Palisades Park, New Jersey
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Palisades Park is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 17,073.
The Borough of Palisades Park was created on March 22, 1899 from portions of Ridgefield Township. A portion of its area was taken by Fort Lee in April 1909.[1]
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[edit] Geography
Palisades Park is located at (40.845742, -73.994795)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.3 km² (1.3 mi²). 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (4.72%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 17,073 people, 6,247 households, and 4,447 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,447.9/km² (14,112.4/mi²). There were 6,386 housing units at an average density of 2,037.7/km² (5,278.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 48.27% White, 1.38% African American, 0.19% Native American, 41.09% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 5.80% from other races, and 3.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.48% of the population.
In 2000, 36.38% of Palisades Park residents identified as being of Korean heritage. This was the highest percentage of Korean Americans of any place in the country with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry[2]. In the 2000 census, 3.1% of Palisades Park's residents identified themselves as being of Croatian ancestry. This was the second highest percentage of people with Croatian ancestry in any place in New Jersey with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry[3].
There were 6,247 households out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the borough the population was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 37.8% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $48,015, and the median income for a family was $54,503. Males had a median income of $37,204 versus $31,997 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $22,607. About 8.5% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
Palisades Park is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, by a Mayor and a six-member Borough Council. The Mayor is directly elected by the voters to a four-year term of office. Members of the Borough Council are elected to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.
On Election Day, November 7, 2006, Democratic Party incumbents won re-election to all three open seats on the ballot, retaining their full control of the municipal government. James M. Rotundo won his first full four-year term as Mayor, a position he had been appointed to in 2004 after the death of his predecessor, Sandy Farber. Joseph A. Testa and Yolanda Iacobino were re-elected to three-year terms of office on the Borough Council.[4][5]
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Palisades Park is in the Ninth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 37th Legislative District.[6]
New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District, covering the southern portion of Bergen County and sections of Hudson County and Passaic County, is represented by Steve Rothman (D, Fair Lawn). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 37th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Loretta Weinberg (D, Teaneck) and in the Assembly by Valerie Huttle (D, Englewood) and Gordon M. Johnson (D, Englewood). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Bergen County's County Executive is Dennis McNerney (D). The executive, along with the Board of Chosen Freeholders administer all county business. Bergen County's Freeholders are Chairwoman Bernadette P. McPherson (D, Rutherford), Vice-Chairman David L. Ganz (D, Fair Lawn), Elizabeth Calabrese (D, Wallington), James M. Carroll (D, Demarest), Tomas J. Padilla (D, Park Ridge), Elizabeth Randall (R), Westwood) and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D, Englewood).
Other countywide elected officials are Sheriff Leo McGuire (D), Surrogate Court Judge Mike Dressler (D, Cresskill) County Clerk Kathleen Donovan (R).
[edit] Politics
As of April 1, 2006, out of a 2004 Census estimated population of 18,301 in Palisades Park, there were 6,593 registered voters (36.0% of the population, vs. 55.4% in all of Bergen County). Of registered voters, 1,105 (16.8% vs. 20.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,193 (18.1% vs. 19.2% countywide) were registered as Republicans and 4,294 (65.1% vs. 60.1% countywide) were registered as Undeclared. There was one voter registered to another party.[7]
On the national level, Palisades Park leans strongly toward the Democratic Party. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 59% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush, who received around 41%.[8]
[edit] Education
The Palisades Park Public School District serve students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2004-05 enrollment data from the New Jersey Department of Education School Report Cards) are Lindbergh Elementary School, which serves 848 students in grades K-7 and Palisades Park High School with 672 students in grades 8-12.
[edit] References
- ^ Bergen County New Jersey Municipalities, accessed May 26, 2006
- ^ Korean Communities, accessed August 23, 2006
- ^ Croatian Communities, accessed August 23, 2006
- ^ Palisades Park Election Guide, The Record (Bergen County), November 1, 2006
- ^ Palisades Park election results, The Record (Bergen County), November 8, 2006
- ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 62, accessed August 30, 2006
- ^ "County of Bergen: Voter Statistics by Municipality, Ward & District," dated April 1, 2006
- ^ 2004 Presidential Election results: Bergen County New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety: Division of Elections, dated December 13, 2004
[edit] External links
- Palisades Park Public School District
- Palisades Park Public School District's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the Palisades Park Public School District
- Palisades Park Public Library Multimedia Center
- Maps and aerial photos
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