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Population (year 2000): 240,055. Estimated
population in July 2005: 239,614 (-0.2% change)
Males: 117,144 (48.8%), Females: 122,911 (51.2%)
Hudson County
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 32.4 years
Median household income: $37,862 (year 2000)
Median house value: $125,000 (year 2000)
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%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (6.6%), Irish (5.6%), Polish
(3.0%), Arab (2.8%), German (2.7%), West Indian (2.4%).
Elevation: 83 feet
Land area: 14.9 square miles
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).
Population change in the 1990s: +11,623 (+5.1%).
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)
Amtrak stations near Jersey City:
- 6 miles: NEW YORK (PENN STA) (NEW YORK, 7TH AVE. &
W. 32ND ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, full-service food facilities, snack
bar, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking,
paid long-term parking, call for car rental service,
taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 7 miles: NEWARK (RAYMOND PLAZA WEST). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand,
intercity bus service, public transit connection.
- 10 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
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: 3,149;
Location: 2 PALISADE AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- JAMES J FERRIS (Students: 1,460; Location: 35
COLGATE ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HENRY SNYDER (Students: 1,207; Location: 239
BERGEN AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LINCOLN (Students: 1,023; Location: 60
CRESCENT AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HCST JERSEY CITY CENTER (Students: 671;
Location: 525 MONTGOMERY ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- DR RONALD MC NAIR ACAD HS (Students: 528;
Location: 123 COLES STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 180; Location:
40 SIP AVENUE; 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: 1,597; Location: 143
ROMAINE AVE; Grades: PK - 08)
- JOSEPH H BRENSINGER 17 (Students: 1,319;
Location: 600 BERGEN AVE; Grades: PK - 08)
- NUMBER 28 (Students: 1,208; Location: 167
HANCOCK AVE; Grades: KG - 08)
- NUMBER 8 (Students: 1,146; Location: 96
FRANKLIN ST; Grades: PK - 08)
- ALFRED E ZAMPELLA NO 27 (Students: 1,118;
Location: 201 NORTH ST; Grades: PK - 08)
- NICOLAS COPERNICUS NUM 25 (Students: 1,111;
Location: 3385 KENNEDY BLVD; Grades: KG - 08)
- NUMBER 24 (Students: 1,087; Location: 220
VIRGINIA AVE; Grades: PK - 08)
- JOTHAM W WAKEMAN 6 (Students: 1,084;
Location: 100 ST PAULS AVE; Grades: PK - 08)
- JAMES F MURRAY 38 (Students: 1,004; Location:
339 STEGMAN PARKWAY; Grades: PK - 08)
- MARTIN L KING JR #11 (Students: 866;
Location: 886 BERGEN AVE; 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 BRIDGET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 278;
Location: 372 MONTGOMERY ST; 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)
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