Description
Book SynopsisTo 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.
Trade Review"Labor Force Challenges: An Intense and Growing Concern," by Michael G. McGuinness— Real Estate NJ
"This book is an eye-opener into the powerful economic and demographic forces that are transforming the advanced world and its cities. Drawing upon more than a century of research at the Rutgers Center for Urban Policy Research, Jim Hughes and David Listokin provide a deep dive into way these forces have shaped and reshaped New Jersey. From great battles of Colonial times to the Industrial Revolution and the world-changing inventions of Thomas Edison to mass suburbanization, deindustrialization, immigration, urban decline and the remaking of its older cities, and its signature contributions to popular culture from Frank Sinatra to Bruce Springsteen, and much more, this book shows how New Jersey is a great bellwether of change for America and the world."— Richard Florida, Author of The Rise of the Creative Class and The New Urban Crisis
Table of ContentsPreface 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
