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By Job Gal | July 9, 2008
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. It is bordered by New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania and the Atlantic Ocean. The state’s name comes from Jersey, the largest English Channel Island, and Trenton serves as the state capital.
The state was granted to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley of Stratton. New Jersey was an important site during the American Revolutionary War, and several battles were fought there. In 1921, New Jersey was home to the first Miss America Pageant, the first drive-in movie was shown in 1933 in Camden and in 1927 the Holland Tunnel opened.
New Jersey has a unique location, and some of its boundaries lie within the metropolitan areas of New York and Philadelphia, which has helped increased the state’s population. The state is sometimes referred to as the center of the BosWash megalopolis, between Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
New Jersey’s Job Market
The Bureau of Economic Analysis states New Jersey’s total state product in 2006 was $434 billion. Nine of New Jersey’s counties are considered among the nation’s 100 wealthiest. The state’s agricultural outputs include: nursery stock, horses, vegetables, fruits and nuts, seafood and dairy products.
The state’s fastest growing industries include: pharmaceuticals, chemical development, telecommunications, food processing, electric equipment, printing, publishing and tourism.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 30 minutes
New Jersey unemployment rate: 5 percent
National unemployment rate: 5.5 percent
New Jersey’s Largest Employers
Johnson & Johnson
1 Johnson & Johnson Plaza
New Brunswick, NJ 08933
Medco Health Solutions
100 Parsons Pond Dr.
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
Honeywell International
101 Columbia Rd.
Morris Township, NJ 07962
Prudential Financial
751 Broad St.
Newark, NJ 07102
Merck
1 Merck Dr.
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
Wyeth
5 Giralda Farms
Madison, NJ 07940
Chubb
15 Mountain View Rd.
Warren, NJ 07061
Toys ‘R’ Us
1 Geoffrey Way
Wayne, NJ 07470
Public Service Enterprise Group
80 Park Plaza
Newark, NJ 07102
Schering-Plough
2000 Galloping Hill Rd.
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
nj.com
Newjerseyjobs
New Jersey Department of Personnel
New Jersey Government Job Search
job-hunt
Surrounding Area Job Search
Trenton, NJ.
Somerset, NJ.
Madison, NJ.
Clinton, NJ.
Freehold, NJ.
Verona, NJ.
Union, NJ.
Warren, NJ.
Clifton, NJ.
Randolph, NJ.
Continuing Education
Princeton University
Rutgers
Stevens Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Montclair State University
Discovering New Jersey
Atlantic City
Wetlands Institute and Museum
Old Barracks Museum
New Jersey State Fair
New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Nets
New Jersey Statistics
Population
Total population: 8,724,560
Persons under five-years old: 6.4 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 23.9 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 12.9 percent
Female: 51.1 percent
White: 76.4 percent
Black: 14.5 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .3 percent
Asian: 7.4 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .1 percent
Multi-racial: 1.3 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 15.6 percent
Non-Hispanic white: 62.6 percent
Education
High school graduates: 82.1 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 29.8 percent
Housing
Housing units: 3,472,643
Homeownership rate: 65.5 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 36.1 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $170,800
Households: 3,064,645
Persons per household: 2.68
Income
Median household income: $57,338
Per capita income: $27,006
Persons below poverty: 8.4 percent
Transportation
Airports: Newark Liberty International, Atlantic City International, Trenton-Mercer
Railroads: Amtrak, SEPTA, AirTran Newark
Public mass transit: New Jersey Transit, PATH, PATCO, Coach USA, Greyhound
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 46 inches
Average low temp. in January: 28 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 80 degrees
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