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Borough
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Map of Hawthorne in Passaic County. Inset: Location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Passaic
Incorporated	March 24, 1898
Named for	Nathaniel Hawthorne
Government
• Type	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
• Body	Borough Council
Area
• Total	3.35 sq mi (8.67 km2)
• Land	3.32 sq mi (8.59 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)  0.90%
Area rank	320th of 565 in state 10th of 16 in county
Elevation	85 ft (26 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	19,637
• Estimate  (2023)	19,496
• Rank	140th of 565 in state 6th of 16 in county
• Density	5,918.3/sq mi (2,285.1/km2)
• Density rank	91st of 565 in state 6th of 16 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes	07506–07507
Area code(s)	973
FIPS code	3403130570
GNIS feature ID	0885249

Hawthorne is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 19,637, an increase of 846 (+4.5%) from the 2010 census count of 18,791, which in turn reflected an increase of 573 (+3.1%) from the 18,218 counted in the 2000 census.

Hawthorne was originally part of the now-defunct Manchester Township, which was later subdivided to create Hawthorne, Haledon, North Haledon, Prospect Park, Totowa, The Heights/Columbia Heights District of Fair Lawn and most of the First Ward of Paterson. The Borough of Hawthorne was incorporated from portions of Manchester Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 24, 1898. The borough was named for novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Hawthorne borough had a total area of 3.35 square miles (8.7 km²), including 3.32 square miles (8.6 km²) of land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km²) of water (0.90%).

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Goffle, North Hawthorne and Van Winkle.

The borough borders North Haledon, Prospect Park, and Paterson in Passaic County; and Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Ridgewood and Wyckoff in Bergen County.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 18,791 people, 7,454 households, and 4,949 families in the borough. The population density was 5,635.3 per square mile (2,175.8/km²). There were 7,756 housing units at an average density of 2,326.0 per square mile (898.1/km²). The racial makeup was 88.62% (16,652) White, 2.27% (426) Black or African American, 0.21% (40) Native American, 2.82% (530) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 4.28% (804) from other races, and 1.80% (339) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.42% (2,897) of the population.

Of the 7,454 households, 29.5% had children under the age of 18; 50.7% were married couples living together; 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 33.6% were non-families. Of all households, 27.6% were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.12.

21.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.4 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $72,985 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,585) and the median family income was $83,136 (+/− $7,364). Males had a median income of $64,906 (+/− $7,150) versus $44,641 (+/− $2,852) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $33,872 (+/− $1,921). About 4.9% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.

Same-sex couples headed 48 households in 2010, a 50% increase from the 32 counted in 2000.

Education

The Hawthorne Public Schools serve public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,229 students and 218.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1. Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Jefferson Elementary School with 266 students in grades PreK-5, Roosevelt Elementary School with 545 students in grades K-5, Washington Elementary School with 257 students in grades K-5, Lincoln Middle School with 517 students in grades 6-8 and Hawthorne High School with 602 students in grades 9-12.

St. Anthony School, a K–8 Catholic school that opened in 1912, operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. Hawthorne Christian Academy is an interdenominational evangelical Christian school established in 1981 by the Hawthorne Gospel Church, serving students in preschool through twelfth grade.

Transportation

Route 208 northbound in Hawthorne

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the borough had a total of 61.77 miles (99.41 km) of roadways, of which 47.63 miles (76.65 km) were maintained by the municipality, 12.45 miles (20.04 km) by Passaic County and 1.69 miles (2.72 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Several major roadways pass through the borough. Route 208 is the main state highway serving Hawthorne. Other significant roads passing through Hawthorne include County Route 504.

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides train service at the Hawthorne station providing service on the Main Line to Secaucus Junction and Hoboken Terminal.

NJ Transit provides bus service on the 148 route to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, with local service on the 722 route.

Community

Hawthorne is home to the Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps, which was founded in 1946 and competes as an all-age corps in Drum Corps Associates, Headquartered at Hawthorne's American Legion Post 199, the Hawthorne Caballeros have won six world championships and more than a dozen state titles.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hawthorne include:

• Bennie Borgmann (1898–1978), professional baseball and basketball player and coach who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Maurice Carthon (born 1961), former running back for the New York Giants
• Fulvio Cecere (born 1960), actor
• Paul Duerr (born 2005), author, historian, politician.
• Beth Fowler (born 1940), actress
• Maria Mazziotti Gillan (born 1940), poet, professor and editor; winner of an American Book Award (2008)
• John Girgenti (born 1947), New Jersey State Senator from the 35th Legislative District
• Debbie Harry (born 1945), rock and roll musician who originally gained fame as the front-woman for the new wave band Blondie
• Don La Greca (born 1968), co-host of ESPN New York's The Michael Kay Show
• Dale Memmelaar (born 1937), offensive lineman who played in the NFL from 1959 through 1967
• Russ Meneve, stand-up comedian
• Roberta Naas (born 1958), journalist
• Ivan Sergei (born 1972), television actor
• Edwin J. Vandenberg (1918–2005), polymer chemist at Hercules Inc. and a researcher at Arizona State University
• C. Alfred Voegeli (1904–1984), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, serving from 1943 to 1971

See also

In Spanish: Hawthorne (Nueva Jersey) para niños