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New Jersey Ranks 10th in the Nation in Non-Adult Resident Population
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2004-2005

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 California 9,420,000
26 Kentucky 994,000
2
Texas 6,240,000   27 Oklahoma 878,000
3
New York
4,533,000   28 Oregon 850,000
4
Florida
3,924,000   29 Connecticut 835,000
5 Illinois
3,231,000   30 Mississippi
762,000
6 Pennsylvania 2,831,000   31 Utah
743,000
7 Ohio 2,815,000   32 Kansas
695,000
8 Michigan 2,539,000   33 Arkansas 682,000
9
Georgia 2,297,000   34 Nevada
581,000
10 NEW JERSEY 2,132,000   35 Iowa
524,000
11 North Carolina 2,087,000   36 New Mexico
502,000
12 Virginia 1,799,000   37 Nebraska 441,000
13 Indiana
1,604,000   38 West Virginia 391,000
14 Arizona 1,519,000   39 Idaho 372,000
15 Washington 1,497,000   40 New Hampshire 306,000
16 Massachusetts 1,487,000   41 Hawaii 297,000
17 Missouri 1,408,000   42 Maine
287,000
18 Tennessee 1,395,000   43 Rhode Island
245,000
19 Maryland 1,379,000   44 Montana
216,000 
20 Wisconsin 1,333,000   45 Delaware
199,000 
21 Minnesota 1,249,000   46 South Dakota
196,000 
22 Louisiana 1,177,000   47 Alaska 190,000
23
Colorado
1,153,000   48 North Dakota
147,000 
24
Alabama 1,108,000   49 Vermont
137,000 
25 South Carolina 1,023,000   50 Wyoming   121,000
             
          50 State Average
1,455,420
          N.J. % Above Average 46%

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