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New Jersey

What Stands Out

  • •Median household income: $112.1K.
  • •Median home value: $484.3K.
  • •Poverty rate: 9.6%.

Spotlight: Economy

Snapshot highlights for New Jersey.

Income
3/50
Home values
10/50
Poverty rate
45/50

State Basics

State Code
NJ
Population
9.3M
Counties
21
Land Area
7.4K sq mi
Capital
Trenton
Largest City
Newark
Time Zone
Eastern Time (ET)

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey CityPhiladelphia-Camden-WilmingtonAllentown-Bethlehem-EastonTrenton-PrincetonAtlantic City-HammontonVineland

Data accuracy & methodology

This report uses 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates and state-level geography. Some measures (especially for smaller subgroups) can be noisy; treat small differences as statistical noise rather than precise changes.