Elizabeth is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 120,568 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Elizabeth is the fourth largest community in New Jersey.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elizabeth is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.0% of the Elizabeth workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Elizabeth is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elizabeth who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.07%), sales jobs (8.85%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.36%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Elizabeth are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Elizabeth use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Elizabeth's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Elizabeth Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Elizabeth with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 12.12% of adults in Elizabeth have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Elizabeth in 2000 was $15,114, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $60,456 for a family of four.

Elizabeth is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elizabeth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Elizabeth is White, followed by African-American. Elizabeth also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 49.55% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Elizabeth include Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Haitian, and Irish.

Elizabeth also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 43.94%.

The most common language spoken in Elizabeth is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Portuguese.