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 2024-07-01
Union	County	493,819	522,541	536,499	575,360	594,160
Berkeley Heights	Township	11,998	13,406	13,131	13,259	14,510	→
Clark	Township	14,628	14,594	14,741	15,532	16,277	→
Cranford	Township	22,615	22,526	22,632	23,831	24,513	→
Elizabeth	City	110,105	120,599	124,974	137,310	140,413	→
Fanwood	Borough	7,111	7,174	7,307	7,783	7,968	→
Garwood	Borough	4,236	4,165	4,231	4,451	5,346	→
Hillside	Township	22,151	21,752	21,463	22,448	22,690	→
Kenilworth	Borough	7,572	7,678	7,917	8,429	8,527	→
Linden	City	36,742	39,401	40,533	43,746	45,393	→
Mountainside	Borough	6,605	6,604	6,656	7,024	7,228	→
New Providence	Borough	11,185	11,896	12,207	13,663	13,957	→
Plainfield	City	46,578	47,819	49,549	54,600	56,507	→
Rahway	City	25,312	26,508	27,320	29,550	30,763	→
Roselle	Borough	20,206	21,275	21,067	22,694	23,064	→
Roselle Park	Borough	12,795	13,275	13,290	13,962	14,390	→
Scotch Plains	Township	21,182	22,725	23,650	24,962	25,223	→
Springfield	Township	13,425	14,640	15,799	17,185	17,630	→
Summit	City	20,004	21,083	21,460	22,730	23,102	→
Union	Township	50,037	54,219	56,732	59,740	63,171	→
Westfield	Town	28,878	29,652	30,296	31,039	32,050	→
Winfield	Township	1,576	1,516	1,471	1,422	1,438	→
New Jersey	State	7,730,188	8,414,350	8,791,894	9,289,014	9,500,851

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