New
Jersey's population is 9,290,841
Which is
a 0.32% increase from 2022. This is the first population increase in New
Jersey since the start of the pandemic.
According
to the 2020 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populated state,
with a population of 9,288,994. However, at 7,354 square miles, New Jersey is
the fifth-smallest state by land area
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Race
62.68% White, 13.27% Black or African American, 9.75%
Asian, 7.31% Other race, 6.68% Two or more races, 0.27% Native American, 0.04%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
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Ethnicity
53.8% White (Non-Hispanic), 12.5% Black or African
American (Non-Hispanic), 9.69% Asian (Non-Hispanic), 8.89% White (Hispanic),
6.74% Other (Hispanic)
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Other
demographics
21.5% Hispanic, 12.3% Black, 9.9% Asian, nearly
one-quarter foreign-born, more than one million do not speak English very well