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Profile - New Jersey
  • Capital: Trenton.
  • Population:  8,724,560 (2006 est.).
  • Labor Force: 4,518,035 (2006 Labor Force).
  • Unemployment Rate: 4.6% (2006).
  • New Jersey is ranked #1 in Median Household Income with $61,672 (2005).
  • New Jersey’s Gross Domestic Product was $431.0 Billion. (2005)
  • New Jersey is home to 24 Fortune 500 companies.
  • Agricultural Products: corn, tomatoes, peaches, lettuce.
  • Major Industries: logistics, financial services, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and healthcare services, communications, information technologies, environmental protection, science and technology-related (such as nanotechnologies and stem-cell research), chemicals, agribusiness and food products, gaming and tourism.
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