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-- New Jersey: Fast facts
-- People
* Population 2018 estimate- 9,032,872 * Population 2010 Census- 8,791,894 * Population % change 2010 to 2017- 2.4% * Persons 65 years and over % 2015- 15% * Median Age 2015 estimate- 39.6 years * Net change persons moving in or to other states 2010-2015- -270,000 * International immigration 2010-2015- +270,306 * Net population change 2010-2015- +173,618 * White alone % 2015- 67.7% * Black or African American alone % 2015- 13,4% * Hispanic or Latino (of any race) % 2015- 19.7% * Asian alone % 2015- 10.4% * Foreign born persons 2009-2015 4-year estimate %- 21.5% * Persons per square mile 2010- 1,195.587 * US Census Bureau -- Education
* High school graduation rate 2015- 89.7% * Public school enrollment 2015-2016- 1,372,755 * Charter school enrollment 2015-2016- 41,620 * Bachelor's degree or higher % persons age 25+, 2009-2013- 35.8% * Number of full-time classroom teachers 2013-2014- 113,818 * Median salaries administrators & supervisors 2015-2016- $138,925 * Median salaries principals 2015-2016- $121,667 * Median salaries classroom teachers 2015-2016- $65,170 * Number of public schools 2015-2016- 2,522 * Number of charter schools 2015-2016- 89 * Number of elementary schools 2015-2016- 1,948 * Number of secondary schools 2015-2016- 482 * Total number of school districts 2015-2016- 599 * Total state aid to K-12 school districts 2015-2016- $7.9 billion * New Jersey Department of Education * US Census Bureau -- Income, economy * Median household income 5-year estimate 2012-2016- $73,702 * Households with income $100,000 or more 2016- 1,087,253 * Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars) 2009-2013- $36,027 * Persons below poverty level % 2009-2013- 10.4% * Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013- $327,100 * Private nonfarm establishments, 2013- 230,281 * Private nonfarm employment 2013- 3,492,216 * Non-employer establishments 2013- 629,395 * US Census Bureau -- Health * Death rate age adjusted 1999-2014- 665.7 per 100,000 standardized population * Smokers 2014- 15.7% * Obesity 2014- 26.3% * Infant mortality 2014- 4.8 deaths per 1,000 live births * Cancer deaths 2014- 185.5 deaths per 100,000 population * Cardiovascular deaths 2014- 246.8 deaths per 100,000 population * Drug deaths 2013-2014- 11.6 deaths per 100,000 population * Total professionally active physicians 2016- 28,464 * New Jersey State Health Assessment Data, New Jersey Department of Health * America's Health Rankings, United Health Foundation * State Health Facts, Kaiser Family Foundation -- Geography * Land area - 7,354.22 square miles * Highest elevation- 1,803 feet at High Point in Sussex County * Longitude: 73° 53' 39"W to 75° 35'W * Latitude: 38° 55'N to 41° 21' 23"N * Length and Width- 150 miles long and 70 miles wide * Largest county in area- Burlington (805 square miles) * Smallest county in area- Hudson (46.19 square miles) * Distance from Newark to Rome, Italy- 4,303.7 miles * Distance from Jersey City to North Pole- 3,408 miles * Driving distance from Newark to Los Angeles- 2,779.12 miles * Geographic center of state- Jackson in Ocean County (5 miles southeast of Trenton) * US Bureau of Transportation Statistics -- Transportation * Total daily vehicle miles traveled 2014- 74,856,000 * Public road mileage 2013- 39,293 * Traffic fatalities 2014- 556 (pedestrian 168; motorcycle 62; cyclist 11) * Maximum number of NJ Transit buses on road at any given time on weekdays- 1,867 (Saturdays- 683; Sundays- 541) * Licensed drivers 2013- 6,081,386 * Licensed drivers per 1,000 of resident driving age population- 855 * Motor vehicle registrations 2010- 6,628,080 total (3,971,896 cars; 24,188 public and private buses; 2,631,996 trucks; 326,874 motorcycles) * New Jersey Department of Transportation * Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Transportation . |
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