WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About 66 percent of New
Jersey's voting-age citizens cast a ballot in the 2004 general election,
slightly above the national rate of 64 percent. As one of the 24 states
holding "Super Tuesday" presidential primaries or caucuses on Feb. 5, New
Jersey's 2007 population of 8.7 million has a higher median household
income and higher median home value than the nation as a whole, according
to U.S. Census Bureau statistics.

These and other statistics about New Jersey's population on topics
ranging from language spoken to commute times can be found in the American
FactFinder section of the Census Bureau Web site
http://factfinder.census.gov/. More information about the nation's voting
record can be found in Voting and Registration in the Election of November
2004 at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html.

    Highlights include the following:

    Selected Characteristics                  New Jersey         U.S.
    Median age                                    38.2                36.4
    Women                                         51.1%              50.7%
    White alone, not Hispanic or Latino   62.6%              66.4%
    Black alone                                    14.5%              12.8%
    Hispanic or Latino                           15.6%              14.8%
    Median household income                $64,470,          $48,451
    Foreign born                                    20.1%             12.5%
    Persons below poverty                       8.7%              13.3%
    Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+) 33.4%           27.0%
    Median home value                       $366,600        $185,200

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau Total Population Estimates (2007), State
Population Estimates by Characteristics (2006), American Community Survey
(2006).

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