Linden, New Jersey

Linden, New Jersey
City
City of Linden
Motto: "Big enough to lead, small enough to care"

Location of Linden in Union County. Inset: Location of Union County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.

Census Bureau map of Linden, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°37′31″N 74°14′16″W / 40.62523°N 74.237823°WCoordinates: 40°37′31″N 74°14′16″W / 40.62523°N 74.237823°W[1][2]
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Union
Incorporated January 1, 1925
Government[3]
 • Type City
 • Mayor Derek Armstead (D, term ends December 31, 2018)[4][5]
 • Clerk Joseph Bodek[6]
Area[1]
 • Total 11.407 sq mi (29.545 km2)
 • Land 10.675 sq mi (27.648 km2)
 • Water 0.732 sq mi (1.897 km2)  6.42%
Area rank 197th of 566 in state
2nd of 21 in county[1]
Elevation[7] 7 ft (2 m)
Population (2010 Census)
 • Total 40,499
 • Estimate (2013)[8] 41,301
 • Rank 52nd of 566 in state
4th of 21 in county[9]
 • Density 3,793.8/sq mi (1,464.8/km2)
 • Density rank 164th of 566 in state
13th of 21 in county[9]
  [10][11][12][13]
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
ZIP code 07036[14][15]
Area code(s) 908[16]
FIPS code 3403940350[1][17][18]
GNIS feature ID 0885278[1][19]
Website www.linden-nj.org

Linden is a city in southeastern Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area, being about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Manhattan, and bordering Staten Island, a borough of New York City. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 40,499,[11][12][13] reflecting an increase of 1,105 (+2.8%) from the 39,394 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,693 (+7.3%) from the 36,701 counted in the 1990 Census.[20]

Linden was originally formed as a township on March 4, 1861, from portions of Elizabeth, Rahway and Union Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Cranford (March 14, 1871), Linden Borough (March 30, 1882) and Roselle (December 20, 1894). Linden was incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 1, 1925, replacing both Linden Township and Linden Borough, based on the results of a referendum held on November 8, 1923.[21]

Geography

Linden is located at 40°37′31″N 74°14′16″W / 40.62523°N 74.237823°W (40.62523,-74.237823). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 11.407 square miles (29.545 km2), of which, 10.675 square miles (27.648 km2) of it was land and 0.732 square miles (1.897 km2) of it (6.42%) was water.[1][2]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
18701,396—
18801,889*35.3%
18902,0578.9%
19001,021*−50.4%
19102,598154.5%
19208,368222.1%
193021,206153.4%
194024,11513.7%
195030,64427.1%
196039,93130.3%
197041,4093.7%
198037,836−8.6%
199036,701−3.0%
200039,3947.3%
201040,4992.8%
Est. 201341,301[8][22]2.0%
Population sources:
1870-1920[23] 1870[24][25] 1880-1890[26]
1890-1910[27] 1910-1930[28]
1930-1990[29] 2000[30][31] 2010[10][11][12][13]
*=Lost territory in previous decade.[21]

Census 2010

At the 2010 United States Census, there were 40,499 people, 14,909 households, and 10,272 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,793.8 per square mile (1,464.8/km2). There were 15,872 housing units at an average density of 1,486.8 per square mile (574.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 59.15% (23,957) White, 26.88% (10,888) Black or African American, 0.29% (118) Native American, 2.71% (1,099) Asian, 0.02% (8) Pacific Islander, 7.57% (3,066) from other races, and 3.37% (1,363) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 24.93% (10,095) of the population.[11]

There were 14,909 households, of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were married couples living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.27.[11]

In the city, 21.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.8 years. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.[11]

The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $55,859 (with a margin of error of +/- $2,529) and the median family income was $64,439 (+/- $4,027). Males had a median income of $45,890 (+/- $3,397) versus $39,288 (+/- $2,842) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $27,011 (+/- $1,161). About 5.9% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.[32]

Census 2000

As of the 2000 United States Census[17] there were 39,394 people, 15,052 households, and 10,084 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,645.5 people per square mile (1,407.0/km²). There were 15,567 housing units at an average density of 1,440.6 per square mile (556.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 66.08% White, 22.80% African American, 0.14% Native American, 2.35% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 4.88% from other races, and 3.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.40% of the population.[30][31]

There were 15,052 households out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.21.[30][31]

In the city the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.[30][31]

The median income for a household in the city was $46,345, and the median income for a family was $54,903. Males had a median income of $39,457 versus $30,395 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,314. About 5.0% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.[30][31]

Government

Linden, New Jersey (1974)

Local government

Linden is governed under the City form of government with a mayor and an 11-member City Council, of which 10 are elected from wards. The mayor and council president are elected at-large to four-year terms of office, while the other 10 members are elected from wards to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with two or four seats up for election each year.[4][3][33]

As of 2015, the Mayor of Linden is Democrat Derek Armstead, whose term of office ends December 31, 2018.[34] Members of the City Council are:[4][35][36][37][38][39][40]

John T. Gregorio, served as mayor of Linden for 30, nonconsecutive years until December 31, 2006, and was repeatedly tagged with scandal during his mayoral career, including one felony conviction, later pardoned, which forced him from office for two terms.[52]

Rhashonna Cosby-Hurling, who represents the Fifth Ward, became the first African American female elected to the City Council when she took office in 2011.[53]

Federal, state and county representation

Linden is located in the 10th Congressional District[54] and is part of New Jersey's 22nd state legislative district.[12][55][56] Prior to the 2010 Census, Linden had been split between the 7th Congressional District, the 10th Congressional Districta and the 13th Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.[57]

New Jersey's Tenth Congressional District is represented by Donald Payne, Jr. (D, Newark).[58] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021)[59] and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).[60][61]

For the 2014-2015 Session, the 22nd Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Nicholas Scutari (D, Linden) and in the General Assembly by Jerry Green (D, Plainfield) and Linda Stender (D, Scotch Plains).[62][63] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township).[64] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[65]

Union County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose nine members are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis with three seats coming up for election each year, with an appointed County Manager overseeing the day-to-day operations of the county. At an annual reorganization meeting held in the beginning of January, the board selects a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among its members.[66] As of 2014, Union County's Freeholders are Chairman Christopher Hudak (D, Linden, term ends December 31, 2014),[67] Vice Chairman Mohamed S. Jalloh (D, Roselle, 2015),[68] Bruce Bergen (D, Springfield Township, 2015),[69] Linda Carter (D, Plainfield, 2016),[70] Angel G. Estrada (D, Elizabeth, 2014),[71] Sergio Granados (D, Elizabeth, 2016)[72] Bette Jane Kowalski (D, Cranford, 2016),[73] Alexander Mirabella (D, Fanwood, 2015)[74] and Vernell Wright (D, Union, 2014).[75][76] Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi (D, Union, 2015),[77] Sheriff Ralph Froehlich (D, Union, 2016)[78] and Surrogate James S. LaCorte (D, Springfield Township, 2014).[79][80] The County Manager is Alfred Faella.[81]

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 21,494 registered voters in Linden, of which 11,831 (55.0% vs. 41.8% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,319 (6.1% vs. 15.3%) were registered as Republicans and 8,339 (38.8% vs. 42.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 5 voters registered to other parties.[82] Among the city's 2010 Census population, 53.1% (vs. 53.3% in Union County) were registered to vote, including 67.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 70.6% countywide).[82][83]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 11,213 votes (73.3% vs. 66.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 3,814 votes (24.9% vs. 32.3%) and other candidates with 135 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 15,303 ballots cast by the city's 22,753 registered voters, for a turnout of 67.3% (vs. 68.8% in Union County).[84][85] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 10,728 votes (66.5% vs. 63.1% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 5,037 votes (31.2% vs. 35.2%) and other candidates with 162 votes (1.0% vs. 0.9%), among the 16,142 ballots cast by the city's 22,266 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.5% (vs. 74.7% in Union County).[86] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 9,222 votes (64.0% vs. 58.3% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 4,966 votes (34.4% vs. 40.3%) and other candidates with 116 votes (0.8% vs. 0.7%), among the 14,419 ballots cast by the city's 20,596 registered voters, for a turnout of 70.0% (vs. 72.3% in the whole county).[87]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 54.6% of the vote (4,255 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 43.9% (3,420 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (123 votes), among the 8,158 ballots cast by the city's 22,416 registered voters (360 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 36.4%.[88][89] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 5,429 ballots cast (57.8% vs. 50.6% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 3,272 votes (34.8% vs. 41.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 452 votes (4.8% vs. 5.9%) and other candidates with 98 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 9,390 ballots cast by the city's 21,742 registered voters, yielding a 43.2% turnout (vs. 46.5% in the county).[90]

Education

Public schools

The Linden Public Schools serve students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 5,978 students and 479.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.48:1.[91] Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[92]) are eight elementary schools — School No. 1[93] (grades 3–5; 293 students), School No. 2[94] (PreK-5; 390), School No. 4[95] (PreK-4; 428), School No. 5[96] (PreK-2; 360), School No. 6[97] (PreK-5; 341), School No. 8[98] (PreK-5; 333), School No. 9[99] (PreK-5; 385) and School No. 10[100] (PreK-5; 358) — Myles J. McManus Middle School[101] (5-8; 696) and Joseph E. Soehl Middle School[102] (6-8; 709) for middle school and Linden High School[103] for grades 9–12 (1,785).[104]

Private schools

Transportation

Roads and highways

As of May 2010, the city had a total of 109.72 miles (176.58 km) of roadways, of which 87.01 miles (140.03 km) were maintained by the municipality, 13.53 miles (21.77 km) by Union County, 6.19 miles (9.96 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 2.99 miles (4.81 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.[107]

Linden is served by U.S. Route 1/9 and Route 27. In terms of limited access roads, the Garden State Parkway passes about 500 feet west of the city limits. The city is also the western terminus of Interstate 278, which travels through all five boroughs of New York City. The New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) passes through the eastern portion of the city, with a few ramps that lead to the nearest exit (Exit 13 for I-278) which is right on the city limits with nearby Elizabeth.[108]

Public transportation

Local public transportation is provided by New Jersey Transit with bus service to Elizabeth, Perth Amboy and Newark. New Jersey Transit routes 112 and 115 provide local service and interstate service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, on the 62 and 94 routes to Newark, and local service on the 56 and 57 routes.[109]

The Linden train station[110] offers service on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line and the Northeast Corridor Line, northbound to Newark Penn Station, Secaucus Junction and New York Penn Station, and southbound towards the Trenton Transit Center, with connections available at those locations[111][112]

Airport

Linden Airport is a small general aviation facility and reliever airport located on the eastern side of the city along U.S. Route 1/9. The airport was constructed for the United States Navy in 1942 for use in development and testing of the Grumman F4F Wildcat and was taken over by the City of Linden after the conclusion of World War II .[113] Newark Liberty International Airport is approximately 15 minutes away.

Industry

The east side of Linden is located along Arthur Kill, a navigable strait which plays an important role in bulk cargo transportation in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Together with Elizabeth, Linden is home to the Bayway Refinery, a Phillips 66 refining facility that helps supply petroleum-based products to the New York/New Jersey area, producing approximately 230,000 barrels per day (37,000 m3/d), making it the second-largest on the East Coast of the United States and one of the country's 25 largest facilities.[114]

In the mid-20th century, Linden was the headquarters for the Regal Records and De Luxe Records labels, as well as the budget record label Springboard International Records later in the century.

From 1937 to 2005, Linden was home to Linden Assembly, a General Motors manufacturing plant that produced Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Buick and other GM automobiles, but also produced planes during World War II.[115] As of Spring of 2008 most of the plant has been torn down for redevelopment by Duke Realty Corporation, which purchased the 100 acres (40 ha) site for $76.5 million.[116]

Linden, together with Rahway, is home to Merck & Co., one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. In 2003, the pharmaceutical company celebrated 100 years in Rahway and Linden.[117]

Popular culture

AND1 Mixtape Vol. 2

Linden was chosen as the primary filming location for Volume 2 of the streetball video series, AND1 Mixtapes.[118] One of the original five streetballers to sign with AND1, Waliyy Dixon, a Linden native who also goes by the nickname "Main Event," helped host a night of basketball at 4th Ward Park that claimed attendance by[118] 2,000 spectators.[118]

The Wrestler

Several scenes from the 2008 Mickey Rourke film The Wrestler, later nominated for several Academy Awards, were filmed in Linden.[119]

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Linden include:

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