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New Jersey Ranks 22nd in the Nation in Resident Population, Percent Change (2000-2003)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2004-2005

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 Nevada 12.2
26 Connecticut 2.3
2 Arizona 8.8   27 Arkansas 2.0
3 Florida 6.5   28 Wisconsin 2.0
4 Georiga 6.1   29 Illinois 1.9
5 Texas 6.1   30 Indiana 1.9
6 Colorado 5.8   31 Kentucky 1.9
7 Idaho 5.6   32 Missouri 1.9
8 Utah 5.3   33 Oklahoma 1.8
9 California 4.8   34 Montana 1.7
10 North Carolina 4.5   35 Vermont 1.7
11 Delaware 4.3   36 Kansas 1.6
12 Virginia 4.3   37 Nebraska 1.6
13 New Hampshire 4.2   38 Wyoming 1.5
14 Maryland 4.0   39 Michigan 1.4
15 Oregon 4.0   40 Massachusetts 1.3
16 Washington 4.0   41 Mississippi 1.3
17 Hawaii 3.8   42 South Dakota 1.3
18 Alaska 3.5   43 Alabama 1.2
19 South Carolina 3.4   44 New York 1.1
20 New Mexico 3.1   45 Ohio 0.7
21 Minnesota 2.8   46 Pennsylvania 0.6
22 NEW JERSEY 2.7   47 Iowa 0.6
23 Rhode Island 2.7   48 Louisiana 0.6
24
Tennessee 2.7   49 West Virginia 0.1
25 Maine 2.4   50 North Dakota -1.3
             
          50 State Average
3.0%
          N.J. % Below Average 10%

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