Fort Lee - Community Profile

Area (square miles): Land 3 (87.9%) Water 0 (12.1%)

Population

The total population is 35,461 as of the 2000 Census. The census's sample size was 4,285 (12% of the total population).

The size of the urban population is 35,461 (100.0%) with 35,461 (100.00%) living inside urbanized (densely populated) areas.

The racial makeup is: White ~ 22,177 (62.5%), Black or African American ~ 685 (1.9%), American Indian and Alaska Native ~ 45 (0.1%), Asian ~ 11,004 (31.0%), some other race ~ 676 (1.9%), comprised of two or more races ~ 846 (2.4%). The number of people of Hispanic or Latino origins (heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth) is 2,740 (8%).

The population is 46% male and 54% female with 18% 18 years or younger and 23% 62 years or older.

Households

There are 35,427 members of households with 27,699 (78%) family and 7,728 (22%) nonfamily household members. There is a total of 16,533 households in this community, with 9,460 family and 625 nonfamily households. Out of all family household (total 9,460) the number with their own children under 18 years that are married-couples equals 3,227 (34.11%), Male only householder (no wife present) equals 133 (1.41%), and Female only householder (no husband present) equals 1,167 (12.34%). There are 6,448 single person households with 2,513 (38.97%) male householders and 3,935 (61.03%) female householders. The number of singles (15 years and over) that have never married or married but the spouse is absent (separation, divorce, widowed..) that are male are 4,336 (14%) or that are female are 4,139 (14%).

Household language(s) include: English ~ 8,343 (50.46%), Spanish ~ 1,157 (7.00%), other Indo-European languages ~ 2,901 (17.55%), Asian and Pacific Island languages ~ 3,797 (22.97%).

The place of birth for the people of this community (total 35,461) are comprised of 19,597 (55.26%) natives or born in the United States and 15,864 (44.74%) are non-native foreign born. Among those born inside the United States, the number born in state of residence equals 7,169 (20.22%) and the number born in another state in the United States equals 12,003 (33.85%). The part of the United States where the group born in another state includes: Northeast 10,732 (30.26%)Midwest 327 (0.92%), South 533 (1.50%), West 411 (1.16%). Natives born outside the United States (total 425 (1.20%)) include(s): Puerto Rico 213 (0.60%), born abroad of American parent(s) 206 (0.58%). Non-native foreign born (total 15,864 (44.74%)) include(s): naturalized citizens 7,469 (21.06%) and not a citizen 8,395 (23.67%).

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