Plainfield City, New Jersey Voting-age Population By Race in Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among the Plainfield City, NJ voting-age population of 39,581 people, 39.73% of them (15,725 people) identified their race as Black or African American Alone, 34.83% of them (13,786 people) identified their race as Some Other Race Alone, and 12.08% of them (4,780 people) identified their race as Two Or More Races.

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

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

Plainfield City, NJ Voting-age Population By Race in Census 2020
Black or African American Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two Or More Races
White Alone
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
Asian Alone
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
Percentage of Plainfield City, NJ Voting-age Population By Race in Census 2020
Black or African American Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two Or More Races
White Alone
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
Asian Alone
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
Plainfield City, NJ Voting-age Population By Race in Census 2020
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Race Voting-age Population % of City or Place Voting-age Population
Black or African American Alone 15725 39.73
White Alone 4129 10.43
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 708 1.79
Asian Alone 432 1.09
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 21 0.05
Some Other Race Alone 13786 34.83
Two Or More Races 4780 12.08