Rahway
| Rahway | |
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 Location in New Jersey
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | April 19, 1858 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | New Jersey |
| County : | Union County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 36 ′ N , 74 ° 17 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 27,843 (as of 2006) |
| Population density : | 4,972 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.4 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 6 m |
| Postal code : | 07065 |
| Area code : | +1 732 |
| FIPS : | 34-61530 |
| GNIS ID : | 0879585 |
| Website : | www.cityofrahway.com |
| Mayor : | James J. Kennedy |
Rahway is a city in Union County , New Jersey , United States . In the 2000 census , the population was 26,500. Rahway was founded in 1804.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.5 km 2 , of which 10.3 km 2 is land and 0.1 km 2 (1.24%) is water.
Demographics
As of the 2000 census, there are 26,500 people, 10,028 households and 6,728 families in the city. The population density is 2,564.3 people per km 2 . 60.19% of the population are White, 27.07% African American , 0.16% Native American , 3.58% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 5.62% Other Ethnicity, and 3.33% Mixed Race . 13.87% are Latinos of any race.
Of the 10,028 households, 30.0% have children under the age of 18. 46.7% of these are married couples living together, 15.6% are single mothers, 32.9% are not families, 28.0% are single households and 11.7% are people over 65. The average household size is 2 , 63, the average family size 3.24.
23.9% of the population are under 18 years old, 7.8% between 18 and 24, 32.0% between 25 and 44, 21.8% between 45 and 64, 14.5% older than 65. The average age is 37 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 91.2, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 86.5.
The median income for a household is $ 50,729 and the median income for a family is $ 61,931. Males have a median income of $ 41,047 versus $ 32,091 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 22,481. 7.1% of the population and 5.4% of families live below the poverty line, of which 9.3% are children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 8.2% of the people are over 65.
history
Population development:
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 26,723 |
| 1990 | 25,325 |
| 2000 | 26,500 |
| 2005 | 27,563 |
¹ 1980–2000: census results; 2005: Update of the US Census Bureau
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town:
- Thaddeus Hyatt (1816–1901), lawyer and inventor
- Juliette Atkinson (1873–1944), tennis player and winner of the US Open in 1895, 1897, 1898
- Kathleen Atkinson (1875-1957), tennis player
- Walter Seuffert (1907–1989), German lawyer and politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court
- Dory Previn (1925–2012), writer and singer-songwriter
- Ronald Breslow (1931-2017), chemist
- Richard Tuttle (born 1941), artist
- Paul Le Mat (born 1945), actor
- Wayne Gilchrest (born 1946), politician
- Warren Vaché (* 1951), musician of swing and mainstream jazz
- Chris Smith (born 1953), politician
- Allan Vaché (* 1953), jazz clarinetist of mainstream jazz and swing
- Peter J. Boettke (* 1960), economist at the Austrian School
- Louis Campbell (born 1979), basketball player
Known citizens
- Freddie Spencer (1902–1992), cyclist, lived in Rahway for around 50 years until his death