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Main Street in West Orange. West Orange is a suburban [19] [20] township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 48,843, [9] [10] an increase of 2,636 (+5.7%) from the 2010 census count of 46,207, [21] [22] which in turn reflected an increase of 1,264 (+2.8%) from the 44,943 counted in the 2000 census.
Twenty-five people were killed, 150 people were injured, and nearly 4,000 homes destroyed. With the loss of life and an estimated economic loss of US$ 1.5 billion, this was the worst urban firestorm in American history, until 2017. [66] [67] During the mid-1990s, Oakland's economy began to recover as it transitioned to new types of jobs.