Bogota, New Jersey

Bogota
Bogert House
Location in New Jersey
Bogota
Basic data
Foundation :	November 14, 1894
State :	United States
State :	New Jersey
County :	Bergen County
Coordinates :	40 ° 52 ′  N , 74 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 52 ′  N , 74 ° 2 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	8,108 (as of 2006)
Population density :	4,054 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	2.1 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.0 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	17 m
Postal code :	07603
Area code :	+1 201
FIPS :	34-06490
GNIS ID :	0874841
Website :	www.bogotaonline.org
Mayor :	Christopher M. Kelemen (2017)

Bogota is a city in Bergen County , New Jersey , United States of about 8,000 residents. The name of the city is a suitcase word that is composed of the names of the first two families who settled here at the end of the 19th century: Bog ert and Ban ta , connected by an O. In contrast to the name of the Colombian capital , with which this place has nothing to do, the place name is emphasized on the second syllable: Bo go ta.

geography

The city's geographic coordinates are 40 ° 52'26 "north latitude and 74 ° 1'40" west longitude. The small town is on the Hackensack River , about eight miles north of Manhattan .

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of ​​2.1  km² , of which 7.32% is water.

history

One building in the area is registered in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 25, 2018), the Bogert House .

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there are 8,249 people, 2,874 households and 2,126 families in the city. The population density is 4,190.7 inhabitants per km². 75.72% of the population are White, 5.73% African American , 0.15% Native American , 7.75% Asian , 0.06% Pacific Islander , 6.76% Other Ethnicity, and 3.83% Mixed Race . 21.32% are Latinos of any race.

Of the 2,874 households, 36.5% have children under the age of 18. 56.0% of these are married couples living together, 13.8% are single mothers, 26.0% are not families, 21.9% are single households and 8.1% are people over 65. The average household size is 2 , 85, the average family size 3.38.

25.3% of the population are under 18 years old, 8.2% between 18 and 24, 32.1% between 25 and 44, 23.3% between 45 and 64, 11.1% older than 65. The average age is 36 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 90.4, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 87.1.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 59,813 and the median income for a family is $ 69,841. Males have a median income of $ 49,347 versus $ 36,406 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 25,505. 4.0% of the population and 2.6% of families live below the poverty line, of which 2.3% are children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 4.2% of people are over 65.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 25, 2018.