Rosenhayn, New Jersey
census designated place in New Jersey, USA
Rosenhayn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Deerfield Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes. As of the 2020 census, Rosenhayn had a population of 1,150.
Rosenhayn was founded as a Jewish agricultural colony and the 1898 Rosenhayn synagogue is one of the fewer than 100 surviving nineteenth century synagogue buildings in the United States.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.654 square miles (6.87 km2), all land.
Demographics
Rosenhayn first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.
2020 census
2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 1,098 people, 382 households, and 274 families in the CDP. The population density was 413.7 people per square mile (159.7 people/km2). There were 404 housing units at an average density of 152.2 units per square mile (58.8 units/km2). The racial makeup was 64.21% (705) White, 18.03% (198) Black or African American, 1.28% (14) Native American, 1.46% (16) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 9.29% (102) from other races, and 5.74% (63) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.58% (193) of the population.
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