| |
| | Encyclopedia: Essex County, New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The county is one of the most Italian counties in America, with nearly 50% of residents in several towns of the West Essex area and in the "Pasta Triangle" (Bloomfield, Belleville, and Nutley) area being of Italian descent. |
 | | Though a majority of the county that practices religion is Christian, the county is also among the most Jewish places in the nation, concentrated in the SW Essex towns of Short Hills, Millburn, South Orange, West Orange, Maplewood, and especially Livingston, where the population is reportedly nearly 60% Jewish. |
 | | In the county the population is spread out with 26.10% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 31.10% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 11.90% who are 65 years of age or older. |
| www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Essex-County,-New-Jersey (4785 words) |
|