Carteret Information: Tickets, Venues, Events and More

‘Carteret’ is a borough that is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 5.0 square miles (12.9km²), of which, 4.4 square miles (11.3km²) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6km²) of it (12.63%) is water.

According to the Census that was held in the year 2000, there were 20,709 people, 7,039 households and 5,208 families residing in the borough. The population density was 4,747.4 people per square mile (1,833.9/km²). There were 7,320 housing units at an average density of 1,678.1/sq mi (648.2/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 68.76% White, 9.54% African American, 0.24% Native American, 8.32% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 9.26% from other races and 3.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 23.37% of the population.

There were 7,039 households out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 26.0% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.38.

In the borough the population was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64 and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.”

Attractions:

• Carteret Waterfront

• Carteret Park

Famous Personalities:

• Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros of the pop/rock group

• Joseph A. Cafasso

• Jim Conti of the ska band Streetlight Manifesto

• Jim McGreevey

• Joe "Ducky" Medwick

• Paul J. Pluta, Rear Admiral, United States Coast Guard