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  The white population in three of the state's ten largest municipalities – Woodbridge, Edison, and Mercer County's Hamilton Township – declined. In the span of a few decades, New Jersey's premier city went from being an economic driver to a struggling urban area, most of whose white. The map below shows majority race by area in Jersey City, For example, all-black and all-white areas in the city would both be considered lacking.  

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Explaining the diversity index. Most measures of race and ethnicity in an area look at the percent of minorities or the percent of one ethnic group. The diversity index asks a different question: How well-balanced are all the racial and ethnic groups in this town?

Specifically, the diversity index measures the chance of picking two random people out of a town's population, and having them be from two different ethnic groups. New Jersey is more diverse than the rest of the nation, with a diversity index of 0. It's also becoming more diverse; the diversity index was 0. But don't mistake diversity for equality: many of the different ethnic groups are still segregated within a town.

Burlington Township, Burlington County. Diversity index: 0. Burlington had a 6 percentage point increase in its diversity index in the past decade. White residents are the largest ethnic group, followed by black residents, but the number of white residents has begun to decline slightly at a rate faster than New Jersey's population.

Harrison, Hudson County. Harrison in Hudson County had roughly the same diversity index in the latest Census, but its Asian population has grown since the Census: from 16 percent to 20 percent. Ridgefield Park, Bergen County. Ridgefield Park had a small increase in its diversity index, and a growing black and Asian population. Between the two snapshots, white residents went from the largest ethnic group to the second-largest in favor of Hispanic residents.

Asbury Park, Monmouth County. Asbury Park also had a 3 percentage point increase in its diversity index. Its white population grew 5 percentage points while its black population shrunk 8 percentage points, an indication of the recent flow of wealthier residents into the city.

Belleville, Essex County. Belleville had roughly the same index as the previous Census, while it had a decline in its white population and an increase in its black and Hispanic population. North Plainfield, Somerset County. North Plainfield also saw a decline in its white population, which went from 34 percent to 28 percent. East Windsor, Mercer County. East Windsor saw little change in its index from the to snapshot, but became a majority-minority town in the to snapshot, with white residents still the largest ethnic group, followed by Asian and Hispanic residents.

Fairfield township, Cumberland County. Fairfield experienced a 4 percentage point increase in its diversity index due to its growing Hispanic population. Teaneck, Bergen County. Teaneck had no change in its overall diversity index or in any particular ethnic group. White residents remained the biggest group followed by black residents. West Orange, Essex County. West Orange kept roughly the same diversity index, although its white population declined by 3 percentage points and its black and Hispanic population grew slightly.

Bloomfield, Essex County. White residents remained the largest ethnic group in Bloomfield, which had the same diversity index, but they declined by 5 percentage points while the Hispanic population increased by 6 percentage points.

Woodbridge, Middlesex County. Woodbridge's diversity index increased by 4 percentage points, while it gained in its black, Hispanic, and Asian population. Linden, Union County. Linden saw a 5 percentage point increase in its diversity index because of increases in its black and Hispanic population, but white residents remained the largest ethnic group.

Rahway, Union County. Rahway had roughly the same diversity index, but its Hispanic population went from 21 percent to 32 percent. Bergenfield, Bergen County. Bergenfield's diversity index increased 4 percentage points between the two snapshots as its white population declined compared to Asian and Hispanic residents. Union Township, Union County. Union maintained its diversity index and kept roughly the same proportion of ethnic groups, with only a slight drop in its white population.

Pennsauken, Camden County. Pennsauken had about the same diversity index. Its white population declined in favor of its Hispanic population. Hackensack, Bergen County.

Hackensack had the same diversity index and little change in any ethnic group between the two Census snapshots. Piscataway, Middlesex County. Piscataway had roughly the same diversity index, but its Asian population saw a 5 percentage point increase. Carteret, Middlesex County. Carteret maintained the same diversity index, but its black population increased 5 percentage points and other minorities increased slightly. While white residents were the largest ethnic group in the previous snapshots, they are now tied with Hispanic residents for largest.

Franklin Township, Somerset County. Franklin township had roughly the same diversity index and similar ethnic groups to the previous Census snapshot, with white residents remaining the largest group, followed by black and Asian residents. North Brunswick, Middlesex County.

North Brunswick had the same diversity index as the previous Census, with white residents remaining the largest ethnic group, followed by Asian residents. Atlantic City, Atlantic County. Atlantic City had the same diversity index in this snapshot. Englewood, Bergen County. Englewood had little change in its diversity index, but its black population declined in favor of Hispanic residents. White residents were the largest ethnic group, followed closely by black residents.

Jersey City, Hudson County. Jersey City was the most diverse municipality in New Jersey, same as in the previous snapshot. Hispanic residents were the largest population in the town, followed by Asian residents. More N. All rights reserved About Us. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local.

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