Hackensack, NJ Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (total): Population in 2017: 45,248 (100% urban, 0% rural). >Population change since 2000: +6.0%

Population (male): 22,510

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Hackensack: 122.1 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 14.6%

Poverty (breakdown): (12.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 12.4% for Black residents, 20.2% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 9.0% for American Indian residents, 22.2% for other race residents, 17.8% for two or more races residents)

Ancestries: Ancestries: Jamaican (7.0%), Italian (5.9%), Irish (2.1%), American (1.8%), German (1.4%), Polish (1.1%).

Elevation: 22 feet

Land Area: 4.12 square miles.

Population Density:

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $71,136 (it was $49,316 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $38,017 (it was $26,856 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $322,452 (it was $165,100 in 2000) Hackensack:$322,452NJ:$334,900

Oratam, sachem of the Lenni Lenape, deeded the land along mid-Hackensack River to the Dutch in 1665. The area was soon taken by the English in 1667, but kept its Dutch name. Philip Cartaret, governor of what became the proprietary colony of East Jersey granted land to Captain John Berry in the area of Achter Kol and soon after took up residence and called it "New Barbadoes," after having resided on the island of Barbados. In 1666, a deed was confirmed for the 2,260-acre (9.1 km2) tract that had been given earlier by Oratem to Sarah Kiersted in gratitude for her work as emissary and interpreter. Other grants were given at the English Neighborhood.