Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood | ||
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Westervelt-Cameron House |
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Location in New Jersey | ||
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | November 20, 1894 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | New Jersey | |
County : | Bergen County | |
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 |
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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 |
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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
- Robert Bakker (* 1945), paleontologist and painter in the field of dinosaurs
- Joseph Demuth (* 1946), physicist
- Peter Carlisle (* 1952), lawyer and politician
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (* 1957), American-Italian art historian and curator of Bulgarian descent
- Jennifer Morgan (born 1957), environmental activist
- Eric S. Rosengren (* 1957), economist and banker
- Anne Donovan (1961–2018), basketball player and coach
- Jeffrey Nordling (born 1962), actor
- Mike Ferguson (* 1970), politician
- Alyssa Monks (* 1977), painter
- Paul Mara (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Michael Zegen (* 1979), actor
- Nikki Phillips (* 1987), Polish-American soccer player
- Jason Heyward (born 1989), baseball player
- Cosmo Jarvis (* 1989), British actor, filmmaker and singer-songwriter
Individual evidence
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed December 24, 2018.