{"id":6507,"date":"2014-10-16T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:04:12","slug":"latinos-in-the-2014-election-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2014-election-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in the 2014 Election: New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters in New Jersey.[2. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2012 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau&#8217;s 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/acs\/www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Community Survey<\/a> (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2012 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (<a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPUMS<\/a>), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/design.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACS sampling strategy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/acs\/www\/Downloads\/data_documentation\/pums\/Accuracy\/2012AccuracyPUMS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">associated error<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;hispanics-in-new-jerseys-eligible-voter-population&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"hispanics-in-new-jerseys-eligible-voter-population\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hispanics in New Jersey\u2019s Eligible Voter Population<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2014-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2014-election-new-jersey\/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-nj-01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20997\"><img data-dominant-color=\"edeeef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edeeef;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" class=\"wp-image-42542 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-NJ-01.png\" alt=\"Population and Electorate in the United States and New Jersey, 2012\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Hispanic population in New Jersey is the seventh largest in the nation. About 1.6 million Hispanics reside in New Jersey, 3.1% of all Hispanics in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>New Jersey\u2019s population is 19% Hispanic, the eighth largest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.<\/li>\n<li>There are 770,000 Hispanic eligible voters in New Jersey\u2014the seventh largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.4 million.<\/li>\n<li>Some 13% of New Jersey eligible voters are Hispanic, the ninth largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.<\/li>\n<li>Some 47% of Hispanics in New Jersey are eligible to vote, ranking New Jersey 19th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 78% of the state\u2019s white population is eligible to vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-eligible-voters&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"characteristics-of-eligible-voters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Eligible Voters<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2014-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2014-election-new-jersey\/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-nj-02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20998\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f2f1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f2f1;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" class=\"wp-image-20998 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-NJ-02.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in New Jersey and the United States, 2012\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Age.<\/strong> About three-in-ten Hispanic eligible voters in New Jersey (28%) are ages 18 to 29, somewhat lower than the share of all Latino eligible voters nationwide (33%) in that age range. By contrast, only 19% of all New Jersey eligible voters and 22% of all U.S. eligible voters are ages 18 to 29.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship and Nativity.<\/strong> Among Hispanic eligible voters in New Jersey, 34% are naturalized U.S. citizens. This is greater than the 25% of Hispanic eligible voters in the U.S. Just 16% of all eligible voters in New Jersey and 8% of eligible voters in the U.S. overall are naturalized U.S. citizens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hispanic Origin.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters in New Jersey have a different Hispanic origin profile from Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Some four-in-ten Hispanic eligible voters in New Jersey are of Puerto Rican origin, 12% are of Dominican origin, 9% are of Cuban origin, 5% are of Mexican origin, and 34% claim other Hispanic origin. Among all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide, only 14% are Puerto Rican, 3% are Dominican, 5% are Cuban, 59% are Mexican, and 19% are of some other Hispanic origin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment.<\/strong> Some two-in-ten Latino eligible voters in New Jersey have not completed high school, twice the 10% of all New Jersey eligible voters who have not completed high school and less than the 23% of Hispanics nationwide who have not completed high school.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homeownership.<\/strong> About half of Hispanic eligible voters in New Jersey (51%) live in owner-occupied homes, lower than the 56% of all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Greater shares of all eligible voters in New Jersey (72%) and eligible voters nationwide (67%) live in owner-occupied homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-eligible-voters-in-new-jersey-by-race-and-ethnicity&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"characteristics-of-eligible-voters-in-new-jersey-by-race-and-ethnicity\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Eligible Voters in New Jersey, by Race and Ethnicity<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2014-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2014-election-new-jersey\/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-nj-03\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20999\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f5f5f4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f5f5f4;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" class=\"wp-image-20999 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/10\/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-NJ-03.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in New Jersey and the United States, by Race and Ethnicity, 2012\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Number of Eligible Voters.<\/strong> White eligible voters outnumber Hispanic eligible voters in New Jersey by 5 to 1. Hispanics eligible voters outnumber Asian eligible voters by 2 to 1. There are about the same number of black (789,000) than Hispanic (770,000) eligible voters in New Jersey.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age.<\/strong> Latino eligible voters are younger than white, black and Asian eligible voters in New Jersey. Some 28% of Latinos are ages 18 to 29, compared with 16% of white eligible voters, 23% of black eligible voters and 19% of Asian eligible voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters have lower levels of high school education than do white, black and Asian eligible voters in New Jersey. Some 20% of Hispanic eligible voters have not obtained a high school diploma, compared with 7% of white eligible voters, 14% of black eligible voters and 7% of Asian eligible voters. Hispanics and blacks are less likely to have a bachelor\u2019s degree or more (19% of each) than whites (38%) or Asians (62%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homeownership.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters (51%) are more likely to live in owner-occupied homes than black eligible voters (47%) in New Jersey, but are less likely to live in owner-occupied homes than white (81%) or Asian (79%) eligible voters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. 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