Ridgewood, New Jersey

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Ridgewood
Westervelt-Cameron House
Westervelt-Cameron House
Location in New Jersey
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood
Ridgewood
Basic data
Foundation : November 20, 1894
State : United States
State : New Jersey
County : Bergen County
Coordinates : 40 ° 59 ′  N , 74 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 59 ′  N , 74 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 24,639 (as of 2006)
Population density : 1,642.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 15.1 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of
which 15.0 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 30 m
Postcodes : 07450-07452
Area code : +1 201
FIPS : 34-63000
GNIS ID : 0885369
Website : www.ridgewoodnj.net
Mayor : Paul Aronsohn

Ridgewood is a city in Bergen County , New Jersey , United States . In the census of 2000 had a total population of 24,936 has been registered.

geography

The city's geographic coordinates are 40 ° 59 'N, 74 ° 7' W.

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of ​​15.1 km 2 , of which 15.0 km 2 is land and 0.1 km 2 (0.86%) is water.

history

The National Park Service lists 13 buildings and sites in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for Ridgewood (as of December 25, 2018), including the Westervelt-Cameron House .

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there are 24,936 people, 8,603 households and 6,779 families in the city. The population density is 1,662.8 inhabitants per km 2 . 87.82% of the population are White, 1.64% African American , 0.04% Native American , 8.67% Asian , 0.00% Pacific Islander , 0.59% Other Ethnicity, and 1.23% Mixed Race . 3.78% are Latinos of any race.

Of the 8,603 households, 44.3% have children under the age of 18. 69.4% of them are married couples living together, 7.2% are single mothers, 21.2% are not families, 18.5% consist of single households and 8.8% of the households have people older than 65 years. The average household size is 2.87, the average family size 3.30.

30.0% of the population are under 18 years old, 4.4% between 18 and 24, 27.5% between 25 and 44, 25.9% between 45 and 64, 12.2% older than 65. The average age is 39 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 92.8, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 88.5.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 104,286 and the median income for a family is $ 121,848. Males have a median income of $ 90,422 versus $ 50,248 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 51,658. 3.0% of the population and 1.8% of families live below the poverty line, of which 2.5% are children or adolescents younger than 18 years and 4.3% of people are older than 65.

Population development

year Residents¹
1980 25.208
1990 24,152
2000 24,936
2005 24,790

¹ 1980–2000: census results; 2005: Update of the US Census Bureau

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed December 24, 2018.