New Jersey's 17th Legislative District | |
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Senator | Bob Smith (D) |
Assembly members |
Joseph V. Egan (D) Joseph Danielsen (D) |
Registration |
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Demographics |
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Population | 235,142 |
Voting-age population | 184,455 |
Registered voters | 136,611 |
New Jersey's 17th Legislative District is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature. As of the 2011 apportionment, the district includes the Middlesex County municipalities of Milltown Borough, New Brunswick City, North Brunswick Township, Piscataway Township, along with the Somerset County municipality of Franklin Township.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 235,142, of whom 184,455 (78.4%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 109,419 (46.5%) White, 45,283 (19.3%) African American, 1,054 (0.4%) Native American, 48,004 (20.4%) Asian, 60 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 23,206 (9.9%) from some other race, and 8,116 (3.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 50,812 (21.6%) of the population. The district had 136,611 registered voters as of December 31, 2016, of whom 65,449 (47.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated, 56,309 (41.2%) were registered as Democrats, 14,403 (10.5%) were registered as Republicans and 450 (0.3%) were registered to other parties.