New Jersey

State

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2022 Population

9.25M

0.163% 1-year growth

US Senator

Bob Menendez

Democratic Party

US Senator

Cory Booker

Democratic Party

About

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32.2% of the households in New Jersey reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

90.2% of the residents in New Jersey are U.S. citizens.

Most people in New Jersey drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 31.1 minutes. The average car ownership in New Jersey was 2 cars per household.

New Jersey borders Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania.

About the photo: State Capitol Rotunda, Trenton, NJ

Photo by Peter Miller

United States

Economy

The economy of New Jersey employs N/A people. The largest industries in New Jersey are Elementary & secondary schools (338,361 people), Construction (251,810 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (199,316 people), and the highest paying industries are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($208,384), Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals ($195,173), and Nondepository credit & related activities ($170,402).

Employment

Workforce Diversity

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The workforce of New Jersey in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in New Jersey.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Workforce and Wage by Location

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In N/A there were 0 people working in New Jersey. The Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMA) that concentrated the largest workforce were .

The following map shows all of the PUMAs in New Jersey colored by workforce or average wage.

With the upper buttons you can see the yearly change and add a filter by race.

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in New Jersey, are Other managers (139,607 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (112,347 people), and Registered nurses (95,404 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of New Jersey.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New Jersey (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in New Jersey, are Elementary & secondary schools (338,361 people), Construction (251,810 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (199,316 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of New Jersey, though some of these residents may live in New Jersey and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($122,484), Information ($104,752), and Public Administration ($91,872).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Information ($75,753), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($72,625), and Public Administration ($66,812).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.27%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 16.5%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New Jersey.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

20,023
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
15,759
Other Services (except Public Administration)
15,646
Construction

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New Jersey went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 57.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (41.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.696%).

The most partisan county was Essex County, NJ with 77.3% of the vote going to Joseph R Biden Jr. running for the Democratic Party.

Bob Menendez and Cory Booker are the senators currently representing the state of New Jersey. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

New Jersey is currently represented by 12 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Joseph R Biden Jr. (57.3%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (41.4%)
Republican Party
Jo Jorgensen (0.696%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New Jersey went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 57.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (41.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.696%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in New Jersey for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Presidential Popular Vote by County

Joseph R Biden Jr.

Popular Vote for New Jersey

57.3% for the Democratic Party

Most Partisan Counties in New Jersey

Essex County, NJ
77.3% for Joseph R Biden Jr. (Democratic Party)
Hudson County, NJ
72.6% for Joseph R Biden Jr. (Democratic Party)
Mercer County, NJ
69.4% for Joseph R Biden Jr. (Democratic Party)

In the 2020 presidential election, the most partisan county in New Jersey was Essex County, NJ with 77.3% of the vote going to Joseph R Biden Jr. running for the Democratic Party.

The following map shows the counties in New Jersey colored by their party leaning.

Senator Elections

US Senators from New Jersey

Bob Menendez

Senator from New Jersey

Assumed office on January 17, 2006
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Jon Corzine, who was elected Governor of New Jersey.

Cory Booker

Senator from New Jersey

Assumed office on October 31, 2013
Elected to the seat to succeed Jeffrey Chiesa, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Frank Lautenberg.

Bob Menendez and Cory Booker are the senators currently representing New Jersey.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in New Jersey over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from New Jersey

New Jersey is currently represented by 12 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for New Jersey have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in New Jersey awarded 104,047 degrees. The student population of New Jersey in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 178,978 male students and 216,119 female students.

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In false, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of New Jersey in false were N/A.

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in New Jersey have an average commute time of 31.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in New Jersey is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in New Jersey is N/A. In 2022, the county with the highest Median Household Income in New Jersey was Hunterdon County, NJ with a value of $133,534, followed by Somerset County, NJ and Morris County, NJ, with respective values of $131,948 and $130,808.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

In 2022, the county with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in New Jersey was Hunterdon County, NJ with a value of $133,534, followed by Somerset County, NJ and Morris County, NJ, with respective values of $131,948 and $130,808.

The following map shows all of the counties in New Jersey colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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The following chart displays the households in New Jersey distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

Wage Distribution

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In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in New Jersey across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (65.4%)
Worked At Home (13.1%)
Public Transit (8.98%)

In 2022, 65.4% of workers in New Jersey drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (13.1%) and those who used public transit to get to work (8.98%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

31.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in New Jersey have a longer commute time (31.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 4.79% of the workforce in New Jersey have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in New Jersey compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in New Jersey distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in New Jersey have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in New Jersey (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in New Jersey is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of New Jersey has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in New Jersey changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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