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Bergen County

0
TOTAL POPULATION

Source: US Census, 2010

0
LABOR FORCE

Source: Chmura, 2016

LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES

wdt_ID Municipality Population
1 Hackensack 43,010
2 Teaneck Twp 39,776
3 Fort Lee Borough 35,345
4 Fair Lawn Borough 32,457
5 Garfield 30,487
6 Englewood 27,147

Source: US Census Bureau 2010

MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS

wdt_ID Company Industry
1 Hackensack University Medical Center Medical Center
2 Valley Health System, Inc. Healthcare
3 Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. Healthcare Services
4 Express Scripts Healthcare
5 Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Healthcare Services
6 KPMG LLP Accounting
7 Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Medical Center
8 Englewood Hospital Home Health Care Services Healthcare
9 Unilever Best Foods Food Production
10 Stryker Medical devices

ETHNICITY/RACE

wdt_ID Ethnicity Percentage
1 White 74
2 Black 7
3 Hispanic (of all races) 16
4 Asian 16
5 Other 6

Source: US Census, 2010- 2015

AGE (POPULATION)

wdt_ID Age Percentage
1 Under 20 25
2 20-39 25
3 40-64 35
4 65+ 15

Source: US Census, 2010- 2015

EDUCATION ATTAINMENT

wdt_ID DEGREE Percentage
2 H.S. Diploma or Higher 92
4 Associates Degree 6
5 Bachelor's Degree or Higher 49
6 Post-graduate studies 19

Source: US Census, American FactFinder, 2017

INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION

wdt_ID Institute Type Undergrad Graduate
1 Fairleigh Dickinson University 4 Yr 8,221 3825
2 Felician University 4 Yr 1,609 348
3 Ramapo College 4 Yr 5,661 365
4 Bergen County CC 2 Yr 14,585 N/A

Source: Secretary of Higher Ed

0 %
USE OF
PUBLIC TRANSIT

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-2015

0
COMMUTER
RAIL LINES

Source: NJ Transit

MILEAGE TO AIRPORTS

wdt_ID Airport Miles
1 Newark International Airport 24
2 John F. Kennedy International Airport 29
3 LaGuardia Airport 20
4 Philadelphia International Airport 112
5 Trenton-Mercer Airport 74
6 Atlantic City International Airport 135
7 Teterboro Airport 10

MILEAGE TO PORTS

wdt_ID PORT Miles
1 Port Newark-Elizabeth 33

TAXES

wdt_ID Tax Percent
1 Corporate Income Tax (Single Sales Factor) 6.5% to 11.5% (for incomes over $1M)
2 Personal Income Tax 1.4% to 10.75% (for incomes over $1M)
3 Sales and Use Tax 6.625% (3.3125% in UEZs)
4 Gross Receipts Tax None
5 Franchise Tax None
6 Personal Property Tax None
7 Real Property Tax No state property tax
8 Fuel Tax 50.7 cents per gallon

*Corporate Income Tax will decrease to 9% in 2022.

Source: Tax Foundation 2021

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