Defying expectations, NJ added a half million residents in 2010s
Published: April 26, 2021
The deadline to respond to the 2020 census will be Thursday, Oct. 15. (Michael Symons/Townsquare Media NJ)
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The state had 9,288,994 residents in April 2020, according to the Census Bureau. The increase of 5.7% was the state’s second largest gain since the 1970s, trailing only the 2000s decade.
It was far greater than what the Census Bureau had been projecting. The state’s mid-2020 population had been estimated at 8,882,371, a gain over the prior 10 years of 90,477, or 1%. Growth turned out to be 5.5 times faster, totaling 497,100.
The result could challenge the conventional wisdom that people are fleeing New Jersey.
Defying expectations, NJ added a half million residents in 2010s
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