LibGuides: New Jersey: Demographics and Data

Newark Demographics and Data

Census QuickFacts: Newark
Includes key statistics such as population, race, age, housing, and other data points, offering a snapshot of the city's characteristics and composition.
Data USA: Newark
Presents a comprehensive overview of various demographic and economic indicators. It includes information on population, education, employment, income, industries, and other relevant data, providing insights into the city's socioeconomic landscape.
Census Reporter
Offers detailed data and statistics about the city's population, housing, economy, education, and more.
Board of Education: Data & Research
Provides information and resources related to data analysis and research in the district. It offers access to reports, data dashboards, and other tools that showcase student performance, demographics, assessment results, and other educational indicators.

Camden Demographics and Data

Census QuickFacts: Camden
Includes key statistics such as population, race, age, housing, and other data points, offering a snapshot of the city's characteristics and composition.
Census Reporter
Offers detailed data and statistics about the city's population, housing, economy, education, and more.
Data USA: Camden
Includes information on population, education, employment, income, industries, and other relevant data, providing insights into the city's socioeconomic landscape.
Camden School District
Offers insights into the district's performance, including graduation rates, student-teacher ratios, college readiness, and more.

New Jersey Demographics and Data

Education Law Center - Data and Research
Founded in 1973, the Education Law Center (ELC) serves as the leading voice for New Jersey’s public school children and has become one of the most effective advocates for equal educational opportunity and education justice in the United States.
New Jersey Data Book - Schools
The New Jersey Data Book is published by Rutgers. You must be a registered user to have access to the data and features of this website. Go to the registration page to set up an account or the login page if you already have one.
New Jersey Department of Education Data & Reports
New Jersey School Performance Report
Reports designed to inform parents, educators and students about how well a school is preparing its students for college and careers.
State of New Jersey - Office of the Secretary of Higher Education - NJ Public College and University Data
Annual reports on the condition of the institutions, required of New Jersey's 31 public institutions of higher education by the Higher Education Restructuring Act of 1994.

General Resources for Demographic and Other Data

Links:

CARES HQ
CARES HQ provides maps and data related to health, environment, agriculture, safety, education, and the economy. Visit the map room to create a custom map, or visit the Assessment page to find data for your county across a number of indicators.
Census Data
Plug in your district’s zip code and explore school enrollment, ancestry, languages spoken at home
Census QuickFacts
Provides statistics for all states, counties, and cities/towns with a population of 500 or more.
Civil Rights Data Collection
Search by school or district to find enrollment demographics, retention rates, etc. This is a wide ranging database of nearly every school/district in the country with relatively easy to understand data layouts. However, note that the data stops around 2017.
County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
Provides health data by county
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Geocoding System
Enter an address to find demographic information for the area.
GreatSchools.org
This is a highly engaging and easy to use data set including teacher and family voices. Note, however, that this data set is far from objective as scores and grades are assigned to specific schools and districts based upon an internally decided grading system that may not correlate with all users.
Mapping America
A tool from the Social Science Research Council that provides mapped data of various measures related to well-being in America.
Measure of America
A website from the Social Science Research Council that provides tools and information about various communities and issues
National Center for Education Statistics - Individual Schools
This is an updated and relatively user friendly interface for data on school districts from the United States epartment of Education. Some, but by no means all, policymakers hold Federal data in higher regard.
National Center for Education Statistics - School Districts
This is an an updated and relaitvely user friendly interface for data on school districts from the United States epartment of Education. Some, but by no means all, policymakers hold Federal data in higher regard.

Additional Tips:

Visit state and city education websites to learn about demographics of the community and the structure and history of school districts
County and city planning department websites often contain population, housing, and economic data
Social service agencies and health department websites may also contain information about the demographics and health of the community