Hispanics and Latinos in New Jersey

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[edit]

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[edit]

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people[edit]

Places with between 10,000 and 25,000 people[edit]

Places with fewer than 10,000 people[edit]

Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development[edit]

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[edit]

There are officeholders of Latino background throughout the state.[9][10]

Statewide[edit]

US Congress[edit]

Bob Menendez

State Legislators[edit]

Hudson[edit]

Main article: Havana on the Hudson

Newark[edit]

See also: The Ironbound
See also: History of Lusophone Americans in Newark, New Jersey

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[edit]

Bergen[edit]

Middlesex[edit]

Union[edit]

South Jersey[edit]

Sports and arts[edit]

Demographics[edit]

Ancestry by origin[28] Number %
Mexican 217,715
Puerto Rican 434,092
Cuban 83,362
Dominican 328,092

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "QuickFacts New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ethnic food NJ Brazilian". EthnicNJ.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Sen-Yuan Wu, "Growing New Jersey Minority Population Reaches Majority in Some Municipalities" Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, NJ Labor Market Views issue #7, NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, May 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "Census data shows Hispanics as the largest minority in N.J." 4 February 2011.
  6. ^ Census factinder for 2010 census retrieved 2014-07-13
  7. ^ "Census report on Hispanic population based on analysis of 2010 U.S. census" (PDF).
  8. ^ "NJ Department of Community Affairs". Archived from the original on 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  9. ^ "The 51 Most Influential Latinos in N.J. Politics, Elected and Nonelected". The New York Observer. September 29, 2015.
  10. ^ Gray, Jerry; Times, Special To the New York (February 23, 1991). "Hudson County a Harbinger of a New Hispanic Influence" – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "Hometown advantage: Menendez maintains support in Hudson County - News - NorthJersey.com". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  12. ^ "Robert Menendez, a Politician Even at 20" The New York Times, December 10, 2005
  13. ^ Wayne Parry, Associated Press (via the San Francisco Chronicle), Menendez Inspires Pride in Cuban-Americans, December 8, 2005
  14. ^ "Candidates for November 3, 2009 General Election". Hudson County Clerk. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  15. ^ "María DeCastro Blake Community Service Award 2007 Honoree". The Newark Public Library. 2007. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  16. ^ Suarez, Monica (November 4, 2013). "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor". NBC Latino. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  17. ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Newark city, Essex County, New Jersey". Census 2010. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
  18. ^ Perry, Ravi K (editor); Gillespie, Andra (2013), "Beyond Booker: Assissing the Prospect of Black and Latino Mayoral Candidates in Newark, New Jersey", 21st Century Urban Race Politics: Representing Minorities As Universal Interests, Emerald Group Publishing {{citation}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  19. ^ Gillespie, Andra (2012), The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America, New York University Press, ISBN 978-0814732441
  20. ^ Giambusso, David (September 22, 2013). "With Newark council president vote, Ras Baraka could win Latino support". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  21. ^ Wharton, Jonathon L. (2013). A Post-Racial Change Is Gonna Come Newark, Cory Booker, and the Transformation of Urban America. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-1-137-27771-8. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  22. ^ [1] Archived February 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ Llorente, Elizabeth (October 7, 2013). "In One New Jersey Town, Latinos Dominate Council, Bucking National Trend". Fox News Latino. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  24. ^ "Union County Freeholder Is 1st Latino To Serve As NJTPA Chairman". Cranford, NJ Patch. January 23, 2018.
  25. ^ Rohan, Virginia. "Former fan now in charge of 'Sesame Street'"[permanent dead link], The Record (Bergen County), August 13, 2007. Accessed August 13, 2007.
  26. ^ Levine, Daniel Rome. "Triunfador Franck de Las Mercedes", ABC News, August 16, 2007. Accessed August 18, 2008.
  27. ^ Mifflin, Lawrie. "Doing a Star Turn for the Home Team, at Last", The New York Times, August 18, 1996. Accessed January 7, 2008.
  28. ^ https://data.census.gov/table?q=Hispanics+New+Jersey&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.PCT11

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