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HARRISON, NEW JERSEY QUICK STATSCounty: Hudson
Elevation: 30 feet
Land Area: 1.22 square miles
Population Density: 12447 people per square mile
Population: 15,201
Population change since 2000: 5.40%
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (46.8%), Hispanic (37.0%), Other race (16.0%), Chinese (7.2%), Two or more races (4.6%), Asian Indian (2.4%), Other Asian (1.5%), Black (1.0%), American Indian (0.7%), Filipino (0.5%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries (City): Portuguese (13.6%), Polish (8.0%), Irish (7.7%), Italian (7.6%), German (2.7%), United States (2.5%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Newark, NJ (1.7 miles , pop. 273,546)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Manhattan, NY (9.7 miles , pop. 1,537,195)
Nearest cities: East Newark borough, NJ (0.6 miles ), Kearny, NJ (1.2 miles ), Newark, NJ (1.3 miles ), East Orange, NJ (1.8 miles ), Belleville, NJ (1.8 miles ), North Arlington borough, NJ (1.8 miles ), Irvington, NJ (2.1 miles ), Bloomfield, NJ (2.1 miles )
Harrison Compared to State Average: Median house value above state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average. Renting percentage above state average.
HARRISON, NEW JERSEY EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 69.30%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 20.90%
Graduate or professional degree: 10.10%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Harrison:
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK about 2 miles, NEWARK, NJ, Full-time enrollment: 6,878 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY about 2 miles, NEWARK, NJ, FT enrollment: 6,565 ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE about 2 miles, NEWARK, NJ, FT enrollment: 5,893 UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY about 2 miles, NEWARK, NJ, FT enrollment: 4,134 HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 5 miles, JERSEY CITY, NJ, FT enrollment: 3,630 SAINT PETERS COLLEGE about 5 miles, JERSEY CITY, NJ, FT enrollment: 2,643 NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY about 6 miles, JERSEY CITY, NJ, FT enrollment: 5,582
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