Prospect Park, New Jersey
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Prospect Park is a borough
Borough (New Jersey)
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 in Passaic County
Passaic County, New Jersey
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, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States
United States
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. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,779.

Prospect Park was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature
New Jersey Legislature
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 on March 13, 1901, from portions of the now-defunct Manchester Township.

Geography

Prospect Park is located at 40.935348°N 74.173173°W (40.935348, -74.173173).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 5,779 people, 1,822 households, and 1,432 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density
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 was 12,043.7 people per square mile (4,648.5/km2). There were 1,889 housing units at an average density of 3,936.8 per square mile (1,519.5/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 61.17% White, 13.65% African American, 0.42% Native American, 3.15% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 13.70% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 7.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 38.26% of the population.

There were 1,822 households out of which 44.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 20.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.17 and the average family size was 3.56.

In the borough the population was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $46,434, and the median income for a family was $49,405. Males had a median income of $31,951 versus $26,569 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the borough was $16,410. About 7.9% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

As part of the 2000 Census, 1.7% of Prospect Park's residents identified themselves as being of Albanian
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 ancestry. This was the 11th highest percentage of Albanian American people in any place in the United States with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry. In the same census, 3.2% of Prospect Park's residents identified themselves as being of Arab American
Arab American
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 ancestry. This was the sixth highest percentage of Arab American people in any place in the United States with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.

Local government

Prospect Park is governed under the Borough
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 form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year. Prospect Park's elections are partisan, which under New Jersey law (which has since been amended) requires them to be held in November.

The Mayor
Mayor
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 of Prospect Park is Mohamed T. Khairullah, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2010. Khairullah became mayor in 2005 after former mayor Will Kubofcik resigned to move to Bloomingdale. Khairullah won election to a full term in November 2006 and is currently running for re-election.

Members of the Prospect Park Borough Council are Council President Richard Esquiche (2008), Hassan Fahmy (2009), Amer Haobsh (2008), Christina Peralta (2010), Esther "Tita" Perez (2009) and Adnan Zakaria (2010). All of Prospect Park's council seats are held by members of the Democratic Party
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, as registered Democrats in Prospect Park outnumber registered Republicans by more than 3 to 1. In the 2006 election, 1,570 of the borough's 3,368 registered voters were Democrats, compared to 490 Republicans and 1,308 who were undeclared.

Federal, state and county representation

Prospect Park is in the 8th Congressional district.

Prospect Park is in the

Education

The Prospect Park School District
Prospect Park School District
The Prospect Park School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Prospect Park, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States....

 serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Prospect Park Elementary School had an enrollment of 836 students as of the 2005-06 school year. The school population was made up of Hispanic (54%), White (22%), Black (22%), and Other (2%).

For grades 9 - 12, public school students attend Manchester Regional High School
Manchester Regional High School
Manchester Regional High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school and regional school district serving students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States...

, which serves students from Haledon
Haledon, New Jersey
Haledon is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,318.Haledon was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1908, replacing the now-defunct Manchester Township, based on the...

, North Haledon
North Haledon, New Jersey
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,920 people, 2,626 households, and 2,077 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,300.6 people per square mile . There were 2,675 housing units at an average density of 777.0 per square mile...

, and Prospect Park. The school is located in Haledon. Students from North Haledon attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship
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 with the North Haledon School District
North Haledon School District
The North Haledon School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from North Haledon, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States....

. The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
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, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Available lots are announced annually by grade.

Students also attend the Passaic County Technical Institute
Passaic County Technical Institute
Passaic County Technical Institute is a regional vocational public high school in Wayne , in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, near the city of Paterson, admitting students from all of Passaic County...

, located in Wayne
Wayne, New Jersey
Wayne is a Township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, located less than from midtown Manhattan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 54,069....

.

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