Union

County in New Jersey

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Name	Status	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2023-07-01
Union	County	493,819	522,541	536,499	575,363	572,726
Berkeley Heights	Township	11,998	13,406	13,131	13,280	13,293	→
Clark	Township	14,628	14,594	14,741	15,541	15,431	→
Cranford	Township	22,615	22,526	22,632	23,833	23,741	→
Elizabeth	City	110,105	120,599	124,974	137,312	135,829	→
Fanwood	Borough	7,111	7,174	7,307	7,782	7,655	→
Garwood	Borough	4,236	4,165	4,231	4,450	5,161	→
Hillside	Township	22,151	21,752	21,463	22,451	21,991	→
Kenilworth	Borough	7,572	7,678	7,917	8,430	8,259	→
Linden	City	36,742	39,401	40,533	43,748	43,950	→
Mountainside	Borough	6,605	6,604	6,656	7,020	6,924	→
New Providence	Borough	11,185	11,896	12,207	13,639	13,488	→
Plainfield	City	46,578	47,819	49,549	54,598	54,670	→
Rahway	City	25,312	26,508	27,320	29,551	29,813	→
Roselle	Borough	20,206	21,275	21,067	22,693	22,342	→
Roselle Park	Borough	12,795	13,275	13,290	13,960	13,932	→
Scotch Plains	Township	21,182	22,725	23,650	24,960	24,430	→
Springfield	Township	13,425	14,640	15,799	17,186	16,846	→
Summit	City	20,004	21,083	21,460	22,730	22,344	→
Union	Township	50,037	54,219	56,732	59,739	60,676	→
Westfield	Town	28,878	29,652	30,296	31,038	30,559	→
Winfield	Township	1,576	1,516	1,471	1,422	1,392	→
New Jersey	State	7,730,188	8,414,350	8,791,894	9,289,039	9,290,841

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	277,951
Females	297,394

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	134,489
18-64 years	358,711
65+ years	82,145

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	20,475
70-79 years	34,706
60-69 years	62,338
50-59 years	80,300
40-49 years	79,121
30-39 years	78,572
20-29 years	70,518
10-19 years	78,842
0-9 years	70,473

Urbanization (C 2020)
Urban	575,345

»Race« (C 2020)
White	236,589
Black/African American	117,306
Indigenous	4,022
Asian	32,434
Pacific Islander	200
Some other	105,583
2 or more	79,211

Ethnicity (C 2020)
Hispanic or Latino	195,519
Other	379,826