diplomat
- Tom Fleming (1951-2017), marathon runner
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ New Jersey Mayors Directory , accessed October 8, 2018
- ↑ American FactFinder , accessed October 8, 2018