Sewaren (pronounced SEE-waren) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 2,885. Generator 5, which included a gas/oil-fired boiler and two turbine generators, came down in 2002. Seawaren Unit #7 was installed in 2018, 538 MW, combined cycle combustion turbine, with one combustion turbine, one heat recovery steam generator, HRSG, and one steam turbine.
Geography
thumb|Baseball in Ferry Street Park, with Shell Oil's tank farm in the background, 1973
Sewaren is in northeastern Middlesex County, in southeastern Woodbridge Township. It is bordered to the south by the city of Perth Amboy, to the west by Woodbridge proper, to the north by Port Reading, also within Woodbridge Township, and to the east by the Arthur Kill waterway, separating Sewaren from Staten Island, New York. The borough of Carteret is to the north, and the Outerbridge Crossing leading to New York is the same distance to the south.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Sewaren CDP has a total area of , including of land and of water (26.3%). 1960 1970<br> 1980 1990 2000<br> 2010 2020
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Sewaren first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2,204
|1,829
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,451
|79.28%
|66.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50.29%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|146
|201
|style='background: #ffffe6; |299
|5.25%
|7.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.36%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|4
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.14%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|130
|170
|style='background: #ffffe6; |145
|4.68%
|6.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.03%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.04%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|14
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17
|0.50%
|0.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.59%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|15
|28
|style='background: #ffffe6; |81
|0.54%
|1.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.81%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|266
|515
|style='background: #ffffe6; |892
|9.57%
|18.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30.92%
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|Total
|2,780
|2,756
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,885
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Sewaren had a population of 2,885. The median age was 42.2 years. 20.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.5 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,037 households in Sewaren, of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 48.1% were married-couple households, 17.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 27.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Of the 1,005 households, 30.0% had children under the age of 18; 53.1% were married couples living together; 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.2% were non-families. Of all households, 22.2% were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.26.
There were 1,019 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.16.
- Arthur A. Quinn (1866–1957), American labor union leader and politician
References
External links
- Sewaren Public Library
- Sewaren.net - Historic Sewaren NJ