Silver Lake, Essex County, New Jersey
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Silver Lake is an
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and
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in Essex County, in the
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of
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, that is split between Belleville (with 3,769 of the CDP's residents) and Bloomfield (474 of the total).Locality Search
State of
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. Accessed April 19, 2015. As of the
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, the CDP's total population was 4,243.


Geography

According to the
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, Silver Lake had a total area of 0.326 square miles (0.845 km2), all of which was land.US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990
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. Accessed September 4, 2014.


Demographics


Census 2010

The
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counted 4,243 people, 1,587 households, and 1,051 families in the CDP. The
population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...
was . There were 1,733 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 51.50% (2,185)
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, 10.49% (445) Black or African American, 0.16% (7) Native American, 12.63% (536)
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, 0.05% (2)
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, 20.15% (855) from
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, and 5.02% (213) from two or more races.
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of any race were 47.14% (2,000) of the population. Of the 1,587 households, 32.7% had children under the age of 18; 38.2% were married couples living together; 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 33.8% were non-families. Of all households, 27.4% were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.26. 23.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 88.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 83.5 males.


References

{{Essex County, New Jersey Belleville, New Jersey Bloomfield, New Jersey Census-designated places in Essex County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey