Spring Lake, New Jersey

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Image:Spring lake nj 025.png Spring Lake is a Borough located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough had a total population of 3,567. Spring Lake and its environs is known as the "Irish Riviera" because of the large Irish-American population in the area.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Government
- 3.1 Federal, state and county representation
4 External links

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Geography

Spring Lake is located at 40°9'10" North, 74°1'37" West (40.152861, -74.026961)Template:GR.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²). 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 23.39% water.

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Demographics

As of the census Template:GR of 2000, there were 3,567 people, 1,463 households, and 983 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,051.3/km² (2,723.8/mi²). There were 1,930 housing units at an average density of 568.8/km² (1,473.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.77% White, 0.34% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,463 households out of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the borough the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 19.6% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 25.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 86.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $89,885, and the median income for a family was $103,405. Males had a median income of $88,924 versus $41,000 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $59,445. 2.6% of the population and 0.0% of families were below the poverty line. 0.0% of those under the age of 18 and 6.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

39.4% of Spring Lake residents identified as being of Irish American heritage in 2000. This was the highest percentage of Irish Americans of any place in the United States.

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