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New Jersey At A Glance
Last Updated July 10, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 8,721 square miles
- Population in 2000: 8,414,350; 94.3% urban; 5.7% rural
- Population in 1990: 7,730,188
- Population Change: Up
8.6% 1990-2000; Up
5.0% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 9th of 50; 3.0% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Newark (273,546);
Jersey City (240,055);
Paterson (149,222);
Elizabeth (120,568);
Trenton (85,403)
- Registered Voters:
1,170,475 D
(25.1%);
900,969 R
(19.4%);
2,584,408 unaffiliated and minor parties
(55.5%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 20 D 20 R
- State General Assembly: 43 D 36 R 1 I
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
5,557,209 (66.0%) white;
1,096,171 (13.0%) black;
477,012 (5.7%) Asian;
11,338 (0.1%) American Indian;
2,175 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
133,689 (1.6%) two-plus races;
19,565 (0.2%) other;
1,117,191 (13.3%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
13.8% Italian,
12.2% Irish,
9.7% German,
5.3% Polish,
4.8% English
- State Natives: 53.4% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 9.4% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 73.0% English;
11.7% Spanish;
10.4% Other Eur.
- Education:
82.1% high school graduates;
29.8% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
672,217 (10.6%);
WWII: (26.3%);
Korea: (15.8%);
Vietnam: (28.1%);
First Gulf War: (6.2%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
0.3% agriculture;
5.6% construction;
8.9% finance;
4.4% information;
17.9% manufacturing;
31.3% professional;
4.5% public administration;
15.7% trade;
11.3% other
- Work Force: 19.7% blue collar; 66.5% white collar; 13.8% gray collar
- Work Sector: 80.8% private; 13.9% government; 5.0% self-employed; 0.2% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 5.8% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$55,146
- 8.5% are below the poverty line
- 11.7% less than $15,000
- 19.4% $15-35,000
- 14.3% $35-50,000
- 33.3% $50-100,000
- 12.8% $100-150,000
- 8.6% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $167,900
- 3.0% less than $50,000
- 14.4% $50-100,000
- 46.1% $100-200,000
- 20.4% $200-300,000
- 11.7% $300-500,000
- 4.4% more than $500,000
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