Anderson is an

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and

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(CDP) located within Mansfield Township, in Warren County, in the

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, that was created as part of the 2010 United States census.GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Warren County, New Jersey
,

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. Accessed June 3, 2013.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)

, p. III-5, August 2012. Accessed June 3, 2013. "Warren County—Name Changes: Beattystown CDP name corrected from Beatyestown; New CDPs: Allamuchy (formed from part of deleted Allamuchy-Panther Valley CDP), Anderson, Asbury, Blairstown, Brainards, Bridgeville, Broadway, Brookfield, Buttzville, Columbia, Delaware, Delaware Park, Finesville, Great Meadows (formed from part of deleted Great Meadows-Vienna CDP and additional area), Greenwich, Hainesburg, Harmony, Hope, Hutchinson, Johnsonburg, Lopatcong Overlook, Marksboro, Mountain Lake, Mount Hermon, New Village, Panther Valley (formed from part of deleted Allamuchy-Panther Valley CDP), Port Colden, Port Murray, Silver Lake, Stewartsville, Upper Pohatcong, Upper Stewartsville, and Vienna (formed from part of deleted Great Meadows-Vienna and additional area)" As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 306, a decrease of 36 (-10.5%) from the 342 enumerated at the 2010 census.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Anderson CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed September 27, 2012.

Geography

According to the

, Anderson had a total area of 0.944 square miles (2.445 km²), including 0.941 square miles (2.436 km²) of land and 0.003 square miles (0.008 km²) of water (0.34%).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 342 people, 128 households, and 104 families in the CDP. The

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was . There were 155 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 63.16% (216)

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, 25.73% (88) Black or African American, 2.05% (7) Native American, 2.92% (10) Asian, 0.00% (0)

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, 2.34% (8) from other races, and 3.80% (13) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.70% (40) of the population. Of the 128 households, 29.7% had children under the age of 18; 55.5% were married couples living together; 20.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 18.8% were non-families. Of all households, 17.2% were made up of individuals and 9.4% 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 2.97. 23.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 85.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.1 males.

References

{{Warren County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Census-designated places in Warren County, New Jersey Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey