Full Description
To fully understand New Jersey in the 2020s and beyond, it is crucial to understand its ever-changing population. This book examines the twenty-first century demographic trends that are reshaping the state now and will continue to do so in the future. But trend analysis requires a deep historical context. Present-day New Jersey is the result of a long demographic and economic journey that has taken place over centuries, constantly influenced by national and global forces. This book provides a detailed examination of this journey. The result is present-day New Jersey.
The authors also highlight key trends that will continue to transform the state: domestic migration out of the state and immigration into it; increasing diversity; slower overall population growth; contracting fertility; the household revolution and changing living arrangements; generational disruptions; and suburbanization versus re-urbanization. All of these factors help place in context the result of the 2020 decennial U.S. Census.
While the book focuses on New Jersey, the Garden State is a template of demographic, economic, social, and other forces characterizing the United States in the twenty-first century.
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
1 Overview and Summary: A State of Unrelenting Change
2 New Jersey Population from the Colonial Period to the Early Republic
3 The Long-Term Decennial Growth Picture
4 The People of New Jersey: Long-Term Diversity in Racial, Ethnic, and National Origin
5 Population, Geography, and the "Big Six" Cities
6 Components of Population Change
7 The Generational Framework
8 The Baby Boom Generation's Enduring Legacy
9 Generations X, Y, Z, and Alpha
10 Generations and Age-Structure Transformations
11 The Great Household Revolution
12 Demographics and Income
13 Recent Dynamics and the Future
Appendix A: Population by County in New Jersey in the Colonial Era (1726, 1738, 1745, 1772, and 1784) and as a State (1790-2018)
Appendix B: The Business Cycle and Demographics
Appendix C: Historic Black Population, "Great Migration," and "Reverse Great Migration" Nationwide and in New Jersey
Appendix D: The Demographics of New Jersey Residential Housing
Appendix E: New Jersey Population Density and Urban and Metropolitan Residence
Notes
References
Index
