Essex County, New Jersey Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020

Updated on August 29, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Essex County, NJ population of 661,508 people, 37.52% of them (248,175 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, 28.99% of them (191,781 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - White Alone, and 12.53% of them (82,899 people) identified their ethnicity as Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone.

The first chart below shows the voting-age population by ethnicity and the second chart shows the percentage of the voting-age population for each ethnicity. You can also find the information in a table below.

You can see similar information for other New Jersey counties and also for the state of New Jersey.

Essex County, NJ Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Percentage of Essex County, NJ Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Essex County, NJ Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
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Ethnicity Voting-age Population % of County Voting-age Population
Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 248175 37.52
Non-Hispanic - White Alone 191781 28.99
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 82899 12.53
Hispanic - Two Or More Races 41358 6.25
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone 36581 5.53
Non-Hispanic - Two Or More Races 23120 3.50
Hispanic - White Alone 18066 2.73
Non-Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 8818 1.33
Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 6595 1.00
Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 2487 0.38
Non-Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 940 0.14
Hispanic - Asian Alone 403 0.06
Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 159 0.02
Non-Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 126 0.02