A profile includes four tables that provide various demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics for the states, counties, minor civil divisions in selected states, places, metropolitan areas, American Indian and Alaska Native areas, Hawaiian home lands and congressional districts. It includes 100-percent and sample data from the decennial censuses.

There are four tables in the Demographic Profile, labeled (DP-1 thru DP-4). For Census 2000 data, the DP-1 table is available as part of the Summary File 1, and the other three tables is available as part of the Summary File 3 data set.

News Releases and Data Highlights for:

General Demographic Profile DP1

News Release: Census Data Show New Jersey’s Median Age Highest Ever and Increasing Diversity (New Jersey State Data Center)

State Highlights        County Highlights (New Jersey State Data Center) 

Comparison of selected data characteristics 1990 to 2000 for New Jersey and Counties: Excel 

Article: Census 2000 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for New Jersey (PDF format) This article was first published in New Jersey Economic Indicators , July 2001

News Release:  Census Bureau Delivers New Jersey's Census 2000 Demographic Profile (US Census Bureau)

Demographic Profiles DP2-4

 State Highlights        County Highlights (New Jersey State Data Center)  (Microsoft Word)

 Comparison of selected data characteristics 1990 to 2000 for New Jersey and Counties: (Microsoft Excel )

News Release: Census 2000 Social, Economic and Housing Profiles Released for New Jersey (US Census Bureau)

Note concerning Consumer Price Index (CPI-U-RS) values in the 1990 Demographic Profile, Tables DP-3, footnote 4, and in Table DP-4, footnote 6.

Demographic Profiles for New Jersey Counties:

Profile of General Demographic Characteristics DP 1 for New Jersey and Counties: 1990 and 2000 (includes 1990 - 2000 comparison)

FTP Download New Jersey Profile 1(available in PDF and ASCII) Download the complete set of Census 2000 Demographic Profile 1 for New Jersey, Counties and Municipalities from the US Census Bureau's FTP site.

FTP Download: New Jersey Profiles 1-4(available in PDF anDownload the complete set of Census 2000 Demographic Profile 1 -4 for New Jersey, Counties and Municipalities from the US Census Bureau's FTP site.

Documentation:

Technical Documentation (PDF)

Technical Note on Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Data from the 1990 and 2000 Censuses

Technical Note Interpreting Differences between BLS and Decennial Census Labor Force Estimates (Microsoft Word)

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