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08879 Zip Code Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 22,885
| 08879 Zip Code | % | New Jersey | U.S. | |
| English | 6,905 | 72.68%, see rank | 68.83% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 881 | 9.27%, see rank | 14.88% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,252 | 13.18%, see rank | 9.84% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 345 | 3.63%, see rank | 4.91% | 3.36% |
| Other | 118 | 1.24%, see rank | 1.54% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 22,279
| 08879 Zip Code | % | New Jersey | U.S. | |
| English | 6,531 | 72.83%, see rank | 69.64% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 867 | 9.67%, see rank | 14.36% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,144 | 12.76%, see rank | 9.84% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 323 | 3.60%, see rank | 4.72% | 3.24% |
| Other | 102 | 1.14%, see rank | 1.44% | 0.94% |
US Census 2000 data
Total population: 21,956
| 08879 Zip Code | % | New Jersey | U.S. | |
| English | 6,387 | 77.73%, see rank | 73.02% | 81.14% |
| Spanish | 479 | 5.83%, see rank | 11.73% | 10.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 1,110 | 13.51%, see rank | 10.38% | 5.22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 132 | 1.61%, see rank | 3.45% | 2.61% |
| Other | 109 | 1.33%, see rank | 1.41% | 0.82% |
* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.