Union is a census-designated place (CDP)State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. comprising the downtown area of Union Township, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2010 census. The area is also known as Union Center.
The CDP is bordered by Caldwell Avenue and Falls Terrace to the northwest, by Vauxhall Avenue and Haines Avenue to the northeast, by Warren Avenue to the east, by the Garden State Parkway to the southeast, by Burke Parkway to the southwest, and by Bond Drie, Rosemont Avenue, Stuyvesant Avenue, and Elmwood Avenue to the south. Connecticut Farms borders the neighborhood to the south.
New Jersey Route 82 (Morris Avenue) is the main street through Union, leading southeast to Elizabeth and northwest to Springfield.
Demographics
Union first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
2020 census +Union CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2020% 2020White alone (NH)66029.61%Black or African American alone (NH)56525.35%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)50.22%Asian alone (NH)32614.63%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other Race alone (NH)552.47%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)934.17%Hispanic or Latino (any race)52523.55%Total2,229100.00%
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