Middlesex County, New Jersey Demographics

Middlesex County is 11th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Asian

Middlesex County is 27th out of 3,143 other counties in Foreign born residents

Middlesex County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Middlesex County is 1st in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - Asian

Middlesex County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Current population (2012)

Middlesex County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Foreign born residents

Middlesex County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Households

Middlesex County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Middlesex County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Middlesex County is 3rd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Housing units

Middlesex County is 3rd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Retail sales

Middlesex County is 3rd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Middlesex County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	823,041	2nd	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	308.9	12th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,621.6	6th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	8th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.3%	16th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.8%	18th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.6%	12th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.9%	6th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	63.6%	20th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	10.9%	11th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	8th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	22.9%	1st	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	13th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	11th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	6th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	47.5%	17th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	50.8%	17th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	29.8%	2nd	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	296,076	3rd	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	34.4%	6th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	278,513	2nd	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.6%	17th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$349,000	10th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.8	4th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,307	4th	17,939	829,658

Income Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$34,153	10th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$78,622	7th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.5%	13th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Non-farm private establishments	21,095	2nd	226,878	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	361,453	2nd	3,377,848	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	67,778	3rd	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$11,131,032	3rd	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,274	10th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,275,068	4th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732