2010 Census Results

According to the 2010 census, the population of Roselle Park, NJ was 13,297, which was an increase of less than 1% (0.12%) . While the number of families increased from 3,407 to 3,416 – the number of households decreased by 3% to a total of 5,002.

The most notable change in the borough’s demographics was in the decrease of those residents denoting themselves as White and an increase in the number of Hispanics in the community. While the number of those counted as White went down only 7.2%, the total of those counting themselves as White decreased by more than twice that (a total of 16.2%) to become only 54.6% of the borough’s population. Hispanics saw the largest increase throughout the decade to become 28.6% of Roselle Park’s demographics – making more than one out of every four residents in the Borough Latino or Hispanic.

Below are charts for review taken from the United States Census Bureau for 2000 and 2010.

Demographics	2010 Census		2000 Census		Change (#)	Change (%)
White	9,802	73.7%	10,740	80.9%	\/ 938	\/ 7.2%
African American	783	5.9%	321	2.4%	/\ 462	/\ 3.5%
Native American	20	0.2%	15	0.1%	/\ 5	/\ 0.1%
Asian	1,354	10.2%	1,214	9.1%	/\ 140	/\ 1.1%
Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	3	0.0%	\/ 1	\/ 0.0%
Other races	1,000	7.5%	649	4.9%	/\ 351	/\ 2.6%
Two or more races	336	2.5%	339	2.6%	\/ 3	\/ 0.1%
Total	13,297	100.0%	13,281	100.0%	/\ 16	/\ 0.12%

Demographics Breakdown	2010 Census		2000 Census		Change (%)
White	7,261	54.6%	9,397	70.8%	\/ 16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3,809	28.6%	2,170	16.3%	/\ 12.3%
Other	2,227	16.8%	1,714	12.9%	/\ 3.9%
African American	697	5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	7	0.1%
Asian	1,337	10.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%
Some Other Race	25	0.2%
Two or More Races	161	1.2%
	13,297	100.0%	13,281	100.0%