Clifton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 78,672 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Clifton is the 9th largest community in New Jersey.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clifton is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clifton is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clifton who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.06%), sales jobs (10.81%), and management occupations (7.90%).

Also of interest is that Clifton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Clifton is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Clifton Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Clifton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 23.63% of adults in Clifton have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Clifton in 2000 was $23,638, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,552 for a family of four.

Clifton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clifton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Clifton is White, followed by Asian. Clifton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.84% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Clifton include Italian, Polish, Irish, German, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Clifton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.23%.

The languages spoken by people in Clifton are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Clifton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish, Arabic, and Italian.