Connecticut Farms is a neighborhood and 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. within Union Township, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Connecticut Farms had a population of 545.
Connecticut Farms used to be a major settlement until British forces sacked and burned the town at the Battle of Connecticut Farms.
The CDP is bordered by Elmwood Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue to the north, by Rosemont Avenue, Bond Drive, and Burke Parkway to the east, by the Garden State Parkway to the south, by Chestnut Street to the southwest, and by Pennsylvania Avenue to the west. Downtown Union borders the neighborhood to the north.
U.S. Route 22 passes through the southern part of the CDP, leading east to its terminus near Newark International Airport and southwest to Somerville. Demographics
Connecticut Farms first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
2020 census +Connecticut Farms, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2020% 2020White alone (NH)23543.12%Black or African American alone (NH)8715.96%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)10.18%Asian alone (NH)519.36%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other race alone (NH)91.65%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)203.67%Hispanic or Latino (any race)14226.06%Total545100.00%
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