Population Trends in New Jersey / / David Listokin, James W. Hughes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Hughes, James W.,; Listokin, David,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 6 b-w images, 61 tables

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 -- About the Authors