demographics

Report: NJ lost $18 billion in income from out migration

February 11, 2016

The report follows earlier studies of the flows of residents in and out of New Jersey, and what they mean for the state economy. Business groups cite them as evidence that the state is over-regulating and over-taxing businesses and residents. Rutgers University...

Garden State needs to guard borders – to keep people in

January 18, 2016

"Between 2010 and 2015, New Jersey had a net domestic migration loss of 269,194 people — that is a net figure: 269,194 more people moved from New Jersey to the rest of the country than people from the rest of country moved to New Jersey," said James W. Hughes,...

Immigrants filling the void as residents flee N.J. by the tens of thousands

March 27, 2015

"This is really what we'd call a demographic long wave," said James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. It's been going on for a long time and it will continue to go on. The result is a sustained increase in...

Six key trends driving N.J's population changes

March 26, 2015

"We went too far in terms of development," said James Hughes, dean of Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, who said household sizes in perimeter counties are shrinking. "It's largely due to millennials. They have suburban...

HUD’s Harriet Tregoning to present lecture on transportation in the new economy

November 15, 2014

Harriet Tregoning, director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Economic Resilience, will present the 2014 Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture, “Transportation in the New Economy,” on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at the Special...