Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1840 | 9,483 |
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| 1850 | 21,822 | 130.1% | |
| 1860 | 62,717 | 187.4% | |
| 1870 | 129,067 | 105.8% | |
| 1880 | 187,944 | 45.6% | |
| 1890 | 275,126 | 46.4% | |
| 1900 | 386,048 | 40.3% | |
| 1910 | 537,231 | 39.2% | |
| 1920 | 629,154 | 17.1% | |
| 1930 | 690,730 | 9.8% | |
| 1940 | 652,040 | −5.6% | |
| 1950 | 647,437 | −0.7% | |
| 1960 | 610,734 | −5.7% | |
| 1970 | 607,839 | −0.5% | |
| 1980 | 556,972 | −8.4% | |
| 1990 | 553,099 | −0.7% | |
| 2000 | 608,975 | 10.1% | |
| 2010 | 634,266 | 4.2% | |
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As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 608,975. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. There were 230,546 households and 143,630 families residing in the county. The population density was 13,044 people per square mile (5,036/km²). It is the sixth-most densely populated county in the United States, trailing only four of New York City's boroughs (all except Staten Island) and San Francisco County, California. There were 240,618 housing units at an average density of 5,154 per square mile (1,990/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 55.58% White, 13.48% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 9.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 15.48% from other races, and 5.63% from two or more races. 39.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. According to Census 2000 9.9% were of Italian and 6.7% Irish ancestry.
By 2009, 34.5% of the population were non-Hispanic whites. Approximately 14.6% of the population was black. About 11.9% of the population was Asian. About 1.9% of the population were of two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 40.7% of the population. As of the 2010 Census, Hudson County’s population is 634,266 (up 21,575 from the 2000 Census), 42% of which is Hispanic.
As of 2010, the county has 270,335 housing units, 9% of which were vacant as of the 2010 Census.
The median income for a household in the county was $40,293, and the median income for a family was $44,053. Males had a median income of $36,174 versus $31,037 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,154. About 13.30% of families and 15.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.00% of those under age 18 and 15.70% of those age 65 or over. Advocates for the homeless counted 2,227 people without homes in Hudson County as of January 2008. In 2009, the Hudson County Alliance to End Homelessness counted 1,779 homeless people. The same number was counted in 2010. Three homeless shelters are located in the county: Lucy's Shelter in Jersey City, Palisades Emergency Residence Corp. in Union City and the Hoboken Homeless Shelter in Hoboken.
Hudson County is the most densely populated county in the state.
- The only city in Hudson that is among the one hundred most populous cities in the United States is Jersey City which was ranked 78th in the United States Census Bureau's rankings based on the 2009 population estimate.
- Of municipalities with over 50,000 people, Union City, New Jersey is the most densely populated in the United States.
- North Bergen is the city with the second most hills per square mile in the United States behind San Francisco.
- North Hudson has the second largest Cuban American population in the United States behind Miami.
- Jersey City is the twenty first most ethnically diverse city in the United States and the most ethnically diverse on the East Coast of the United States.
- Hudson has three communities on the list of the 100 cities (population 5,000 and up) with the highest percent of foreign-born residents: West New York (65.2%), Union City (58.7%), and Guttenberg (48.7%)
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