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2000-2006 population of NJ incorporated towns (9 page Excel file) released by Bureau of the Census, June 20, 2006
2000-2006 population of NJ minor civil divisons (listed within counties)
2006 Morris County town populations
County profile, NJ Dept. Labor
Population information:
match your statistics to your project.
Official reports (to state or federal government) or grant applications are best filed with official statistics from US Bureau of the Census or the State Data Center. For unofficial use (marketing study, homework, etc) you may be able to use proprietary data, developed by non-governmental businesses or agencies.
Samples here at the library include the SRDS Lifestyle Market Analyst volume or the CACI "Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics." Online, the American Marketing Assn offers "Free Demographics Services", based on past Censuses. If you are investing money in an enterprise based on proprietary statistics, be sure you know how the numbers were developed and the possibility for error. The best of the private source numbers firms is probably Global Insight (formerly Chase/Wharton, DRI-WEFA, now Global Insight)
MORRIS COUNTY
Begin with the County Planning Board's 2007 State of the County.
POPULATION
Census 2000: (ages, race/ethnicity, household and family size and income, educational level, occupation, housing ownership and costs, commuting time to work, languages spoken at home, degree of disability of the population--available down to sub-town level). See Censusscope for charts, maps, graphs and rankings of Census 2000 data. Also from the Census Bureau: "The American Community Survey is a new nationwide survey designed to
provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. ..." and Subjects A-Z (Aging/elderly population, Asian businesses, Computer Use and Ownership, etc.) See also QuickFind, Morris County, from the Census Bureau.
POST-CENSUS
County age group projections, through 2025, from NJ Dept of Labaor
Countyrace, sex, Hispanic origin, to 2025.
County sex and age projections, to 2025.
NJ Dept of Labor prepares household and population estimates, past Census 2000. Down to county level (only) use FactFinder for recent Census bureau reports. In NJ several of the county planning boards prepare long range population projections. See each county web, look for planning office. Samples: >Somerset and Hunterdon.
VITAL RECORDS
Births and deaths are reported from hospitals to municipal registrars and the state Dept of Health, Center for Public Health Statistics. Within each county, for each town: births, 1998-2004. New Jersey State Health Assessment Data (NJSHAD) is an interactive tool that provides users with customized tables and maps of New Jersey health data.
CONSTRUCTION
The NJ Department of Labor publishes building permit data for the towns of NJ. Reports are by town, and county totals: number of units, single and multifamily, and value of construction.
CRIME
NJ State Police publish the Uniform Crime Report which provides statistics down to the municipal level. The parallel federal report Crime in the US comes from the FBI.
HEALTH
See NJ Communicable Disease statistics and state Center for Health Statistics (includes vitals--birth, death, divorce--risk behavior, injury reporting, etc.) For history, NJ Health Statistics, 1877-2000, a collection of reports.
PETS
Pet licenses issued are reported by municipal health departments to the state Department of Health. US Statistical Abstract, 2007-08, Table 1227 gives national pet ownership figures (dog, cat, bird, horse) for 2001, taken from the American Veterinary Medical Assn US Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook of 2002. (The Association has published ownership surveys every five years [1992, 1997, 2002]. The next edition is expected in 2007.)
Recreation: US Statistical Abstracts (Bureau of the Census) provides information on leisure activities and sports participation.
INCOME
See SRDS Newspapers volume for table for each state: age range of heads of households, income range of households, and major consumer groups (food, automotive, etc.) of household expenditure. The NJ Dept of the Treasury statistics of income, drawn from tax returns, lags by a few years. 2004 is the latest, 2005 will be published in 2007. See also federal income statistics (includes poverty measures). Economic indicators from the state Dept of Labor includes new vehicle registrations, total registrations, employment prospects by areas of employment, hospitality, construction, information payroll, etc. See also the 2004-05 Regional Labor Market Reviews
HOME SALES
Morris County Tax Board reports ownership, last sale price, assessment and property rebate (veteran, widow/er), if any. See SR1As for recent sales only. For sales outside of Morris County, see NJ Assn of Tax Boards. (Note, especially, advanced search choices.) Online, the state Department of the Treasury publishes total sales in towns the past four years, used to determine coefficient of deviation for tax purposes. Class 2 is residential construction. For aggregate value of communities and ratio of assessed:true value of property, see Table of Equalized Valuation, NJ Dept of Treasury.
RELIGION
Under law, the US government cannot ask people about their religions, so the private sector is the source for this data. See Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), but see also
methodology. Significantly for Morris County, Jewish and Islamic bodies and adherents are estimated.
YOUTH
NJ school districts are required by code to prepare five-year enrollment projections of grades K-12 and special education. Ask district administration for latest projection set. These figures will not include charter, private or parochial school figures. The Department of Education posts past enrollments by district and program.
Contact us if you have any questions about NJ data
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