Cumberland County, NJ has a population of 155,744 people with a median age of 36.7 and a median household income of $49,537. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Cumberland County, NJ declined from 157,035 to 155,744, a 0.82% decrease and its median household income declined from $49,984 to $49,537, a 0.89% decrease.
The population of Cumberland County, NJ is 48% White, 29.1% Hispanic, and 18.1% Black. 27.3% of the people in Cumberland County, NJ speak a non-English language, and 92.7% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Cumberland County, NJ are Cumberland County College, with 739 graduates, N/A, with N/A graduates, and N/A, with N/A graduates.
The median property value in Cumberland County, NJ is $161,900, and the homeownership rate is 64.3%. Most people in Cumberland County, NJ commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 23 minutes. The average car ownership in Cumberland County, NJ is 2 cars per household.
Cumberland County, NJ is the 16th most populated county in New Jersey and borders Kent County, DE; Atlantic County, NJ; Cape May County, NJ; Gloucester County, NJ; and Salem County, NJ.
The economy of Cumberland County, NJ employs 62,195 people. The economy of Cumberland County, NJ is specialized in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting; Utilities; and Public Admin., which employ respectively 2.7; 1.56; and 1.48 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Cumberland County, NJ are Healthcare & Social Assistance (11,214), Manufacturing (7,583), and Retail trade (7,445), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($71,896), Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($50,238), and Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($47,500).
Median household income in Cumberland County, NJ is $49,537. Males in Cumberland County, NJ have an average income that is 1.37 times higher than the average income of females, which is $61,162. The income inequality of Cumberland County, NJ (measured using the Gini index) is 0.494 which is higher than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Cumberland County, NJ. In Cumberland County, NJ the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 48 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $10,379. Essex County, NJ has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in New Jersey.
Cumberland County, NJ is home to a population of 155,744 people, from which 92.7% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Cumberland County, NJ is composed of 74,799 White residents (48%), 45,376 Hispanic residents (29.1%), 28,141 Black residents (18.1%), 4,657 Two+ residents (2.99%), and 1,986 Asian residents (1.28%). The most common foreign languages in Cumberland County, NJ are Spanish (32,826 speakers), Italian (776 speakers), and Russian (501 speakers), but compared to other places, Cumberland County, NJ has a relative high number of Italian (776 speakers), Gujarati (355 speakers), and Spanish (32,826 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Cumberland County, NJ awarded 739 degrees. The student population of Cumberland County, NJ is skewed towards females, with 276 male students and 463 female students. Most students in Cumberland County, NJ are White (398 and 53.9%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (193 and 26.1%), Black or African American (123 and 16.6%), and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (14 and 1.89%). The largest universities in Cumberland County, NJ by number of graduates are Cumberland County College (739 and 100%), N/A (N/A and N/A), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in Cumberland County, NJ are Liberal Arts & Sciences (175 and 23.7%), Criminal Justice - Police Science (63 and 8.53%), and Registered Nursing (60 and 8.12%). The median tuition costs in Cumberland County, NJ are N/A for private four year colleges, and N/A and N/A respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Cumberland County, NJ is $161,900, which is 0.79 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value decreased from $162,400 to $161,900, a 0.31% increase. The homeownership rate of Cumberland County, NJ is 64.3%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Cumberland County, NJ have an average commute time of 23 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Cumberland County, NJ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.