FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 279 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 4.7 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 109 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF NEW JERSEY
POPULATION: 7,736,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 8,546,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 4.80%
POPULATION DENSITY: 1,033.9 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.7
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 100.0%
MARRIAGE RATE: 7.9 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 3.5 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 14.8 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 9.4% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 23.5% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 23.7%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 13.1%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 74 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 70.5 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.4 years
DEATH RATE: 9.4 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 14.4%
JEWISH POPULATION: 5.4%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.5%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 7.6%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 14.1%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 214,000
.EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,006 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $7,571 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 15.7 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $32,300 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $33,900 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 294,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 42,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 160,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 147,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $5,477 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,458 per student
.HEALTH IN NEW JERSEY
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $249 average
PHYSICIANS: 234 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 69 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 6.9 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.6 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.4 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 9.9 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 18.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 8 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 672 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 7,430 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 1,741 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 28.9 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 4,609
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 29.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 224.2 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 361.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 5.3 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 13.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 28.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 7.6 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF NEW JERSEY
OFFICIAL NAME: State of New Jersey
ADMITTED TO UNION: Dec. 18, 1787
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 3rd
CAPITAL: Trenton
MOTTO: Liberty and Prosperity
SONG: None
SYMBOLS: Animal--Horse; Bird--Eastern goldfinch; Flower--Common meadow violet; Insect--Honeybee; Tree--Northern red oak
FLAG: The state coat of arms on a buff field
GOVERNOR: James J. Florio (D)
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 52.2% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 16
SENATORS: Bill Bradley (D) 1990, Frank R. Lautenberg (D) 1994
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 14
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: 16 or younger with judicial consent
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $3 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,901 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $2,465 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,106 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $4,984 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 74,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 15.6% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 5.2% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 4.6% of population
.CRIME IN NEW JERSEY
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 5,295 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 583 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 5.3 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 34 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 245 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 299 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,713 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 980 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 2,838 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 894 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 16,936 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 219 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 39.1 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 323 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF NEW JERSEY
INCOME PER CAPITA: $21,994
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $18,615
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $154,765 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $952 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $98 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $7,591 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $30,529 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $16,242 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $13,478 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $13,862 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $28,706 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $27,870 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $15,438 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $5,954 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $3,359 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 2,777 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 43 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 9,788 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 63.4% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 55.9% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 3.8% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 24.8% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 46,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $1,450 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 2.2%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $42,484 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -10.5%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 11.8% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $20,805
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 50.5%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $214 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 40.2 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 14.6 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 4
.AGRICULTURE OF NEW JERSEY
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Greenhouse, dairy products, eggs, blueberries (50% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Peaches, hay, soybeans, corn
LAND IN FARMS: 1,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 380,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 8,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 106 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -2.4%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $7,241 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $364 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 92.9%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 472 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 59 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 7,242 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 102 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 241 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.17 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 264 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 44 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 888 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 185 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 3,616 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 32 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 1,365 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 39 bushels per acre
CATTLE AND CALVES: 70 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 30 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 14 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN NEW JERSEY
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 393 miles; 632 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 1,679 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 731.3 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 14.3 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 654 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 8 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 51%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 37
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 35
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 28
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 5
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 5
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 23
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.22 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN NEW JERSEY
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: State of New Jersey, Division of Travel and Tourism, 20 West State Street, CN 826, Trenton, 08625, (609) 292-2470, (800) JER-SEY7
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Trenton--State Capitol, Old Barracks (1758); Atlantic City--sea resort, casinos, nightclub entertainment; Edison National Historic Site (Thomas A.); Morristown--National Historical Park and Museum; Smithville--restored 19th century village; Princeton--Nassau Hall; Trenton--Six Flags Great Adventure, "The Jersey Shore," Gardener's Basin--historic fishing village and aquarium museum; Cape May--unique Victorian resort city; ski areas, amusement parks.
