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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: NJ leads nation in income, Italians | ||||
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| JerseyTerp | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 10:49 AM |    | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Sep. 00  | STAR-LEDGER -- New Jersey residents are wealthier and better educated than the nation as a whole, but they shoulder some of the highest housing costs in the country and endure some of the longest commutes to work, according to Census 2000 data released today. According to the survey, New Jersey's median household income was $54,226 last year, highest in the nation. That figure was just ahead of Connecticut, Alaska, Maryland and Hawaii, and well above the national median household income of $41,343. It also represented a big increase from 1990, when New Jersey households earned $40,927. The data also showed that more than 21 percent of households earned at least $100,000. The data also showed New Jersey women with the highest median earnings in the nation -- $25,119. This was 32 percent higher than the national average, but still about 51 percent less than what New Jersey men earned. At the same time, the New Jersey had a poverty rate of 8.2 percent, the fourth lowest in the nation. The national poverty rate was 12.5 percent. But as New Jersey residents prospered, they faced high costs for rents and the purchase of their homes. The median rent in 2000, the survey found, was $763 a month, the third highest in the nation and 25 percent above the national average. The median value of a home in New Jersey last year was $171,988 -- the fourth highest in the country, and 43 percent higher than the national average. The average monthly mortgage payment for New Jersey homeowners, the census said, was $1,788. As for education, New Jersey was also near the top of the list. The state ranked fifth in the United States in the percentage of residents with bachelor's degrees or higher educational attainment. The data showed that 31.1 percent of New Jersey's residents, or about 1.7 million people, had at least a four-year college education. Nationally, 25 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher. But for all the smarts and big incomes, New Jersey residents could not find a way to avoid long journeys to and from the workplace. The average commute in New Jersey was 27.9 minutes -- the third longest in the nation, behind New York (30.3 minutes) and Maryland (28.1 minutes.) The data also highlight a significant trend in New Jersey's makeup, the foreign-born residents who have been a major force in the state's population growth during the past decade. The foreign-born population accounted for almost 1.5 million of the state's residents, nearly 18 percent, in 2000. Only California (26 percent) and New York (20 percent) had a higher percentage of residents born on foreign soil. Although the new immigrants have come from Asia and Latin America, the leading ancestry group in New Jersey continues to be Italian. The Irish surpassed the Germans as the state's second leading ancestry group by 2000, the report said. This message was edited by JerseyTerp on 8-6-01 @ 12:45 PM | ||||
| Sloatsburgh | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 11:21 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Why would a state be proud to lead the country in people of Italian decent? 220, 221, whatever it takes. Showering Carmine with paternal love. | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 11:22 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: I think the paper is a little off, the reason why we have the most income per house is because we have like 8 Spanish people per household who all have a job and carpool in the same Toyota. | ||||
| Corpsegrinderjunk | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 11:23 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Aug. 00 | Big fucking deal..Did they also mention that people make that much money because you can get into NJ for free, but you gotta pay to get the fuck out...Is NJ also the smelliest state on the map?? Why fucking bother "Think before you write" - Froy E-Mail Me | ||||
| LilGothChick | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 7:01 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Yeah, but they don't need to tell us that. Does anyone else here live in Jersey City? Does it smell like somewhat used Kitty Litter to you, too?  You've been a very...bad...webcam. Proud graduate of the FollowThisLogic adoption agency. >^..^< | ||||
| Nana's Precious | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 7:29 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | quote: boy there's a friggin' revelation, i.e. Ocean County. It's like "Little effing Italy". Ocean County has more last names ending in a vowel than Vanna White would know what to do with.  "what, I thought we were all just having fun..." guardian of f_tarded | ||||
| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 7:43 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | Looks like people have a problem with Italians AOL/AIM - oanda1027fm | ||||
| NJ Panther | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 7:55 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: I always did wonder what that smell reminded me of.....lol  "It's soooo cool to meet ya Anthony....(drunkin slurr) I've been a fan since Boston....(more drunkin slurr) I love your skits man..... I'm a big fan" Uhhhhh...Buttplug? | ||||
| I Rooned It | posted on 08-06-2001 @ 11:24 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | Tequilla, I'm Italian and I have a problem with them! ;) Of course us NJ residents have the highest median income, how else are we going to afford the ridiculously high auto insurance. Something that NJ is also tops in. You Give Me Head, It Makes it Worse. Take out Your Fucking Retainer, put it in Your Purse. ---Jello Biafra | ||||
| WoundedAngel Absolutely spectacular, and 1337 as hell. | posted on 08-07-2001 @ 1:30 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | I actually saw this same report on UPN 9 news tonight (channel flipping...I hate UPN). It does have the highest income but is also quite expensive to live in. Connecticut is in second place. And Jersey does smell like a horse's ass. | ||||
| Nana's Precious | posted on 08-07-2001 @ 9:40 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | quote: that's in North Jersey, and that's the smell wafting over from New York. Oh I forgot how aromatic "The Big Apple" is..... "what, I thought we were all just having fun..." guardian of f_tarded | ||||
| Doc Smith I Love Anthony Zinni | posted on 08-07-2001 @ 10:02 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | You get used to the smell after a few weeks, I bet we'd all miss it if it was gone. Highest cost-of-living, highest income...I guess that makes some kind of sense, right?  We're all here Because we're not all there tonight | ||||
| JerseyTerp | posted on 08-07-2001 @ 10:16 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Sep. 00 | The only parts of NJ that stink are along the Turnpike and the area outside of Philly. | ||||
This status is sponsored by: P®oJë©T M@¥hέm I Mod VG's ass! | posted on 08-07-2001 @ 10:20 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote:maybe, but has anyone ever driven thru Illinios?...damn, talk about some funky smells...  Professional Slacker I should get paid for this crap... | ||||
| Shelle Bink True star of the celebrity softball game: the redhead in section 101. | posted on 08-07-2001 @ 1:48 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | quote: You're going a lil fast for me....  | ||||
| WoundedAngel Absolutely spectacular, and 1337 as hell. | posted on 08-07-2001 @ 6:36 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: That must explain why people actually live there.  | ||||
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