Colleges in North Plainfield New Jersey

County: Somerset

Incorporated: 1885

Elevation: 100 feet

Land Area: 2.79 square miles

Population Density: 7579 people per square mile

Population: 21,143

Population change since 2000: 0.20%

Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (47.5%), Hispanic (32.8%), Other race (13.7%), Black (13.4%), Two or more races (4.5%), Asian Indian (1.5%), Chinese (1.2%), Other Asian (0.8%), American Indian (0.7%), Vietnamese (0.6%), Filipino (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries (City): Italian (13.9%), Irish (10.2%), German (10.1%), English (4.9%), Polish (4.6%), United States (3.4%)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Edison, NJ (6.6 miles , pop. 97,687)

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Newark, NJ (15.3 miles , pop. 273,546)

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Brooklyn, NY (25.4 miles , pop. 2,465,326)

Nearest cities: Plainfield, NJ (1.1 miles ), Watchung borough, NJ (1.1 miles ), Dunellen borough, NJ (1.7 miles ), Fanwood borough, NJ (1.7 miles ), South Plainfield borough, NJ (1.8 miles ), Scotch Plains, NJ (1.8 miles ), Berkeley Heights, NJ (1.9 miles ), Middlesex borough, NJ (2.2 miles )

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