New Jersey's 8th Congressional District

D+24.5

↓ R+25.6 vs 2022· New Jersey · Latest: 2024

Safe Democratic — flipped 2 times in 25 elections

Population764K

Current Representative

DEMRobert J MenendezElected 2024

118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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Who lives in New Jersey's 8th Congressional District? 763,596 residents as of the 2020 Census.

Demographics

NJ-08 vs New Jersey vs National

Population

Total Population

764K

State: 9.3M National: 334.9M

Share of US Population

0.23%

National: 100%

Voting Age Population

78.3%

State: 76.4% National: 75.7%

Language at Home

Non-English at Home

64.5%

State: 33.1% National: 22.2%

English Only

35.5%

State: 66.9% National: 77.8%

Economic

Median Household Income

$84,356

State: $104,663 National: $83,960

Poverty Rate

15.6%

State: 9.7% National: 12.5%

College Degree

41.4%

State: 43.5% National: 35.6%

Homeownership

28.1%

State: 63.8% National: 65.2%

Age & Other

Median Age

35.7 yrs

State: 40.3 yrs National: 39.1 yrs

Age 18-29

17.3%

State: 14.6% National: 15.7%

Age 65+

11.8%

State: 17.2% National: 17.0%

Foreign Born

46.0%

State: 23.9% National: 14.1%

Who Lives Here

NJ-08 — Census ACS 2024

Hispanic 51.2%White (Non-Hispanic) 24.6%Asian 11.5%Black 9.1%Multiracial 2.3%Native American 1.3%

Group	NJ-08	State	National
▶Hispanic / Latino(20)	51.2%	22.5%	19.3%
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)	24.6%	50.9%	57.4%
▶Asian(6)	11.5%	10.1%	6.0%
▶Black(14)	9.1%	12.8%	12.2%
▶Middle Eastern / North African(11)	4.4%	—	0.9%
Multiracial / Other	2.3%	3.1%	4.0%
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3)	1.3%	0.6%	0.9%

Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).