| New Jersey |
 |
|
| Labor
Market |
Mar 07 |
Jan 08 |
Feb 08 |
Mar 08 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Unemployment
Rate (%) |
4.3 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
-- |
-- |
|
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) |
4,067.2 |
4,074.0 |
4,071.9 |
4,072.9 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Mfg.
Employment (1,000) |
314.6 |
309.7 |
308.7 |
308.3 |
-0.1 |
-2.0 |
| Mfg.
Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) |
16.84 |
17.76 |
17.85 |
18.06 |
1.2 |
7.2 |
| Economic
Activity |
Mar 07 |
Jan 08 |
Feb 08 |
Mar 08 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Housing
Permits |
1,734 |
1,488 |
1,230 |
2,002 |
-- |
15.5 |
| Per-Capita
Income ($) |
1996
30,470
|
2003
39,844
|
2004
41,872
|
2005
43,598
|
2006
46,763
|
-- |
| Med.
Household Income ($) |
2002-04
64,169 |
2003-05
61,962 |
2004-06
60,533
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gross
Domestic Product (millions$) |
2002
372,754
|
2003
389,077
|
2004
409,156
|
2005
427,654
|
2006
453,177
|
-- |
| Total
Exports (1,000$) |
2003
16,817,673
|
2004
19,192,131
|
2005
21,080,305
|
2006
27,001,735
|
2007
30,462,504
|
12.8 |
| Government
Spending |
Fiscal
03 |
Fiscal
04 |
Fiscal
05 |
Fiscal
06 |
-- |
-- |
| Fed.
Spending (millions$) |
53,679 |
55,264 |
58,617 |
61,267 |
-- |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Spending ($) |
6,214 |
6,353 |
6,771 |
7,070 |
-- |
-- |
| Total
Tax Burden (millions$) |
73,427 |
77,593 |
86,112 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Tax Burden ($) |
8,500 |
8,920 |
9,947 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Return
on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) |
0.65 |
0.63 |
0.65 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Demographics |
1980 |
1997 |
2006 |
2007 |
Annual
%Change |
Decade
%Change |
| Population
(1,000) |
7,365 |
8,054 |
8,666 |
8,686 |
0.2 |
7.8 |
| Poverty
Rate (%) |
2002-04
8.2 |
2003-05
7.8 |
2004-06
7.9 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Educational
Attainment
Census 2000 (%) |
High
School |
Bachelor
Degree |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 82.1 |
29.8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Groups |
0-17 |
18-24 |
25-64 |
65+ |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (total, 2006) |
2,089,338 |
763,949 |
4,743,531 |
1,127,742 |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (%, 2006) |
23.95 |
8.76 |
54.37 |
12.93 |
-- |
-- |
| |
NA=Not yet available.
U.S.
Census Bureau State Profile of New Jersey
Bureau
of Economic Analysis Data on New Jersey
New Jersey Manufacturing
Profile
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