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 New Jersey United States
Total population8,414,350 281,421,906
StateNew Jersey 

New Jersey state Population

 New Jersey %, New Jersey United States
Male4,082,81348.52%49.06%
Female4,331,53751.48%50.94%
Median age (years)36.7  35.3
18 years and over6,326,79275.19%74.31%
21 years and over6,033,47371.7%69.97%
62 years and over1,303,85415.5%14.66%
65 years and over1,113,13613.23%12.43%

 New Jersey %, New Jersey United States
White6,104,70572.55%75.14%
Black or African American1,141,82113.57%12.32%
Asian480,2765.71%3.64%
Some other race473,7935.63%5.46%
Two or more races213,7552.54%2.43%

New Jersey state Housing

 New Jersey %, New Jersey United States
Total housing units 3,310,275 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 245,6307.42%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 3,064,64592.58%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 2,011,47360.76%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 1,053,17231.82%30.77%
 New Jersey %, New Jersey United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000478,715 15.62%19.95%
1995 to 1998848,022 27.67%28.9%
1990 to 1994500,125 16.32%16.07%
1980 to 1989533,287 17.4%15.58%
1970 to 1979328,059 10.7%9.86%
1969 or earlier376,437 12.28%9.65%
 New Jersey %, New Jersey United States
Total households3,064,645  105,480,101
Family households (families)2,154,539 70.3%68.06%
Nonfamily households910,106 29.7%31.94%
 New Jersey United States
VALUE
Less than $50,00030,0585,457,817
$50,000 to $99,999229,35416,778,971
$100,000 to $149,999415,19013,110,384
$150,000 to $199,999379,8908,075,904
$200,000 to $299,999354,3596,583,049
$300,000 to $499,999213,0993,584,108
$500,000 to $999,99967,9131,308,116
$1,000,000 or more11,869313,759
Median (dollars)170,800119,600

New Jersey state Education

 New Jersey %, New Jersey United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 2,217,832 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool181,4238.18% 6.47%
Kindergarten121,9505.5% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)978,20344.11% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)465,95421.01% 21.38%
College or graduate school470,30221.21% 22.81%

New Jersey state Economy

 New Jersey %, New Jersey United States
Population 16 years and over6,546,155  217,168,077
In labor force4,204,393 64.23%63.92%
- Civilian labor force4,193,145 64.06%63.39%
- - Employed3,950,029 60.34%59.73%
- - Unemployed243,116 3.71%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force5.8  5.8
- Armed Forces11,248 0.17%0.53%
Not in labor force2,341,762 35.77%36.08%
Females 16 years and over3,425,212 52.32%51.66%
In labor force1,969,606 30.09%29.72%
- Civilian labor force1,967,820 30.06%29.65%
- - Employed1,851,172 28.28%27.92%
Own children under 6 years647,086 9.88%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force362,264  12,787,501
With earnings2,495,571 38.12%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)74,719  56,604
With Social Security income823,796 12.58%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)12,274  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income108,564 1.66%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)6,631  6,320
With public assistance income86,704 1.32%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)3,162  3,032
With retirement income523,223 7.99%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)17,406  17,376
 New Jersey %, New Jersey United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households3,065,774  105,539,122
Less than $10,000213,939 6.98%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999143,783 4.69%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999288,606 9.41%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999305,449 9.96%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999437,373 14.27%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999608,244 19.84%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999413,928 13.5%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999391,123 12.76%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999130,492 4.26%2.2%
$200,000 or more132,837 4.33%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)55,146  41,994


The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.