Orange (New Jersey)

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orange
City of orange twp nj 013.png
Location in New Jersey
Basic data
Foundation : November 27, 1806
State : United States
State : New Jersey
County : Essex County
Coordinates : 40 ° 46 ′  N , 74 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′  N , 74 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 30,134 (as of 2010)
Population density : 5,286.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.7 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 5.7 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 50 m
Postcodes : 07050, 07051
Area code : +1 973
FIPS : 34-55020
GNIS ID : 0885200
Website : www.ci.orange.nj.us
Mayor : Eldridge Hawkins, Jr.

Orange is a city in Essex County , New Jersey , United States . The 2010 census recorded a population of 30,134.

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of ​​5.7 km² , not including water bodies.

Orange is located in the New York metropolitan area and is about 25 kilometers as the crow flies from Manhattan , the center of New York City .

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there are 32,868 residents, 11,885 households and 7,642 families in the city. The population density is 5,742.3 people per km². 13.20% of the population is White, 75.10% African American , 0.34% Native American , 1.26% Asian , 0.10% Pacific Islander , 5.21% Other Ethnicity, and 4.79% Mixed Race . 12.47% are Latinos of any race.

33.4% of the 11,885 households have children under the age of 18. 30.7% of these are married couples living together, 26.3% are single mothers, 35.7% are not families, 30.2% consist of single households and 10.5% of the people are older than 65. The average household size is 2 , 73, the average family size 3.38.

27.7% of the population are under 18 years old, 10.0% between 18 and 24, 32.2% between 25 and 44, 19.3% between 45 and 64, 10.8% older than 65. The average age is 32 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 86.0, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 79.1.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 35,759 and the median income for a family is $ 40,852. Males have a median income of $ 33,442 versus $ 29,520 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 16,861. 18.8% of the population and 15.4% of families live below the poverty line, of which 24.6% are children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 16.7% of people are over 65.

Population development

year Residents¹
1980 31,136
1990 29,925
2000 32,868
2005 34,200
2010 30.134

¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2005: estimate

history

From 1917 to the 1920s , the US Radium Corporation ran a factory in Orange in which young women painted clock faces with radioactive luminous paint. Due to a lack of protective measures, a large number of these " Radium Girls " fell ill and a number of them died.

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deborah Blum: The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York , Penguin Press, 2010