Hispanics and Latinos in New Jersey

The U.S. state of New Jersey is home to significant number of people of Latino and Hispanic descent, representing 18.9% of the total population.[1][2][3] The state has several municipalities with Hispanic majority populations, and Latinos and Hispanics form one-third of the population in the largest city, Newark. The northern part of Hudson County is nicknamed "Havana on the Hudson" for the large number of Cuban exiles and émigrés living there. Many Latino or Hispanic people have been elected to public office.

Places and populations

Towns with majority Hispanic populations are:[4][5][6]

Places with over 100,000 people

Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people

Places with between 10,000 and 25,000 people

Places with fewer than 10,000 people

Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development

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.[7]

Public officeholders

Statewide

US Congress

State Legislators

Hudson

The northern part of Hudson County is nicknamed "Havana on the Hudson" for the large number of Cuban exiles and émigrés and oher Latin Americans living there.

Newark

The percentage of Latinos in Newark, the state's largest city, 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,[13] of which 13% of the total population was Puerto Rican.[14] While municipal elections have seen black-Latino coalitions, voting tends to remain racially polarized.[15][16][17][18]

Passaic

Bergen

Middlesex

Union

South Jersey

Sports and arts

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. ↑ "Demographic and Economic Profiles of Hispanics by State and County, 2014". 26 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Sen-Yuan Wu, "Growing New Jersey Minority Population Reaches Majority in Some Municipalities", NJ Labor Market Views issue #7, NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, May 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Census data shows Hispanics as the largest minority in N.J."
  5. ↑ Census factinder for 2010 census retrieved 2014-07-13
  6. ↑ Census report on Hispanic population based on analysis of 2010 U.S. census
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  9. ↑ "Robert Menendez, a Politician Even at 20" The New York Times, December 10, 2005
  10. ↑ Wayne Parry, Associated Press (via the San Francisco Chronicle), Menendez Inspires Pride in Cuban-Americans, December 8, 2005
  11. ↑ "Candidates for November 3, 2009 General Election". Hudson County Clerk. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  12. ↑ "María DeCastro Blake Community Service Award 2007 Honoree". The Newark Public Library. 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  13. ↑ Suarez, Monica (November 4, 2013). "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor". NBC Latino. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  14. ↑ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Newark city, Essex County, New Jersey". Census 2010. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
  15. ↑ Perry, Ravi K (editor); Gillepsie, 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
  16. ↑ Gillespie, Andra (2012), The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America, New York University Press, ISBN 978-0814732441
  17. ↑ Giambusso, David (September 22, 2013). "With Newark council president vote, Ras Baraka could win Latino support". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  18. ↑ Wharton, Jonathon L. (2013). A Post-Racial Change Is Gonna Come Newark, Cory Booker, and the Transformation of Urban America. Palgrave MacMilan. ISBN 978-1-137-27771-8. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  19. ↑ Archived February 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  20. ↑ Llorente, Elizabeth (October 7, 2013). "In One New Jersey Town, Latinos Dominate Council, Bucking National Trend". Fox News Latino. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  21. ↑ https://patch.com/new-jersey/cranford/union-county-freeholder-1st-latino-serve-njtpa-chairman
  22. ↑ Rohan, Virginia. "Former fan now in charge of 'Sesame Street'", The Record (Bergen County), August 13, 2007. Accessed August 13, 2007.
  23. ↑ Levine, Daniel Rome. "Triunfador Franck de Las Mercedes", ABC News, August 16, 2007. Accessed August 18, 2008.
  24. ↑ Mifflin, Lawrie. "Doing a Star Turn for the Home Team, at Last", The New York Times, August 18, 1996. Accessed January 7, 2008.

Further reading

  • Prieto, Yolanda (2009). The Cubans of Union City: Immigrants and Exiles in a New Jersey Community. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-300-0.
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