Trenton Bureau
New Jersey will keep its 12 congressional seats after adding nearly half a million residents in the past decade, according to figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The population growth, amid a national slowdown, seems to puncture the narrative that New Jersey's taxes and high cost of living are driving residents out in droves to states such as Florida and Pennsylvania.
New Jersey's population grew from 8,791,894 in 2010 to 9,288,994 in 2020, according to the Census Bureau, an increase of 5.7%.
Taken every 10 years, the census is used to determine how many of the 435 congressional seats each of the 50 states will receive.