New Jersey

2024 population: 9,500,851 ( 211,837 from 2020)
Land area: 7354.7 square miles
Population density: 1291.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	4,826,932	50.81%	3.2%
Black:	1,228,238	12.93%	2.0%
Indian:	14,370	0.15%	2.7%
Asian:	1,038,779	10.93%	11.3%
2+ races:	163,071	1.72%	10.1%
Hispanic:	2,229,461	23.47%	11.4%

Total non-White:	4,673,919	49.19%	8.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	429,061	11.5
Deaths:	353,072	9.5
Net Migration:	-192,209	-5.2
Net Immigration:	327,188	8.8

Change in White population:	-160,851	-1.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	372,688	4.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
9,289,014
4,987,783	53.70%
1,203,790	12.96%
13,994	0.15%
933,172	10.05%
148,090	1.59%
2,002,185	21.55%
4,301,231	46.30%

2010
8,791,894
5,214,878	59.31%
1,125,401	12.80%
12,227	0.14%
721,790	8.21%
134,844	1.53%
1,555,144	17.69%
3,577,016	40.69%

2000
8,414,350
5,557,209	66.04%
1,096,171	13.03%
11,338	0.13%
479,187	5.69%
133,689	1.59%
1,117,191	13.28%
2,857,141	33.96%

1990
7,730,188
5,734,566	74.18%
989,946	12.81%
12,638	0.16%
272,694	3.53%
n/a
720,344	9.32%
1,995,622	25.82%

1980
7,364,823
5,840,229	79.30%
906,931	12.31%
6,362	0.09%
109,383	1.49%
n/a
494,096	6.71%
1,524,594	20.70%

1970
7,168,164
6,229,385	86.90%
755,672	10.54%
4,617	0.06%
22,891	0.32%
n/a
135,676	1.89%
938,779	13.10%

Decade:

Components:

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Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
952,425	10.8
669,805	7.6
-491,174	-5.6
298,681	3.4

-227,095	-2.6
724,215	8.2

Number	Rate
2000's
1,038,937	12.3
664,523	7.9
-459,803	-5.5
399,803	4.8

-342,331	-4.1
719,875	8.6

Number	Rate
1990's
1,165,759	15.1
728,234	9.4
-395,066	-5.1
420,675	5.4

-177,357	-2.3
861,519	11.1

Number	Rate
1980's
1,062,979	14.4
698,533	9.5
62,182	0.8
n/a

-105,663	-1.4
471,028	6.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-236,330	-3.3
n/a

-389,156	-5.4
585,815	8.2

Age, Family & Household Data for New Jersey

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2022
Number	Percent
40.0
2,015,561	21.2%
7,485,290	78.8%
1,532,614	16.1%

3,438,162
2.64

2,340,500	68.1%
1,732,602	74.0%
201,358	8.6%
1,097,662	31.9%

2010
Number	Percent
39.0
2,065,214	23.5%
6,726,680	76.5%
1,185,993	13.5%

3,214,360
2.68

2,226,606	69.3%
1,643,377	73.8%
213,744	9.6%
987,754	30.7%

2000
Number	Percent
36.9
2,081,474	24.7%
6,332,876	75.3%
1,113,035	13.2%

3,065,774
2.68

2,167,577	70.7%
1,668,616	77.0%
190,444	8.8%
898,197	29.3%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
1,798,664	23.3%
5,931,524	76.7%
1,030,227	13.3%

2,794,316
2.71

2,037,787	72.9%
1,612,285	79.1%
153,802	7.5%
756,529	27.1%

1980
Number	Percent
32.2
1,992,299	27.1%
5,372,524	72.9%
857,108	11.6%

2,550,290
2.83

1,942,108	76.2%
1,574,350	81.1%
168,576	8.7%
608,182	23.8%

2022 Housing Data for New Jersey

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	139,920	4.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	102,608	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	87,205	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	98,271	2.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	99,146	2.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	97,852	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	95,553	2.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	90,878	2.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	94,833	2.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	186,538	5.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	269,005	7.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	397,730	11.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	344,997	10.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	275,338	8.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	396,837	11.5%
$200,000 or more	661,451	19.2%

Median Household Income	97,126
Per Capita Income	50,995

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	108

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	153,528	4.5%
Public Assistance	76,770	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	327,099	9.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,373,097	72.6%
Unemployed	214,702	4.6%
In Armed Forces	9,120	0.2%

Total Labor Force	3,596,919	77.4%
Not in Labor Force	1,047,666	22.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,765,725	1,455,129	54.8%
Non-Profit	126,557	217,420	36.8%
Self-Employed	256,312	144,972	63.9%

Local Government	153,962	228,430	40.3%
State Government	81,100	102,105	44.3%
Federal Government	50,476	30,559	62.3%

Total Private + Self	2,022,037	1,600,101	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	412,095	578,514	41.6%
Total	2,434,132	2,178,615	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	14.0%
Pct. Private + Self	78.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	892,796	19.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	956,764	20.7%
Professional, Technical	1,229,467	26.6%
Service Occupations	689,989	14.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,665	0.1%
All others	850,353	18.4%

White Collar		66.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	629,933	13.6%
Retail trade	493,896	10.7%
Educational services	480,811	10.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	458,952	9.9%
Manufacturing	374,370	8.1%
Finance and insurance	309,956	6.7%
Construction	283,254	6.1%
Transportation and warehousing	266,345	5.8%
Accommodation and food services	243,777	5.3%
Public administration	200,934	4.3%
Other services	193,661	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	182,436	3.9%
Wholesale trade	143,165	3.1%
Information	118,195	2.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	95,634	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	87,307	1.9%
Utilities	34,793	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	12,144	0.3%
Management	7,706	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,100	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	225,832	2.44%
Puerto Rican	479,304	5.18%
Cuban	95,340	1.03%
Dominican	355,167	3.84%

Total Central American	250,600	2.71%
Costa Rican	23,222	0.25%
Guatemalan	72,199	0.78%
Honduran	54,308	0.59%
Nicaraguan	10,621	0.11%
Panamanian	8,420	0.09%
Salvadoran	81,142	0.88%
Other Central American	688	0.01%

Total South American	442,651	4.79%
Argentinean	18,879	0.20%
Bolivian	5,536	0.06%
Chilean	10,755	0.12%
Colombian	141,159	1.53%
Ecuadorian	148,122	1.60%
Paraguayan	2,638	0.03%
Peruvian	86,844	0.94%
Uruguayan	10,064	0.11%
Venezuelan	16,608	0.18%
Other South American	2,046	0.02%

Other Hispanic	114,529	1.24%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	411,625	4.45%
Chinese	151,652	1.64%
Filipino	118,788	1.28%
Korean	98,480	1.06%
Vietnamese	21,678	0.23%
Japanese	13,263	0.14%
Bangladeshi	10,580	0.11%
Taiwanese	8,971	0.10%
Thai	3,303	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,918,814	67.8%
Spanish	1,447,246	16.6%
Other Indo-European	477,051	5.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	148,093	1.7%
Other Asian	135,153	1.5%
Chinese	124,855	1.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	96,079	1.1%
Other	94,205	1.1%
Tagalog	79,369	0.9%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Italian	1,321,850	14.3%
Irish	1,154,951	12.5%
German	841,689	9.1%
Polish	460,268	5.0%
English	450,235	4.9%
American	307,664	3.3%
Russian	144,872	1.6%
French	90,310	1.0%
Hungarian	87,257	0.9%
Scottish	82,032	0.9%
European	78,537	0.8%
Portuguese	76,844	0.8%
Haitian	71,444	0.8%
Dutch	71,192	0.8%
Jamaican	69,540	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	8,341,988	90.2%
Not a citizen	907,075	9.8%

Native	7,103,808	76.8%
Foreign-born	2,145,255	23.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
296,729	4.6%	305,012	4.7%	1,674,625	26.1%	1,435,069	22.3%	1,636,308	25.5%	1,079,260	16.8%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	296,729	4.6%
9-12 Years	305,012	4.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,674,625	26.1%
Some College	1,435,069	22.3%
Bach. Degree	1,636,308	25.5%
Grad Degree	1,079,260	16.8%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	4,060,424	3,854,684	205,740	5.1%
1991	4,063,475	3,787,557	275,918	6.8%
1992	4,058,435	3,713,448	344,987	8.5%
1993	4,026,185	3,713,811	312,374	7.8%
1994	4,067,792	3,790,024	277,768	6.8%
1995	4,115,291	3,851,227	264,064	6.4%
1996	4,183,879	3,927,351	256,528	6.1%
1997	4,248,548	4,022,817	225,731	5.3%
1998	4,234,810	4,040,643	194,167	4.6%
1999	4,283,140	4,094,545	188,595	4.4%

2000	4,287,640	4,130,824	156,816	3.7%
2001	4,294,366	4,112,095	182,271	4.2%
2002	4,345,276	4,094,390	250,886	5.8%
2003	4,344,387	4,091,466	252,921	5.8%
2004	4,348,047	4,134,064	213,983	4.9%
2005	4,387,305	4,192,398	194,907	4.4%
2006	4,436,646	4,231,847	204,799	4.6%
2007	4,436,094	4,248,982	187,112	4.2%
2008	4,495,940	4,251,458	244,482	5.4%
2009	4,540,306	4,133,369	406,937	9.0%

2010	4,559,779	4,118,982	440,797	9.7%
2011	4,561,785	4,134,708	427,077	9.4%
2012	4,576,285	4,147,221	429,064	9.4%
2013	4,528,018	4,147,660	380,358	8.4%
2014	4,493,894	4,191,317	302,577	6.7%
2015	4,494,606	4,237,875	256,731	5.7%
2016	4,492,823	4,271,201	221,622	4.9%
2017	4,476,131	4,274,099	202,032	4.5%
2018	4,455,436	4,278,272	177,164	4.0%
2019	4,522,177	4,367,250	154,927	3.4%

2020	4,495,167	4,055,261	439,906	9.8%
2021	4,666,113	4,357,219	308,894	6.6%
2022	4,739,807	4,564,114	175,693	3.7%
2023	4,829,673	4,615,724	213,949	4.4%
2024	4,898,011	4,676,066	221,945	4.5%

Migration Data for New Jersey

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
New York	669,453
Pennsylvania	261,719
Florida	170,222
California	81,997
Texas	64,769
North Carolina	54,242
Maryland	51,912
Virginia	50,719
Massachusetts	40,448
Georgia	39,484
Connecticut	37,000
Illinois	29,174
Delaware	23,790
South Carolina	23,505
Ohio	21,405

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
New York	449,737
Florida	322,325
Pennsylvania	310,388
California	118,578
Texas	110,092
North Carolina	109,117
Virginia	73,907
Georgia	69,684
Maryland	64,631
South Carolina	54,634
Massachusetts	50,846
Delaware	40,227
Connecticut	38,272
Illinois	31,802
Ohio	28,444

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,756,340
Median Value	$401,400

Occupied	3,438,162	91.5%
Vacant	318,178	8.5%

Owned	2,195,831	63.9%
Rented	1,242,331	36.1%
Median Rent	$1,577

Single-Family Units	2,360,170	62.8%
Detached	1,988,022	52.9%
Attached	372,148	9.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	800,836	21.3%
Mobile Homes	34,816	0.9%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for New Jersey

2022 Housing Data for New Jersey

2022 Income & Employment Data for New Jersey

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for New Jersey

2022 Educational Attainment Data for New Jersey

Historical Labor Force Data for New Jersey

Migration Data for New Jersey

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