May 23, 2005
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Jersey City, New Jersey
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Population (year 2000): 240,055, Est. population in July 2002: 240,100 (+0.0% change)
Males: 117,144 (48.8%), Females: 122,911 (51.2%)
Elevation: 83 feet
County: Hudson
Land area: 14.9 square miles
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 32.4 years
Median household income: $37,862 (year 2000)
Median house value: $125,000 (year 2000)
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Races in Jersey City:
- Black (28.3%)
- Hispanic (28.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (23.6%)
- Other race (15.1%)
- Filipino (6.6%)
- Two or more races (5.8%)
- Asian Indian (5.4%)
- Chinese (1.5%)
- Other Asian (1.3%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Vietnamese (0.7%)
- Korean (0.6%)
Ancestries: Italian (6.6%), Irish (5.6%), Polish (3.0%), Arab (2.8%), German (2.7%), West Indian (2.4%).
For population 25 years and over in Jersey City
- High school or higher: 72.6%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 27.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.3%
- Unemployed: 10.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Jersey City city
- Never married: 40.0%
- Now married: 41.6%
- Separated: 4.3%
- Widowed: 6.9%
- Divorced: 7.2%
34.0% Foreign born (13.8% Latin America, 13.8% Asia, 3.5% Africa).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: New York, NY (10.2 miles, pop. 8,008,278).
Nearest cities: Hoboken, NJ (2.7 miles), Union City, NJ (3.9 miles), Secaucus, NJ (4.5 miles), Bayonne, NJ (5.3 miles), Kearny, NJ (5.7 miles), West New York, NJ (5.8 miles), Harrison, NJ (6.4 miles), Guttenberg, NJ (6.4 miles).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1996: 126 buildings, average cost: $51,700
- 1997: 115 buildings, average cost: $56,000
- 1998: 66 buildings, average cost: $55,300
- 1999: 25 buildings, average cost: $131,600
- 2000: 6 buildings, average cost: $60,800
- 2001: 27 buildings, average cost: $95,500
- 2002: 40 buildings, average cost: $190,400
- 2003: 2 buildings, average cost: $149,100
Area codes: 201, 551
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (18.2%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (12.2%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (11.4%), Retail trade (10.7%).
Crime in Jersey City (2002):
- 21 murders (8.6 per 100,000)
- 86 rapes (35.1 per 100,000)
- 1,381 robberies (563.5 per 100,000)
- 1,419 assaults (579.0 per 100,000)
- 2,285 burglaries (932.4 per 100,000)
- 4,694 larceny counts (1915.3 per 100,000)
- 2,296 auto thefts (936.9 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 535.2 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Crime in Jersey City (2001):
- 25 murders (10.3 per 100,000)
- 89 rapes (36.8 per 100,000)
- 1,301 robberies (537.5 per 100,000)
- 1,438 assaults (594.1 per 100,000)
- 2,350 burglaries (970.9 per 100,000)
- 4,911 larceny counts (2028.9 per 100,000)
- 2,413 auto thefts (996.9 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 538.4 (higher means more crime)
Average weather in Jersey City, New Jersey
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average temp. (°F)
31.8
34.3
42.4
52.4
62.7
71.6
77.0
75.4
67.8
56.7
46.9
37.0
High temperature (°F)
38.2
41.2
50.0
60.7
71.1
79.6
84.7
82.9
75.4
64.3
53.6
43.1
Low temperature (°F)
25.4
27.5
34.7
44.0
54.2
63.5
69.1
67.9
60.3
49.1
40.1
30.8
Precipitation (in)
4.0
3.0
4.2
4.1
4.5
3.6
4.6
4.1
4.1
3.5
4.0
3.7
Normal climate around Jersey City, New Jersey
Based on data reported by main weather stations
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Days with precip.
11
10
11
11
12
10
10
9
9
8
10
11
Wind speed (mph)
11.2
11.4
11.8
11.0
9.7
9.2
8.6
8.4
8.9
9.3
10.2
10.7
Morning humidity (%)
71
71
69
66
70
72
73
77
78
78
75
72
Afternoon humidity (%)
59
55
52
49
52
53
52
54
56
54
57
59
Sunshine (%)
51
55
57
58
61
64
65
64
62
61
52
49
Days clear of clouds
8
7
8
7
7
7
7
8
10
11
8
8
Partly cloudy days
8
8
9
10
11
11
12
12
9
9
9
8
Cloudy days
15
12
14
13
13
11
11
11
11
11
13
14
Snowfall (in)
7.5
8.4
4.9
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
5.5
Hospitals/medical centers in Jersey City:
- CHRIST HOSPITAL (176 PALISADE AVE)
- GREENVILLE HOSPITAL (1825 KENNEDY BLVD)
- JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER (50 BALDWIN AVE)
- ST FRANCIS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER (25 WILLIAMS PL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Jersey City:
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 5 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 8 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: EWR)
- TETERBORO (about 9 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Jersey City:
- WEST 30TH ST. (about 5 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRA)
- NEWARK NR 1 (about 6 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: 3N4)
- NEW YORK SKYPORTS INC (about 7 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: 6N7)
Local government website: www.city.jackson.ms.us/
Colleges/Universities in Jersey City:
- NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 5,582; Location: 2039 KENNEDY BLVD; Public; Website: www.njcu.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
- HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 3,630; Location: 25 JOURNAL SQ; Public; Website: WWW.HUDSON.CC.NJ.US)
- SAINT PETERS COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 2,643; Location: 2641 KENNEDY BLVD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.spc.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
- THE CHUBB INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 705; Location: 40 JOURNAL SQ; Private, for-profit)
- WORLDWIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC-JERSEY CITY OFF (FT enrollment: 356; Location: 121-125 NEWARK AVE; Private, for-profit; Website: worldwideeducational.com)
- MICRO TECH TRAINING CENTER (FT enrollment: 103; Location: 3000 KENNEDY BLVD 3RD FLOOR; Private, for-profit)
- NATURAL MOTION INSTITUTE OF HAIR DESIGN (FT enrollment: 82; Location: 2800 KENNEDY BLVD; Private, for-profit)
- CHRIST HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING (FT enrollment: 63; Location: 176 PALISADES AVE; Private, not-for-profit; Website: ChristHospital.org)
- SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING (Location: 1 MCWILLIAMS PL; Private, not-for-profit)
- HUDSON COUNTY AREA VO TECH SCHOOL-EARL W BYRD (Location: 525 MONTGOMERY; Public)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near Jersey City:
- STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 3 miles; HOBOKEN, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 2,793)
- CUNY BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 5 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 11,848)
- PACE UNIVERSITY-NEW YORK (about 5 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 6,194)
- NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 30,699)
- NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 6,366)
- FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 6 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 8,092)
- TECHNICAL CAREER INSTITUTES (about 6 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 3,830)
Public high schools in Jersey City:
- WILLIAM L DICKINSON (Students: 2,755; Location: 2 PALISADE AVE; Grades: 09 – 12)
- JAMES J FERRIS (Students: 1,536; Location: 35 COLGATE ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
- HENRY SNYDER (Students: 1,355; Location: 239 BERGEN AVE; Grades: 09 – 12)
- LINCOLN (Students: 1,092; Location: 60 CRESCENT AVE; Grades: 09 – 12)
- HCST JERSEY CITY CENTER (Students: 603; Location: 525 MONTGOMERY ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
- DR RONALD MC NAIR ACAD HS (Students: 594; Location: 123 COLES STREET; Grades: 09 – 12)
Private high schools in Jersey City:
- ST PETERS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (Students: 804; Location: 144 GRAND STREET; Grades: 9 – 12; Boys only)
- HUDSON CATHOLIC REGL HIGH SCH (Students: 518; Location: 790 BERGEN AVENUE; Grades: 9 – 12; Boys only)
- ST DOMINIC ACADEMY (Students: 485; Location: 2572 KENNEDY BLVD; Grades: 9 – 12; Girls only)
- ST ALOYSIUS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 357; Location: 721 WEST SIDE AVENUE; Grades: 9 – 12)
- ACADEMY OF SAINT ALOYSIUS (Students: 166; Location: 2495 KENNEDY BOULEVARD; Grades: 9 – 12; Girls only)
- Y C S MAY ACADEMY (Students: 105; Location: 16 BENTLEY AVE-UPPER; Grades: 1 – 12)
- TET CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 47; Location: 695 OCEAN AVE; Grades: KG – 12)
- KENMARE HIGH SCHOOL FOR WOMEN (Students: 44; Location: 89 YORK ST; Grades: 9 – 12; Girls only)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Jersey City:
- NUMBER 23 (Students: 1,534; Location: 143 ROMAINE AVE; Grades: PK – 08)
- JOSEPH H BRENSINGER 17 (Students: 1,315; Location: 600 BERGEN AVE; Grades: PK – 08)
- NUMBER 28 (Students: 1,276; Location: 167 HANCOCK AVE; Grades: KG – 08)
- NUMBER 8 (Students: 1,176; Location: 96 FRANKLIN ST; Grades: PK – 08)
- NICOLAS COPERNICUS NUM 25 (Students: 1,176; Location: 3385 KENNEDY BLVD; Grades: KG – 08)
- ALFRED E ZAMPELLA NO 27 (Students: 1,159; Location: 201 NORTH ST; Grades: PK – 08)
- JOTHAM W WAKEMAN 6 (Students: 1,114; Location: 100 ST PAULS AVE; Grades: PK – 08)
- NUMBER 24 (Students: 1,046; Location: 220 VIRGINIA AVE; Grades: PK – 08)
- JAMES F MURRAY 38 (Students: 999; Location: 339 STEGMAN PARKWAY; Grades: PK – 08)
- WHITNEY M YOUNG JR NUM 15 (Students: 948; Location: 135 STEGMAN ST; Grades: PK – 08)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Jersey City:
- OUR LADY OF MERCY SCHOOL (Students: 555; Location: 254 BARTHOLDI AVENUE; Grades: PK – 8)
- SAINT PATRICK (Students: 481; Location: 509 BRAMHALL AVENUE; Grades: PK – 8)
- SAINT ALOYSIUS ELEMENTARY SCHO (Students: 455; Location: 721 WEST SIDE AVENUE; Grades: KG – 8)
- SACRED HEART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 406; Location: 183 BAYVIEW AVENUE; Grades: KG – 8)
- OUR LADY OF VICTORIES (Students: 398; Location: 240 EGE AVE; Grades: KG – 8)
- OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL SCHOOL (Students: 361; Location: 95 BROADWAY; Grades: PK – 8)
- ST ANNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 355; Location: 255 CONGRESS STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
- ST NICHOLAS SCHOOL (Students: 340; Location: 118 FERRY STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
- STS JOHN AND ANN SCHOOL (Students: 318; Location: 3044 KENNEDY BOULEVARD; Grades: PK – 8)
- ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 278; Location: 193 OLD BERGEN ROAD; Grades: PK – 8)
Library in Jersey City:
- JERSEY CITY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $7,194,730; Location: 472 JERSEY AVENUE; 338,163 books; 2,251 audio materials; 8,400 video materials; 640 serial subscriptions)
Jersey City compared to New Jersey state average:
- Median house value above state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage above state average.
- Number of rooms per house below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Population density above state average for cities.
Strongest AM radio stations in Jersey City:
- WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
- WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WEPN (1050 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK AM RADIO, LLC)
- WINS (1010 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WBBR (1130 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BLOOMBERG COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
- WNYC (820 AM; 10 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
- WLIB (1190 AM; 30 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
- WADO (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- WWRL (1600 AM; 25 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ACCESS.1 COMMUNICATIONS CORP.-NY)
- WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
- WQEW (1560 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRONIC MEDIA COMPANY)
- WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WWRU (1660 AM; 10 kW; JERSEY CITY, NJ; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF NEW YORK LICENSE CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Jersey City:
- WNYC-FM (93.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
- WKTU (103.5 FM; LAKE SUCCESS, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WQCD (101.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WPAT-FM (93.1 FM; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WPAT LICENSING, INC.)
- WCAA (105.9 FM; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP. (“WADO”))
- WBAI (99.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PACIFICA FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WBLS (107.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
- WHTZ (100.3 FM; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WLTW (106.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)
- WNEW (102.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WQXR-FM (96.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRONIC MEDIA COMPANY)
- WWPR-FM (105.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WXRK (92.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WPLJ (95.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPLJ-FM RADIO, INC.)
- WCBS-FM (101.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WAXQ (104.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)
- WSKQ-FM (97.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WSKQ LICENSING, INC.)
- WKCR-FM (89.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK)
- WRKS (98.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK)
- WQHT (97.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK)
TV broadcast stations around Jersey City:
- WABC-TV (Channel 7; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC)
- WWOR-TV (Channel 9; SECAUCUS, NJ; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- WNJU (Channel 47; LINDEN, NJ; Owner: WNJU LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WNBC (Channel 4; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WNYW (Channel 5; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- WCBS-TV (Channel 2; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
- WPIX (Channel 11; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPIX, INC.)
- WNET (Channel 13; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- W60AI (Channel 60; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
- WPXN-TV (Channel 31; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WXTV (Channel 41; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
- WFUT (Channel 68; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION NEW YORK LLC)
- WXNY-LP (Channel 32; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKOB-LP (Channel 53; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WKOB COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WEBR-CA (Channel 17; MANHATTAN, NY; Owner: K LICENSEE INC.)
- WNYE-TV (Channel 25; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION)
- WLBX-LP (Channel 22; CRANFORD, NJ; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- W33BS (Channel 33; DARIEN, CT; Owner: CT&T BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNYN-LP (Channel 39; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WPXO-LP (Channel 34; EAST ORANGE, NJ; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
- WNXY-LP (Channel 26; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WNJN (Channel 50; MONTCLAIR, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC B/CNG AUTHORITY)
- W68DN (Channel 68; CHERRY HILL, ETC., NJ; Owner: MARCIA COHEN)
- WFME-TV (Channel 66; WEST MILFORD, NJ; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WRNN-LP (Channel 57; NYACK, NY; Owner: LP NYACK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
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