{"id":196,"date":"2020-05-14T22:31:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/?page_id=196"},"modified":"2020-05-16T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T19:53:08","slug":"bergen-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/bergen-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Bergen County"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bergen County, New Jersey is shaded in red (Wikipedia).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bergen County, New Jersey is a densely-populated region of the state.\u00a0 Its location provides easy accessibility to New York City and other state borders, such as New York state and Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Bergen County’s population consists of 937,000 people, 88.9% of which are U.S. citizens.\u00a0 Despite its size, nearly one-third of the county’s residents are foreign-born at 30.1% (almost three times the national average of 13.7%).\u00a0 Although more than half of the population is White, the other half of the county is far more diverse.\u00a0 This proves to be an asset in many aspects, such as in the social sector, which is arguably most represented throughout society:<\/p>\n

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This chart depicts the percentages of races\/nationality in Bergen County (statistics provided by Data USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Language:<\/strong> In Bergen County, most of the population is White only.\u00a0 However, the second largest percentage of the population is made up by Hispanic or Latino residents.\u00a0 The most common foreign language spoken in the county is Spanish with 143,330 speakers.\u00a0 The next largest is Korean with 48,839 speakers, and last is Tagalog (including Filipino) with 16,045 speakers.\u00a0 Being bilingual helps with many aspects of life, especially with employment.\u00a0 This is one aspect in which immigration holds a significant impact: if someone speaks a frequently-spoken language, such as Spanish, the individual is at a great advantage when looking for employment.\u00a0 Those who are bilingual are also able to communicate with a much wider range of people, which benefits them in social aspects.<\/p>\n

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Downtown Englewood offers a wide range of restaurants and casual dining spots to its diverse community (jerseydigs.com).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Social Settings:<\/strong> The influences of each race and nationality are represented throughout society, especially in stores and restaurants.\u00a0 Bergen County offers cuisine from every other part of the world, and town centers often have diverse restaurants located one after another.\u00a0 Without immigrants, these restaurants would most likely not exist or be popular in the United States, much less within a small state such as New Jersey.\u00a0 When immigrants migrate to the states, many of them open restaurants and take-out restaurants.\u00a0 Towns such as Englewood offer restaurants and dining areas of different backgrounds, especially downtown: Italian, Japanese, Mexican, American, Mediterranean, Thai, among so many others.\u00a0 The main streets, such as Grand Avenue and West Palisade Avenue, also add to each venue’s accessibility.\u00a0 The list of restaurants in this town can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0 Because of the high number of immigrants in towns, restaurants are authentic and showcase the stories of so many immigrants.\u00a0 They leave their home countries to start new in New Jersey, but they always carry a piece of their homes with them.\u00a0 Americans can try to emulate cultures, but nothing is as genuine and authentic as those who actually experienced these places themselves.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBergen County, NJ.\u201d<\/a> Data USA, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bergen County, New Jersey is a densely-populated region of the state.\u00a0 Its location provides easy accessibility to New York City and other state borders, such as New York state and Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Bergen County’s population consists of 937,000 people, 88.9% of which are U.S. citizens.\u00a0 Despite its size, nearly one-third of the county’s residents are foreign-born … Continue reading “Bergen County”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/SSI-2020\/disparity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}