| New Jersey |
 |
|
| Labor
Market |
May 08 |
Mar 09 |
Apr 09 |
May 09 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Unemployment
Rate (%) |
5.1 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
8.8 |
-- |
-- |
|
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) |
4,070.2 |
3,960.0 |
3,941.3 |
3,935.1 |
-0.2 |
-3.3 |
| Mfg.
Employment (1,000) |
301.9 |
273.2 |
271.4 |
271.7 |
0.1 |
-10.0 |
| Mfg.
Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) |
17.79 |
18.50 |
18.60 |
18.48 |
-0.6 |
3.9 |
| Economic
Activity |
May 08 |
Mar 09 |
Apr 09 |
May 09 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Housing
Permits |
1,902 |
766 |
824 |
938 |
-- |
-50.7 |
| Per-Capita
Income ($) |
1998
34,115
|
2005
43,651
|
2006
46,813
|
2007
49,511
|
2008
50,919
|
-- |
| Med.
Household Income ($) |
2003-05
63,720 |
2004-06
65,989 |
2005-07
65,933 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gross
Domestic Product (millions$) |
2004
410,096
|
2005
425,455
|
2006
445,738
|
2007
461,295 |
2008
474,936
|
-- |
| Total
Exports (1,000$) |
2004
19,180,346
|
2005
21,107,185
|
2006
27,230,577
|
2007
30,836,469
|
2008
35,478,965
|
15.1 |
| Government
Spending |
Fiscal
03 |
Fiscal
04 |
Fiscal
05 |
Fiscal
06 |
Fiscal
07 |
-- |
| Fed.
Spending (millions$) |
53,679 |
55,264 |
58,617 |
61,267 |
63,972 |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Spending ($) |
6,214 |
6,353 |
6,771 |
7,070 |
7,365 |
-- |
| Total
Tax Burden (millions$) |
73,427 |
77,593 |
86,112 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Tax Burden ($) |
8,500 |
8,920 |
9,947 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Return
on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) |
0.65 |
0.63 |
0.65 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Demographics |
1980 |
1998 |
2007 |
2008 |
Annual
%Change |
Decade
%Change |
| Population
(1,000) |
7,365 |
8,096 |
8,653 |
8,683 |
0.3 |
7.3 |
| Poverty
Rate (%) |
2003-05
7.8 |
2004-06
7.9 |
2005-07
8.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Educational
Attainment
Census 2000 (%) |
High
School |
Bachelor
Degree |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 82.1 |
29.8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Groups |
0-17 |
18-24 |
25-64 |
65+ |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (total, 2007) |
2,089,338 |
763,949 |
4,743,531 |
1,127,742 |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (%, 2007) |
23.95 |
8.76 |
54.37 |
12.93 |
-- |
-- |
| |
NA=Not yet available.
U.S.
Census Bureau State Profile of New Jersey
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of Economic Analysis Data on New Jersey
New Jersey Manufacturing
Profile
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