Plumsted Township, New Jersey
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Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 7,275 people, 2,510 households, and 2,002 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density
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was 181.8 people per square mile (70.2/km²). There were 2,628 housing units at an average density of 65.7 per square mile (25.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 93.90% White, 2.30% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.36% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.85% of the population.
There were 2,510 households out of which 41.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the township the population was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $61,357, and the median income for a family was $62,255. Males had a median income of $42,610 versus $34,355 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the township was $22,433. About 4.3% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.
Local government
Plumsted Township is governed under the TownshipTownship (New Jersey)
A township, in the context of New Jersey local government, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. As a political entity, a township is a full-fledged municipality, on par with any town, city, borough, or village, collecting property taxes and providing...
form of government with a five-member Township Committee. The Township Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor, and appoints from its members a liaison for each of the Township's administrative departments.
The Plumsted Township Committee consists of Mayor
Mayor
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Ronald S. Dancer
Ronald S. Dancer
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(R
Republican Party (United States)
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, 2008), Deputy Mayor
Deputy Mayor
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Kenneth H. Francis (R, 2007), Michael McCue (R, 2009), Ada Roberts (R, 2007) and Eric Sorchik (R, 2009).
Federal, state and county representation
Plumsted Township is in the 4th Congressional district.Plumsted Township is in the
Education
The Plumsted Township School DistrictPlumsted Township School District
The Plumsted Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that educates more than 1,800 students in kindergarten though grade 12 from Plumsted Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's four schools had an...
educates more than 1,800 students in public school for kindergarten though grade 12, including special education students in pre-kindergarten. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are
New Egypt Primary School (K-1; 320 students),
Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School (2-5; 574),
New Egypt Middle School (6-8; 417) and
New Egypt High School
New Egypt High School
New Egypt High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Plumsted Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Plumsted Township School District....
(9-12; 498).
Cable Television
Plumsted is the only municipality in Ocean County that receives a different ComcastComcast
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cable provider which is out of Mount Holly, Burlington County
Burlington County, New Jersey
There were 154,371 households out of which 34.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had...
. This means that for local broadcast channels, Plumsted does not receive any New York City
New York City
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stations at all. They only get Philadelphia stations.
External links
- Plumsted Township web site
- Plumsted Township School District
- Data for the Plumsted Township School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
- NJ documentary - Where is the Center of NJ?
- Plumsted Branch of Ocean County Library