Ranking of New Jersey Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for New Jersey counties, in April 2020, among all of New Jersey's cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, East Orange city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (80.45%), followed by Roselle borough (49.24%), and Newark city (48.84%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of New Jersey cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of cities and places for other racial groups, in New Jersey.

Ranking of New Jersey Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
East Orange
80.45%
Roselle
49.24%
Newark
48.84%
Trenton
44.63%
Camden
42.44%
Plainfield
39.73%
Sicklerville
38.41%
Pleasantville
38.36%
Lindenwold
34.97%
Atlantic City
34.42%
Ranking of New Jersey Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
City or Place
Percent of City Voting-age Population
1 East Orange city 80.45
2 Roselle borough 49.24
3 Newark city 48.84
4 Trenton city 44.63
5 Camden city 42.44
6 Plainfield city 39.73
7 Sicklerville CDP 38.41
8 Pleasantville city 38.36
9 Lindenwold borough 34.97
10 Atlantic City city 34.42
11 Asbury Park city 32.11
12 Rahway city 30.80
13 Bridgeton city 27.43
14 Linden city 27.42
14 Somerset CDP 27.42
15 Franklin Park CDP 27.16
16 Englewood city 27.02
17 Paterson city 25.57
18 Hackensack city 22.05
19 North Plainfield borough 20.13
20 Millville city 19.78
21 Jersey City city 19.02
22 Avenel CDP 18.91
23 Elizabeth city 17.45
24 Glassboro borough 17.00
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