Ethnic groups in New Jersey, US
The U.S. state of
New Jersey is home to significant and growing numbers of people of
Hispanic and
Latino descent, who in 2018 represented a
Census -estimated 20.4% of the state's total population (nearly 1.8 million).
[1]
[2] New Jersey's Latino population comprises substantial concentrations of
Dominican Americans ,
Puerto Rican Americans ,
Cuban Americans ,
Mexican Americans ,
Central Americans ,
Peruvian Americans ,
Colombian Americans , and
Ecuadorian Americans .
[2] New Jersey is also home to a large
Brazilian American and
Portuguese -speaking population.
[3]
The state has multiple municipalities with
Hispanic-majority populations .
[4] Latinos and Hispanics form one-third of the population in the largest city,
Newark settling in the
Forest Hill ,
Broadway and
Mount Pleasant neighborhoods which comprise mostly of
Puerto Ricans and
Dominicans . The
northern part of Hudson County has been nicknamed
Havana on the Hudson for the large number of
Cuban exiles and émigrés living there.
Little Lima , in
Paterson , is the largest
Peruvian enclave outside of
South America .
Many Latino and Hispanic people have been elected to public office in New Jersey, at both the state and local levels.
Places and populations
Bar Chart of Race & Ethnicity in New Jersey (2015)
Municipalities of New Jersey with majority Hispanic populations as of the
2010 United States Census are:
[5]
[6]
[7]
Places with over 100,000 people
Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
Places with between 10,000 and 25,000 people
Places with fewer than 10,000 people
Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development
The
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development is designed to empower the Hispanic community of New Jersey by administering
grant dollars and providing other assistance to Hispanic community-based organizations, creating training and employment opportunities for Hispanic college interns, conducting and supporting research on New Jersey's Hispanic community, and ensuring Hispanic access to services and programs.
[8]
Public officeholders
There are officeholders of Latino background throughout the state.
[9]
[10]
Statewide
US Congress
Bob Menendez
State Legislators
Teresa Ruiz , State Senator, 29th Legislative District
Eliana Pintor Marin , State Assemblywomen 29th Legislative District
Vincent Prieto ,
State Assemblyman
32nd legislative district , Speaker of Assembly
Angelica M. Jimenez , State Assemblywomen 32nd Legislative District
Ruben J. Ramos ,
State Assemblyman ,
33rd legislative district
Caridad Rodriguez ,
State Assemblywoman
33rd Legislative District
[14]
Nellie Pou , State Senator, 35th Legislative District
Location map of Hudson County, New Jersey
Kristin Corrado , State Senator, 40th Legislative District
Hudson
Newark
The percentage of Latinos in
Newark , the most populous city in New Jersey, grew considerably between 1980 and 2010, from 18.6% to 33.8%; that of blacks has slightly decreased from 58.2% to 52.4%. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 33.83% (93,746) or one-third of the population,
[16] of which 13% of the total population was
Puerto Rican .
[17] While municipal elections have seen black-Latino coalitions, voting tends to remain racially polarized.
[18]
[19]
[20]
[21]
Passaic
Bergen
Middlesex
Union
South Jersey
Sports and arts
Demographics
Ancestry by origin
[28]
Number
%
Mexican
217,715
Puerto Rican
434,092
Cuban
83,362
Dominican
328,092
See also
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^ Llorente, Elizabeth (October 7, 2013).
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"Union County Freeholder Is 1st Latino To Serve As NJTPA Chairman" . Cranford, NJ Patch . January 23, 2018.
^ Rohan, Virginia.
"Former fan now in charge of 'Sesame Street'" [
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