Introduction
The population of New Jersey has increased more than 330 percent since 1900. A major reason for this increase is the rise in life expectancy. In the last decade alone, the percentage of the population that is aged 85 and over has increased 35.8 percent. As in 1998, in every age group over 24, the number of females exceeded the number of males. Females comprised 70.7 percent of the population 85 and over in 1999 (Table P1). The race composition of the state also changed over the last half of the century. The proportion of the population that is white decreased 15.0 percent, while the black proportion increased 122.7 percent and the other race proportion increased 5,900 percent (Figure P1). Hispanic ethnicity data are not available prior to the 1980 Census, but in the 19 years from 1980 to 1999, the Hispanic portion of the population increased 88.1 percent (Figure P2). The black and other race proportions increased 16.7 and 42.9 percent, respectively, in the same time period (Figure P1).

The Technical Notes section contains information on sources of data and racial and ethnic classification.

POPULATION DATA TABLES
	Population Estimates by Age, Race, and Sex, 1999:
Table P1	New Jersey
Table P2	Atlantic County
Table P3	Bergen County
Table P4	Burlington County
Table P5	Camden County
Table P6	Cape May County
Table P7	Cumberland County
Table P8	Essex County
Table P9	Gloucester County
Table P10	Hudson County
Table P11	Hunterdon County
Table P12	Mercer County
Table P13	Middlesex County
Table P14	Monmouth County
Table P15	Morris County
Table P16	Ocean County
Table P17	Passaic County
Table P18	Salem County
Table P19	Somerset County
Table P20	Sussex County
Table P21	Union County
Table P22	Warren County
Table P23	Municipalities with Estimated Populations Over 35,000
POPULATION ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure P1	Population by Race, 1950-1999
Figure P2	Population by Hispanic Ethnicity, 1980-1999

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