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-- New Jersey: Fast facts
1737 census of colony of New Jersey Image: NJ State Archives
-- People
* Estimated Population December 2024- 9,500,851 * Population 2020 Census- 9,288,994 * Population 2010 Census- 8,791,894 * Population % change 2010 to 2020- 5.7% * Persons 18 years and over % 2020- 78.4% * Persons under 5 years in age % 2020- 5.8% * Net change persons moving in or to other states 2024 (United Van Lines/U-Haul)- out-of-state departures 51.9% inbound: 48.1%; * Foreign-born individuals 2018- 23% of total population * White alone % 2020- 55% * Black or African American alone % 2020- 13.1% * Hispanic or Latino (of any race) % 2020- 21.6% * Asian alone % 2020- 10.2% * Undocumented immigrants 2023 estimate- 428,000 * Persons per square mile 2020- 1,195.5 * Marriage Rate 5.1 (marriages per 1,000 * Divorce Rate 2.3 (divorces per 1,000 * US Census Bureau * American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau * National Movers Study 2021, United Van Lines * -- Education
* High school graduation rate 2021 Female- 93% * High school graduation rate 2021 Male- 88.3% * High school graduation rate 2014- 88.6% * Public school enrollment 2021- 1,302,139 * Charter school enrollment 2021- 57,453 * Bachelor's degree or higher % persons age 25+, 2009-2013- 35.8% * Number of full-time classroom teachers 2016-2017 - 116,351 * Median salaries district superintendents 2016-2017- $147,500 * Median salaries administrators & supervisors 2016-2017- $113,558 * Median salaries principals 2016-2017- $123,608 * Median salaries classroom teachers 2016-2017- $66,184 * Number of public schools 2022- 2,508 * Number of charter schools 2020-2021- 115 * Number of elementary schools 2023- 2,005 * Number of secondary schools 2023- 503 * Total number of operating school districts 2016-2017- 678 * Total state aid to K-12 school districts 2016-2017- $8.03 billion * New Jersey Department of Education * Educational Attainment in the United States: 2021, US Census Bureau * School Performance Reports 2020-21, New Jersey Department of Education -- Income, economy * Median household income 2023- $91,590 * Average property tax bill 2023- $9,800 * Households with income $100,000 or more 2016- 1,087,253 * Per capita income 2023- $82,103 * Persons below poverty level % 2014-19- 10% * Per capita gross domestic product 2018- $62,263 * 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 * Fortune 500 companies headquarters 2018- 22 * Tax burden 2021 Total 10.11% (6th highest of 50 states); Property Tax 4.98% (4th highest); Income 2.54% (20th highest); Sales & Excise 2.59% (43rd highest) * US Census Bureau -- Health * Births 2020- 97,954 * Death rate 2020- 1,080.8 per 100,000 standardized population * Marriage rate per 1,000 total population 2020- 7.8 * Smokers per total population 2022- 13.1% * 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 key health indicators * Fertility Rate 58.7 (births per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age) * Teen Birth Rate 8.2 (births per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age) * Infant Mortality Rate 3.57 (infant deaths per 1,000 live births)² * Life Expectancy (at Birth) 79.0 years (2021) * Leading Cause of Death Heart Disease * Drug Overdose Death Rate 31.6 (per 100,000)¹ * Firearm Injury Death Rate 5.0 (per 100,000)¹ * Homicide Rate 3.8 (per 100,000)¹ * 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 2023- 78,229,836 * Public road mileage 2023-38,784 * Traffic fatalities 2023- 606 (pedestrian 177) * Deadliest highways 2018- Garden State Parkway 25 fatalities; NJ Turnpike 21; I-80 16; Route 1 15; * Maximum number of NJ Transit buses on road at any given time on weekdays- 1,867 (Saturdays- 683; Sundays- 541) * Licensed drivers 2021- 6,461,960 * Motor vehicle registrations 2021- 2.53 million (total cars; public and private buses; trucks; motorcycles) * Newark Liberty Airport passenger enplanements 2023 - 49.1 million * New Jersey Department of Transportation * Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Transportation . New Jersey Firsts -
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