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      Home›New Jersey›NJ-12

      New Jersey's 12th Congressional District

      D+24.8
      ↓ R+2.5 vs 2022· New Jersey · Latest: 2024

      Safe Democratic — flipped 1 time in 25 elections

      Population779K

      Current Representative

      DEMBonnie Watson ColemanElected 2024

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

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Democratic in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Democratic landslide with a 23.9% margin
      • Swung 10.6 points toward Republican between 2020 and 2024

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      2024 House ElectionNew Jersey Profile

      Who lives in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District? 778,950 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      NJ-12 vs New Jersey vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      779K
      State: 9.3M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      75.0%
      State: 76.4% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      41.9%
      State: 33.1% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      58.1%
      State: 66.9% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $113,235
      State: $104,663 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      9.0%
      State: 9.7% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      48.8%
      State: 43.5% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      66.1%
      State: 63.8% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      40.0 yrs
      State: 40.3 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      14.8%
      State: 14.6% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      16.3%
      State: 17.2% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      32.1%
      State: 23.9% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      NJ-12 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 38.3%Hispanic 22.8%Asian 20.0%Black 15.7%Multiracial 2.4%Native American 0.8%
      GroupNJ-12StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      38.3%50.9%57.4%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(20)
      22.8%22.5%19.3%
      ▶Asian(6)
      20.0%10.1%6.0%
      ▶Black(13)
      15.7%12.8%12.2%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      3.2%—0.9%
      Multiracial / Other
      2.4%3.1%4.0%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(1)
      0.8%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).

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