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Looking Back on a Decade of Income Tax Cuts
Except for the relative handful of households whose state income taxes went up with passage of the "millionaires" tax" last year, New Jerseyans today are paying a lower state income tax than they would have in 1993 on the same income. That is because the state income tax was reduced in three stages from 1994 to 1996. New Jersey is one of more than 40 states that cut income taxes, and other taxes, during an economic boom-time when revenues were rising beyond anyone's expectations.
In New Jersey, those tax cuts have now been in effect for a full decade. And it is time to ask an important question: was it worth it?
To help answer this question, New Jersey Policy Perspective analyzed the financial cost to the state of the major tax policy changes made in the past 10 years. According to this analysis, New Jersey lost about $14 billion from income tax rate cuts alone. If anything, this is a fairly conservative estimate, based in part on a 7 percent yearly growth rate of income tax revenue instead of the 30-year average of 9 percent.
In addition to cutting income tax rates, New Jersey also reduced the state sales tax in 1992 from 7 percent to 6 percent, returning the rate to its 1982-1990 level. The cost to the state from this was another $10.2 billion, bringing to $24.2 billion the amount of revenue the state has lost over this period.
During the same period as the income tax cut has been in effect, the average residential property tax in New Jersey rose by $1,886 (Part Two of this report shows the difference between the average property taxes paid in 1993 and 2003 for every New Jersey municipality). While data cannot detail the exact experience of every New Jersey taxpayer, an analysis of the tax cuts at various income levels indicates that only for households whose yearly income approaches $200,000 did the income tax cut exceed the average state increase in property taxes. Indeed, for more than 90 percent of households, the income tax cut has been less than the average increase in property taxes. In other words, the lower a household's income, the more likely that its property tax increase is greater than its state income tax decrease. The table below compares pre-1994 and current state income tax levies at various income levels.
| Table 1 CHANGES IN INCOME TAX OWED |
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| INCOME | PRE-1994 TAX |
CURRENT TAX |
TAX CUT |
| $22,000 | $450 | $315 | $135 |
| $30,000 | 650 | 455 | 195 |
| $60,000 | 1,500 | 1,050 | 450 |
| $100,000 | 3,650 | 2,750 | 900 |
| $150,000 | 6,900 | 5,512 | 1,388 |
| $250,000 | 13,900 | 11,523 | 2,377 |
| $500,000 | 31,400 | 27,448 | 3,953 |
| $1 million * | 66,400 | 59,298 | 7,102 |
Income tax rates were reduced in three stages from 1994 to 1996. In 1994 rates were reduced by 5 percent across the board. These reductions were followed by cuts of up to 10.5 percent and 17.6 percent in 1995 and 1996 for incomes under $80,000, with smaller amounts on incomes above $80,000. Table 2 illustrates the changes in these rates.
| Table 2 CHANGES IN NEW JERSEY INCOME TAX RATES |
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| INCOME | 1991-1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996-2003 | CURRENT |
| Under $20,000 | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.4% | .4% |
| $20,001-$50,000 | 2.5 | 2.375 | 2.125 | 1.75 | 1.75 |
| $50,001-$70,000 | 3.5 | 3.325 | 2.975 | 2.45 | 2.45 |
| $70,001-$80,000 | 5.0 | 4.75 | 4.25 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| $80,001-$150,000 | 6.5 | 6.175 | 6.013 | 5.525 | 5.525 |
| $150,001-$500,000 | 7.0 | 6.65 | 6.58 | 6.37 | 6.37 |
| $500,000-plus | 7.0 | 6.65 | 6.58 | 6.37 | 8.97 |
When New Jersey adopted a state income tax in 1976, it was written into the state constitution that the revenue it brought in could only be used to relieve the burden of local property taxes. That direct connection is made annually in the state budget because gross income tax revenues are deposited into and spent from the Property Tax Relief Fund-not the General Fund where most expenditures are budgeted.
Over the years, then, income tax proceeds have gone for such state budget items as aid to municipalities, aid to schools and various programs that provide senior citizens, veterans, the disabled, homeowners and renters with property tax exemptions and rebates. Over the past decade, $14 billion less has been available to mitigate the burden of property taxes in the state that leads the nation in reliance on these taxes. Predictably, the rise in property taxes over this period has been pronounced.
Table 3 compares actual income taxes and property taxes collected over this period.
| Table 3 AMOUNT COLLECTED IN STATE INCOME TAX AND LOCAL PROPERTY TAX, 1993-2003 |
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| YEAR | INCOME TAX COLLECTED |
PROPERTY TAX COLLECTED |
| 1993 | $4.35 billion | $10.8 billion |
| 1994 | 4.49 billion | 11.3 billion |
| 1995 | 4.54 billion | 11.7 billion |
| 1996 | 4.73 billion | 12.2 billion |
| 1997 | 4.83 billion | 12.6 billion |
| 1998 | 5.59 billion | 13.0 billion |
| 1999 | 6.32 billion | 13.6 billion |
| 2000 | 7.21 billion | 14.2 billion |
| 2001 | 7.99 billion | 15.0 billion |
| 2002 | 6.84 billion | 16.1 billion |
| 2003 | 6.74 billion | 17.3 billion |
Rutgers University Center for Government Services
It is estimated that the revenue loss in 2004 could come in as high as $1.8 billion-meaning that nearly half the $4 billion shortfall being faced in the upcoming budget year might have been avoidable had income tax rates not been reduced in the 1990s.
Almost every state enacted tax cuts starting in the mid-1990s, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). New Jersey's tax cuts were among the biggest-and now New Jersey's state fiscal problems are among the nation's worst. This might not be a coincidence.
"Those big tax cuts do not seem to have contributed to state fiscal and economic health," the CBPP analysis found.1 Taking a look at the six states that cut taxes the most in the 1990s, CBPP found larger deficits and smaller reserves at the start of the current fiscal crisis than in other states. Calling New Jersey's fiscal crisis "one of the worst in the nation," the CBPP report notes that the 2004 shortfall was nearly 20 percent of the state budget, that three years ago the state's bond rating was downgraded and that between 2001 and 2003 New Jersey endured above average growth in unemployment and below average growth in personal income.2
The other states in the category of largest tax cuts were Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts and New York.
The tax cuts of the 1990s were enacted at a time when soaring stock prices and the resulting record high capital gains were driving incomes higher, especially at the upper end. It became possible to cut income tax rates but still see an increase in the amount of money a state collected from income taxes. As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reported, "At the time they were enacted, the large tax cuts of 1994-2001 may have appeared affordable in many states because tax revenues were coming in at levels above expectations and many states were running record surpluses."3
Spending cuts were not made concurrent to the tax cuts. Indeed, "with this unusually high and rapidly growing revenue stream, states could cut taxes while maintaining spending growth at about the same level as in previous decades and also accumulating rainy day funds that, although insufficient to weather the current fiscal crisis, were quite large by historic standards."4
But the boom would not last. It came to an end in 2001. The amount of money coming in from income and sales taxes dropped. Programs that were created or expanded with boom-generated revenue would lack funding. To the extent that states spent their windfall on such programs, instead of using it on non-recurring items or putting it away for use in hard times, the fiscal crisis was worsened. In New Jersey this meant, for example, barring more low-income families from enrolling in a state healthcare plan and raising tuitions at state colleges by nearly 10 percent.
And states' structural deficits-a term that describes a situation in which states annually spend more than they take in-were exacerbated. "Unfortunately," CBPP reported, "to a large extent the trends that underlay the tax cuts of the 1990s have turned out to be unsustainable...In other words, the tax cuts of the 1990s were financed largely by temporary economic conditions that have now ceased. But the tax cuts themselves were designed to be permanent."5
New Jersey is slightly more fortunate than other states in that some taxes have been increased to help make up for the lost revenues. Most notable was the 2002 reform of the state's Corporate Business Tax, which enacted a new alternative tax on the largest corporations in the state, raised the alternative minimum tax and closed loopholes that had allowed many companies to avoid paying taxes. The amount of corporate business taxes collected by the state jumped from $1.2 billion in Fiscal Year 2002 to over $2.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2003 and $2.4 billion in Fiscal Year 2004.
Certainly tax cuts have their defenders. Reducing income tax rates, especially for the wealthiest taxpayers, are said by some to help create jobs. However, this proposition is even more debatable at the state level than when federal taxes are involved, because even if money saved in taxes is used to stimulate investment, that investment will not necessarily be confined to the state where the tax cuts took place.
But the more plausible take on the relationship between tax cuts and economic growth is the reverse of what tax-cutters argue. As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities observed, "It is likely that the economic growth in tax-cutting states was a contributor to the budget surpluses that helped pay for the tax cuts more than it was a result of the tax cuts."6
In other words, New Jersey-like so many states-bought something it couldn't pay for over the long haul.
Now, as states attempt to deal with short-term budget shortfalls and long-term structural deficits, part of the solution should be to confront the question of whether the income tax cuts of the 1990s were worth it. Evidence strongly suggests that they were not. There are three main reasons.
- In most cases, the drop in income tax was more than offset by an increase in local property taxes. So it was a net loss in citizens' wallets-a loss felt most by low- and middle-income households.
- It was a shift away from a tax that is closely based on someone's ability to pay it and an increase in reliance on a tax that is based on home value-not a good indicator of ability to pay. New Jersey already is a state where lower income people pay a much higher share of their income in the form of state income tax, state sales tax and local property tax than higher income people. No tax in New Jersey is more progressive than the state income tax, which is to say that no tax is more closely tied to someone's ability to pay it. It could be argued that in cutting the state income tax, New Jersey fixed the only tax in the state that wasn't broken.
- The tax-cutting trend has worsened New Jersey's fiscal situation, making the current financial hole deeper than it likely would have been and depriving the state-and ultimately its citizens-of money that could have been used to ease the property tax burden and allow state government to be more responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable people. Today that monetary loss from the reduction in income and sales taxes has reached $24 billion and is still climbing.
A decade's worth of lost revenue will not be recovered. But it is not too late to correct the problem for the future.
For more on this and related issues from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, go to: http://www.cbpp.org.
For more on New Jersey's tax burden, see also, NJPP's report, Upside Down & Backwards: Taxes in New Jersey, January 2003.
New Jersey Policy Perspective is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established in 1997 to conduct research and analysis on state issues. Our goal is a state where everyone can achieve to his or her full potential in an economy that offers a widely shared, rising standard of living.
- Zahradnik, Robert. "Tax Cuts and Consequences: The States That Cut Taxes the Most During the 1990s Have Suffered Lately." Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. January 12, 2005
- Ibid.
- Johnson, Nicholas. "The State Tax Cuts of the 1990s, the Current Revenue Crisis and Implications for State Services." Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. November 18, 2002.
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES
| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Absecon City | Atlantic | $2,768 | $3,949 | $1,181 |
| Atlantic City | Atlantic | 1,747 | 2,408 | 661 |
| Brigantine City | Atlantic | 2,633 | 3,734 | 1,100 |
| Buena Borough | Atlantic | 1,777 | 2,501 | 725 |
| Buena Vista Township | Atlantic | 1,607 | 2,253 | 646 |
| Corbin City | Atlantic | 1,028 | 2,445 | 1,417 |
| Egg Harbor City | Atlantic | 2,511 | 3,385 | 873 |
| Egg Harbor Township | Atlantic | 1,816 | 3,525 | 1,709 |
| Estell Manor City | Atlantic | 1,721 | 2,472 | 751 |
| Folsom Borough | Atlantic | 2,014 | 2,300 | 286 |
| Galloway Township | Atlantic | 1,926 | 3,252 | 1,326 |
| Hamilton Township | Atlantic | 2,199 | 2,687 | 489 |
| Hammonton Township | Atlantic | 2,416 | 3,277 | 862 |
| Linwood City | Atlantic | 4,037 | 6,554 | 2,517 |
| Longport City | Atlantic | 3,657 | 5,552 | 1,895 |
| Margate City | Atlantic | 3,058 | 4,524 | 1,466 |
| Mullica City | Atlantic | 2,096 | 3,183 | 1,087 |
| Northfield City | Atlantic | 2,957 | 4,198 | 1,241 |
| Pleasantville City | Atlantic | 1,852 | 2,591 | 739 |
| Port Republic City | Atlantic | 2,532 | 3,459 | 927 |
| Somers Point City | Atlantic | 2,645 | 3,787 | 1,142 |
| Ventnor City | Atlantic | 3,039 | 4,522 | 1,483 |
| Weymouth Township | Atlantic | 1,700 | 2,426 | 726 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Allendale Borough | Bergen | 6,217 | 9,948 | 3,730 |
| Alpine Borough | Bergen | 8,875 | 12,271 | 3,397 |
| Bergenfield Borough | Bergen | 4,472 | 6,644 | 2,172 |
| Bogota Borough | Bergen | 4,179 | 6,025 | 1,845 |
| Carlstadt Borough | Bergen | 2,456 | 3,626 | 1,170 |
| Cliffside Park Borough | Bergen | 3,243 | 4,894 | 1,651 |
| Closter Borough | Bergen | 5,398 | 9,167 | 3,770 |
| Cresskill Borough | Bergen | 5,635 | 9,116 | 3,482 |
| Demarest Borough | Bergen | 7,015 | 11,197 | 4,182 |
| Dumont Borough | Bergen | 4,291 | 6,221 | 1,930 |
| East Rutherford Borough | Bergen | 1,582 | 3,166 | 1,584 |
| Edgewater Borough | Bergen | 3,542 | 5,183 | 1,641 |
| Elmwood Park Borough | Bergen | 3,359 | 5,115 | 1,757 |
| Emerson Borough | Bergen | 4,865 | 7,415 | 2,550 |
| Englewood City | Bergen | 5,881 | 7,918 | 2,038 |
| Englewood Cliffs Borough | Bergen | 4,153 | 6,147 | 1,994 |
| Fair Lawn Borough | Bergen | 4,109 | 6,127 | 2,018 |
| Fairview Borough | Bergen | 3,958 | 5,749 | 1,791 |
| Fort Lee Borough | Bergen | 6,174 | 6,187 | 14 |
| Franklin Lakes Borough | Bergen | 6,991 | 10,867 | 3,876 |
| Garfield City | Bergen | 3,652 | 4,738 | 1,086 |
| Glen Rock Borough | Bergen | 5,309 | 9,410 | 4,102 |
| Hackensack City | Bergen | 3,468 | 5,013 | 1,545 |
| Harrington Park Borough | Bergen | 6,033 | 9,146 | 3,113 |
| Hasbrouck Heights Borough | Bergen | 4,408 | 6,107 | 1,699 |
| Haworth Borough | Bergen | 6,548 | 10,659 | 4,111 |
| Hillsdale Borough | Bergen | 4,781 | 7,029 | 2,248 |
| Ho-Ho-Kus Borough | Bergen | 5,324 | 9,527 | 4,203 |
| Leonia Borough | Bergen | 5,147 | 7,599 | 2,452 |
| Little Ferry Borough | Bergen | 3,382 | 5,626 | 2,244 |
| Lodi Borough | Bergen | 3,892 | 5,975 | 2,083 |
| Lyndhurst Township | Bergen | 2,668 | 4,984 | 2,316 |
| Mahwah Township | Bergen | 3,128 | 4,834 | 1,707 |
| Maywood Borough | Bergen | 3,817 | 5,784 | 1,967 |
| Midland Park Borough | Bergen | 4,093 | 6,874 | 2,780 |
| Montvale Borough | Bergen | 4,900 | 6,920 | 2,020 |
| Moonachie Borough | Bergen | 2,432 | 4,340 | 1,909 |
| New Milford Borough | Bergen | 4,316 | 6,539 | 2,223 |
| North Arlington Borough | Bergen | 3,113 | 5,948 | 2,834 |
| Northvale Borough | Bergen | 4,305 | 6,475 | 2,170 |
| Norwood Borough | Bergen | 5,292 | 9,079 | 3,786 |
| Oakland Borough | Bergen | 4,765 | 6,604 | 1,840 |
| Old Tappan Borough | Bergen | 5,522 | 9,781 | 4,259 |
| Oradell Borough | Bergen | 5,848 | 8,884 | 3,036 |
| Palisades Park Borough | Bergen | 4,493 | 6,356 | 1,864 |
| Paramus Borough | Bergen | 3,859 | 5,509 | 1,650 |
| Park Ridge Borough | Bergen | 4,603 | 6,516 | 1,913 |
| Ramsey Borough | Bergen | 4,757 | 7,495 | 2,738 |
| Ridgefield Borough | Bergen | 3,747 | 4,017 | 270 |
| Ridgefield Park Village | Bergen | 3,566 | 5,965 | 2,399 |
| Ridgewood Village | Bergen | 6,941 | 10,749 | 3,808 |
| River Edge Borough | Bergen | 4,647 | 7,332 | 2,685 |
| River Vale Township | Bergen | 5,584 | 8,077 | 2,493 |
| Rochelle Park Township | Bergen | 3,094 | 4,476 | 1,382 |
| Rockleigh Borough | Bergen | 3,846 | 10,131 | 6,285 |
| Rutherford Borough | Bergen | 4,456 | 6,347 | 1,890 |
| Saddle Brook Township | Bergen | 3,259 | 4,751 | 1,492 |
| Saddle River Borough | Bergen | 6,963 | 10,218 | 3,254 |
| South Hackensack Township | Bergen | 3,784 | 4,988 | 1,204 |
| Teaneck Township | Bergen | 4,888 | 7,843 | 2,955 |
| Tenafly Borough | Bergen | 7,707 | 11,627 | 3,919 |
| Teterboro Borough | Bergen | 1,276 | 2,968 | 1,692 |
| Upper Saddle River Borough | Bergen | 6,834 | 10,835 | 4,001 |
| Waldwick Borough | Bergen | 4,445 | 6,263 | 1,818 |
| Wallington Borough | Bergen | 3,343 | 4,872 | 1,529 |
| Washington Township | Bergen | 4,546 | 6,794 | 2,248 |
| Westwood Borough | Bergen | 4,018 | 5,789 | 1,770 |
| Woodcliff Lake Borough | Bergen | 6,510 | 9,149 | 2,639 |
| Wood-Ridge Borough | Bergen | 3,478 | 4,787 | 1,309 |
| Wyckoff Township | Bergen | 5,442 | 8,053 | 2,610 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Bass River Township | Burlington | 2,024 | 3,013 | 989 |
| Beverly City | Burlington | 2,042 | 3,478 | 1,436 |
| Bordentown City | Burlington | 2,991 | 4,030 | 1,039 |
| Bordentown Township | Burlington | 3,033 | 4,385 | 1,352 |
| Burlington City | Burlington | 1,779 | 2,859 | 1,079 |
| Burlington Township | Burlington | 2,184 | 3,607 | 1,423 |
| Chesterfield Township | Burlington | 3,576 | 5,277 | 1,701 |
| Cinnaminson Township | Burlington | 3,029 | 4,843 | 1,814 |
| Delanco Township | Burlington | 2,446 | 3,597 | 1,151 |
| Delran Township | Burlington | 2,910 | 4,424 | 1,515 |
| Eastampton Township | Burlington | 2,699 | 4,521 | 1,822 |
| Edgewater Park Township | Burlington | 2,264 | 3,012 | 747 |
| Evesham Township | Burlington | 2,769 | 4,894 | 2,125 |
| Fieldsboro Borough | Burlington | 2,280 | 3,186 | 907 |
| Florence Township | Burlington | 2,336 | 3,338 | 1,001 |
| Hainesport Township | Burlington | 2,552 | 3,930 | 1,378 |
| Lumberton Township | Burlington | 2,602 | 4,183 | 1,580 |
| Mansfield Township | Burlington | 2,745 | 4,394 | 1,650 |
| Maple Shade Borough | Burlington | 2,258 | 3,014 | 756 |
| Medford Lakes Borough | Burlington | 3,689 | 6,232 | 2,543 |
| Medford Township | Burlington | 3,825 | 6,723 | 2,897 |
| Moorestown Township | Burlington | 4,401 | 7,328 | 2,928 |
| Mount Holly Township | Burlington | 2,539 | 2,691 | 152 |
| Mount Laurel Township | Burlington | 2,380 | 4,268 | 1,888 |
| New Hanover Township | Burlington | 500 | 2,582 | 2,082 |
| North Hanover Township | Burlington | 2,409 | 3,424 | 1,015 |
| Palmyra Borough | Burlington | 2,233 | 3,283 | 1,050 |
| Pemberton Borough | Burlington | 2,088 | 3,113 | 1,025 |
| Pemberton Township | Burlington | 1,909 | 2,612 | 703 |
| Riverside Township | Burlington | 1,941 | 2,696 | 755 |
| Riverton Borough | Burlington | 3,809 | 5,537 | 1,727 |
| Shamong Township | Burlington | 3,174 | 5,411 | 2,237 |
| Southampton Township | Burlington | 1,816 | 3,322 | 1,506 |
| Springfield Township | Burlington | 3,233 | 4,249 | 1,015 |
| Tabernacle Township | Burlington | 2,944 | 4,738 | 1,794 |
| Washington Township | Burlington | 1,711 | 2,323 | 612 |
| Westampton Township | Burlington | 2,625 | 3,352 | 726 |
| Willingboro Township | Burlington | 2,327 | 3,609 | 1,282 |
| Woodland Township | Burlington | 1,978 | 2,082 | 104 |
| Wrightstown Borough | Burlington | 1,059 | 1,901 | 842 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Audubon Borough | Camden | 2,676 | 4,148 | 1,473 |
| Barrington Borough | Camden | 2,998 | 4,543 | 1,545 |
| Bellmawr Borough | Camden | 2,560 | 3,700 | 1,140 |
| Berlin Borough | Camden | 3,048 | 4,534 | 1,486 |
| Berlin Township | Camden | 2,395 | 3,645 | 1,250 |
| Brooklawn Borough | Camden | 2,013 | 2,706 | 693 |
| Camden City | Camden | 1,074 | 1,137 | 63 |
| Cherry Hill Township | Camden | 3,576 | 5,246 | 1,670 |
| Chesilhurst Borough | Camden | 2,200 | 2,742 | 543 |
| Clementon Borough | Camden | 2,425 | 3,189 | 764 |
| Collingswood Borough | Camden | 2,487 | 4,033 | 1,546 |
| Gibbsboro Borough | Camden | 2,658 | 4,446 | 1,789 |
| Gloucester City City | Camden | 1,547 | 2,335 | 788 |
| Gloucester Township | Camden | 2,500 | 4,043 | 1,543 |
| Haddon Heights Borough | Camden | 3,615 | 5,803 | 2,187 |
| Haddon Township | Camden | 3,010 | 4,518 | 1,508 |
| Haddonfield Borough | Camden | 4,934 | 8,737 | 3,803 |
| Hi-nella Borough | Camden | 2,441 | 5,003 | 2,562 |
| Laurel Springs Borough | Camden | 2,937 | 4,183 | 1,246 |
| Lawnside Borough | Camden | 2,061 | 2,938 | 877 |
| Lindenwold Borough | Camden | 2,271 | 3,153 | 881 |
| Magnolia Borough | Camden | 2,596 | 3,908 | 1,313 |
| Merchantville Borough | Camden | 3,496 | 5,066 | 1,570 |
| Mount Ephrain Borough | Camden | 2,340 | 3,514 | 1,173 |
| Oaklyn Borough | Camden | 2,640 | 3,776 | 1,136 |
| Pennsauken Township | Camden | 2,064 | 3,015 | 950 |
| Pine Hill Borough | Camden | 2,348 | 3,792 | 1,443 |
| Pine Valley Borough | Camden | 4,133 | 3,894 | -239 |
| Runnemede Borough | Camden | 2,743 | 3,903 | 1,159 |
| Somerdale Borough | Camden | 2,476 | 3,862 | 1,386 |
| Stratford Borough | Camden | 2,696 | 4,324 | 1,628 |
| Tavistock Borough | Camden | 6,372 | 18,196 | 11,824 |
| Voorhees Township | Camden | 3,745 | 6,361 | 2,616 |
| Waterford Township | Camden | 2,994 | 4,296 | 1,302 |
| Winslow Township | Camden | 2,117 | 3,466 | 1,349 |
| Woodlynne Borough | Camden | 1,770 | 2,842 | 1,072 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Avalon Borough | Cape May | 2,825 | 4,322 | 1,497 |
| Cape May City | Cape May | 2,568 | 3,426 | 857 |
| Cape May Point Borough | Cape May | 1,809 | 2,905 | 1,096 |
| Dennis Township | Cape May | 1,755 | 2,172 | 417 |
| Lower Township | Cape May | 1,730 | 2,413 | 683 |
| Middle Township | Cape May | 1,793 | 2,795 | 1,002 |
| North Wildwood City | Cape May | 2,118 | 2,534 | 416 |
| Ocean City City | Cape May | 2,936 | 4,090 | 1,153 |
| Sea Isle City | Cape May | 2,391 | 2,992 | 602 |
| Stone Harbor Borough | Cape May | 3,193 | 4,516 | 1,323 |
| Upper Township | Cape May | 1,700 | 3,248 | 1,548 |
| West Cape May Borough | Cape May | 1,920 | 3,107 | 1,188 |
| West Wildwood Borough | Cape May | 1,341 | 2,254 | 913 |
| Wildwood City | Cape May | 2,242 | 2,604 | 362 |
| Wildwood Crest Borough | Cape May | 2,219 | 2,933 | 715 |
| Woodbine Borough | Cape May | 1,194 | 938 | -256 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Bridgeton City | Cumberland | 1,538 | 1,758 | 220 |
| Commercial Township | Cumberland | 1,059 | 1,238 | 180 |
| Deerfield Township | Cumberland | 1,804 | 2,539 | 735 |
| Downe Township | Cumberland | 1,196 | 1,790 | 594 |
| Fairfield Borough | Cumberland | 1,452 | 1,605 | 153 |
| Greenwich Township | Cumberland | 1,978 | 2,517 | 539 |
| Hopewell Township | Cumberland | 2,118 | 2,494 | 376 |
| Lawrence Township | Cumberland | 1,712 | 1,921 | 209 |
| Maurice River Township | Cumberland | 1,405 | 2,177 | 772 |
| Millville City | Cumberland | 2,004 | 2,407 | 402 |
| Shiloh Borough | Cumberland | 1,798 | 2,824 | 1,026 |
| Stow Creek Township | Cumberland | 1,869 | 1,446 | -423 |
| Upper Deerfield Township | Cumberland | 1,770 | 2,569 | 799 |
| Vineland City | Cumberland | 2,249 | 2,595 | 346 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Belleville Township | Essex | 4,174 | 5,574 | 1,400 |
| Bloomfield Township | Essex | 4,162 | 5,883 | 1,721 |
| Caldwell Township | Essex | 4,823 | 6,541 | 1,718 |
| Cedar Grove Township | Essex | 4,011 | 6,491 | 2,480 |
| East Orange City | Essex | 3,265 | 5,619 | 2,354 |
| Essex Fells Township | Essex | 7,501 | 12,724 | 5,222 |
| Fairfield Borough | Essex | 4,363 | 5,683 | 1,320 |
| Glen Ridge Borough | Essex | 7,598 | 12,427 | 4,829 |
| Irvington Township | Essex | 3,469 | 4,976 | 1,507 |
| Livingston Township | Essex | 5,837 | 9,238 | 3,402 |
| Maplewood Township | Essex | 5,393 | 9,115 | 3,722 |
| Millburn Township | Essex | 7,504 | 14,073 | 6,570 |
| Montclair Township | Essex | 7,369 | 11,706 | 4,337 |
| Newark City | Essex | 2,508 | 3,566 | 1,058 |
| North Caldwell Borough | Essex | 6,916 | 10,922 | 4,006 |
| Nutley Township | Essex | 4,595 | 6,306 | 1,711 |
| Orange City | Essex | 2,873 | 4,965 | 2,092 |
| Roseland Borough | Essex | 3,928 | 5,758 | 1,830 |
| South Orange Village | Essex | 6,963 | 10,936 | 3,973 |
| Verona Township | Essex | 4,556 | 6,891 | 2,335 |
| West Caldwell Township | Essex | 5,381 | 6,935 | 1,554 |
| West Orange Township | Essex | 5,018 | 8,254 | 3,237 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Clayton Borough | Gloucester | 1,950 | 3,517 | 1,567 |
| Deptford Township | Gloucester | 2,012 | 3,046 | 1,034 |
| East Greenwich Township | Gloucester | 2,544 | 4,079 | 1,535 |
| Elk Township | Gloucester | 2,149 | 2,845 | 697 |
| Franklin Township | Gloucester | 2,122 | 2,968 | 846 |
| Glassboro Borough | Gloucester | 2,502 | 3,949 | 1,446 |
| Greenwich Township | Gloucester | 1,923 | 2,804 | 881 |
| Harrison Township | Gloucester | 2,762 | 5,299 | 2,537 |
| Logan Township | Gloucester | 1,638 | 2,381 | 743 |
| Mantua Township | Gloucester | 2,643 | 3,971 | 1,328 |
| Monroe Township | Gloucester | 2,138 | 3,788 | 1,650 |
| National Park Borough | Gloucester | 1,797 | 3,320 | 1,523 |
| Newfield Borough | Gloucester | 2,226 | 3,325 | 1,099 |
| Paulsboro Borough | Gloucester | 1,518 | 2,257 | 739 |
| Pitman Borough | Gloucester | 2,599 | 4,071 | 1,473 |
| South Harrison Township | Gloucester | 2,647 | 4,324 | 1,677 |
| Swedesboro Borough | Gloucester | 2,006 | 3,370 | 1,364 |
| Washington Township | Gloucester | 2,404 | 4,559 | 2,154 |
| Wenonah Borough | Gloucester | 3,558 | 5,873 | 2,314 |
| West Deptford Township | Gloucester | 2,060 | 3,349 | 1,289 |
| Westville Borough | Gloucester | 1,956 | 2,990 | 1,034 |
| Woodbury City | Gloucester | 2,572 | 4,358 | 1,786 |
| Woodbury Heights Borough | Gloucester | 2,640 | 4,497 | 1,857 |
| Woolwich Township | Gloucester | 2,516 | 5,104 | 2,588 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Bayonne City | Hudson | 4,121 | 6,102 | 1,981 |
| East Newark Borough | Hudson | 3,727 | 4,803 | 1,076 |
| Guttenberg Town | Hudson | 4,223 | 5,562 | 1,339 |
| Harrison Town | Hudson | 3,881 | 5,630 | 1,749 |
| Hoboken City | Hudson | 3,786 | 5,391 | 1,605 |
| Jersey City City | Hudson | 3,492 | 4,113 | 621 |
| Kearny Town | Hudson | 4,136 | 6,114 | 1,978 |
| North Bergen Township | Hudson | 3,464 | 4,586 | 1,121 |
| Secaucus Town | Hudson | 2,949 | 4,225 | 1,276 |
| Union City City | Hudson | 4,042 | 5,216 | 1,175 |
| Weehawken Township | Hudson | 3,657 | 5,070 | 1,412 |
| West New York Town | Hudson | 3,553 | 4,252 | 699 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Alexandria Township | Hunterdon | 3,518 | 5,696 | 2,178 |
| Bethlehem Township | Hunterdon | 3,467 | 7,166 | 3,700 |
| Bloomsbury Borough | Hunterdon | 2,791 | 4,464 | 1,673 |
| Califon Borough | Hunterdon | 3,371 | 7,069 | 3,698 |
| Clinton Town | Hunterdon | 3,812 | 6,963 | 3,150 |
| Clinton Township | Hunterdon | 3,889 | 7,129 | 3,239 |
| Delaware Township | Hunterdon | 3,251 | 4,634 | 1,384 |
| East Amwell Township | Hunterdon | 3,544 | 4,861 | 1,317 |
| Flemington Borough | Hunterdon | 3,274 | 5,323 | 2,048 |
| Franklin Township | Hunterdon | 4,197 | 5,281 | 1,084 |
| Frenchtown Borough | Hunterdon | 2,376 | 4,986 | 2,610 |
| Glen Gardner Borough | Hunterdon | 2,360 | 4,284 | 1,923 |
| Hampton Borough | Hunterdon | 3,255 | 5,050 | 1,795 |
| High Bridge Borough | Hunterdon | 3,104 | 5,477 | 2,374 |
| Holland Township | Hunterdon | 1,933 | 4,205 | 2,272 |
| Kingwood Township | Hunterdon | 2,718 | 3,800 | 1,082 |
| Lambertville City | Hunterdon | 2,728 | 4,350 | 1,622 |
| Lebanon Borough | Hunterdon | 2,560 | 4,668 | 2,108 |
| Lebanon Township | Hunterdon | 2,981 | 5,443 | 2,462 |
| Milford Borough | Hunterdon | 2,409 | 4,347 | 1,938 |
| Raritan Township | Hunterdon | 3,594 | 6,419 | 2,825 |
| Readington Township | Hunterdon | 3,719 | 6,802 | 3,083 |
| Stockton Borough | Hunterdon | 3,208 | 4,788 | 1,580 |
| Tewksbury Township | Hunterdon | 5,442 | 7,808 | 2,366 |
| Union Township | Hunterdon | 2,826 | 5,371 | 2,546 |
| West Amwell Township | Hunterdon | 3,035 | 4,430 | 1,394 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| East Windsor Township | Mercer | 3,302 | 4,826 | 1,523 |
| Ewing Township | Mercer | 2,917 | 4,512 | 1,595 |
| Hamilton Township | Mercer | 2,885 | 3,822 | 937 |
| Hightstown Borough | Mercer | 4,106 | 5,597 | 1,491 |
| Hopewell Borough | Mercer | 4,016 | 6,444 | 2,428 |
| Hopewell Township | Mercer | 4,810 | 7,186 | 2,376 |
| Lawrence Township | Mercer | 3,283 | 4,821 | 1,538 |
| Pennington Borough | Mercer | 4,753 | 8,456 | 3,703 |
| Princeton Borough | Mercer | 5,902 | 10,536 | 4,634 |
| Princeton Township | Mercer | 6,705 | 11,364 | 4,659 |
| Trenton City | Mercer | 2,172 | 2,444 | 273 |
| Washington Township | Mercer | 2,386 | 5,610 | 3,224 |
| West Windsor Township | Mercer | 5,131 | 9,734 | 4,603 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Carteret Borough | Middlesex | 3,077 | 4,704 | 1,627 |
| Cranbury Township | Middlesex | 4,781 | 6,900 | 2,118 |
| Dunellen Borough | Middlesex | 3,324 | 4,822 | 1,498 |
| East Brunswick Township | Middlesex | 3,698 | 5,947 | 2,249 |
| Edison Township | Middlesex | 2,976 | 5,325 | 2,349 |
| Helmetta Borough | Middlesex | 1,787 | 4,472 | 2,685 |
| Highland Park Borough | Middlesex | 4,595 | 6,808 | 2,213 |
| Jamesburg Borough | Middlesex | 2,777 | 4,946 | 2,169 |
| Metuchen Borough | Middlesex | 3,957 | 5,718 | 1,761 |
| Middlesex Borough | Middlesex | 3,397 | 4,956 | 1,559 |
| Milltown Borough | Middlesex | 3,487 | 5,358 | 1,871 |
| Monroe Township | Middlesex | 2,247 | 3,926 | 1,678 |
| New Brunswick City | Middlesex | 3,116 | 4,184 | 1,068 |
| North Brunswick | Middlesex | 3,048 | 5,114 | 2,066 |
| Old Bridge Township | Middlesex | 3,817 | 4,985 | 1,168 |
| Perth Amboy City | Middlesex | 2,778 | 3,416 | 638 |
| Piscataway Township | Middlesex | 2,966 | 4,737 | 1,771 |
| Plainsboro Township | Middlesex | 2,874 | 5,215 | 2,340 |
| Sayreville Borough | Middlesex | 2,494 | 4,391 | 1,897 |
| South Amboy City | Middlesex | 2,699 | 3,408 | 709 |
| South Brunswick Township | Middlesex | 3,063 | 5,400 | 2,337 |
| South Plainfield Borough | Middlesex | 3,212 | 4,305 | 1,093 |
| South River Borough | Middlesex | 3,590 | 3,657 | 67 |
| Spotswood Borough | Middlesex | 3,341 | 4,880 | 1,538 |
| Woodbridge Township | Middlesex | 2,924 | 4,289 | 1,365 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Aberdeen Township | Monmouth | 3,402 | 4,799 | 1,396 |
| Allenhurst Borough | Monmouth | 4,702 | 7,472 | 2,770 |
| Allentown Borough | Monmouth | 3,232 | 5,419 | 2,186 |
| Asbury Park City | Monmouth | 2,893 | 3,455 | 563 |
| Atlantic Highlands Borough | Monmouth | 4,220 | 6,404 | 2,184 |
| Avon-by-the-Sea Borough | Monmouth | 3,889 | 6,223 | 2,334 |
| Belmar Borough | Monmouth | 2,999 | 4,453 | 1,454 |
| Bradley Beach Borough | Monmouth | 3,090 | 4,808 | 1,718 |
| Brielle Borough | Monmouth | 4,207 | 7,240 | 3,034 |
| Colts Neck Township | Monmouth | 4,963 | 9,549 | 4,586 |
| Deal Borough | Monmouth | 6,035 | 8,947 | 2,912 |
| Eatontown Borough | Monmouth | 3,385 | 4,366 | 980 |
| Englishtown Borough | Monmouth | 2,466 | 4,406 | 1,940 |
| Fair Haven Borough | Monmouth | 4,970 | 9,228 | 4,258 |
| Farmingdale Borough | Monmouth | 3,230 | 4,306 | 1,075 |
| Freehold Borough | Monmouth | 2,732 | 3,856 | 1,125 |
| Freehold Township | Monmouth | 3,066 | 5,289 | 2,223 |
| Hazlet Township | Monmouth | 3,246 | 4,928 | 1,681 |
| Highlands Borough | Monmouth | 3,345 | 4,647 | 1,302 |
| Holmdel Township | Monmouth | 6,071 | 9,024 | 2,953 |
| Howell Township | Monmouth | 3,081 | 4,878 | 1,798 |
| Interlaken Borough | Monmouth | 3,732 | 5,427 | 1,695 |
| Keansburg Borough | Monmouth | 3,023 | 3,376 | 353 |
| Keyport Borough | Monmouth | 3,079 | 4,358 | 1,279 |
| Little Silver Borough | Monmouth | 5,214 | 9,063 | 3,849 |
| Loch Arbour Village | Monmouth | 6,188 | 6,739 | 550 |
| Long Branch City | Monmouth | 3,702 | 5,115 | 1,413 |
| Manalapan Township | Monmouth | 3,849 | 5,882 | 2,033 |
| Manasquan Borough | Monmouth | 3,148 | 5,589 | 2,441 |
| Marlboro Township | Monmouth | 4,407 | 7,394 | 2,988 |
| Matawan Borough | Monmouth | 4,293 | 5,992 | 1,699 |
| Middletown Township | Monmouth | 4,015 | 5,907 | 1,892 |
| Millstone Township | Monmouth | 4,134 | 6,605 | 2,471 |
| Monmouth Beach Borough | Monmouth | 3,275 | 5,438 | 2,163 |
| Neptune City Borough | Monmouth | 2,416 | 4,021 | 1,605 |
| Neptune Township | Monmouth | 2,747 | 3,919 | 1,171 |
| Ocean Township | Monmouth | 4,303 | 6,247 | 1,944 |
| Oceanport Borough | Monmouth | 3,917 | 6,295 | 2,379 |
| Red Bank Borough | Monmouth | 3,384 | 5,254 | 1,870 |
| Roosevelt Borough | Monmouth | 4,081 | 4,611 | 529 |
| Rumson Borough | Monmouth | 7,281 | 12,190 | 4,909 |
| Sea Bright Borough | Monmouth | 2,840 | 4,437 | 1,598 |
| Sea Girt Borough | Monmouth | 4,615 | 8,698 | 4,083 |
| Shrewsbury Borough | Monmouth | 4,314 | 7,625 | 3,311 |
| Shrewsbury Township | Monmouth | 2,590 | 3,137 | 547 |
| South Belmar Borough | Monmouth | 2,316 | 3,846 | 1,530 |
| Spring Lake Borough | Monmouth | 4,728 | 9,160 | 4,432 |
| Spring Lake Heights Borough | Monmouth | 2,752 | 4,477 | 1,725 |
| Tinton Falls Borough | Monmouth | 3,095 | 4,587 | 1,492 |
| Upper Freehold Township | Monmouth | 3,532 | 5,201 | 1,669 |
| Wall Township | Monmouth | 3,378 | 6,146 | 2,767 |
| West Long Branch Borough | Monmouth | 4,117 | 6,101 | 1,984 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Boonton Town | Morris | 4,003 | 5,254 | 1,252 |
| Boonton Township | Morris | 4,354 | 7,340 | 2,986 |
| Butler Borough | Morris | 4,177 | 5,337 | 1,159 |
| Chatham Borough | Morris | 4,533 | 7,467 | 2,934 |
| Chatham Township | Morris | 4,678 | 7,770 | 3,092 |
| Chester Borough | Morris | 5,130 | 7,976 | 2,845 |
| Chester Township | Morris | 6,083 | 9,128 | 3,046 |
| Denville Township | Morris | 3,691 | 5,751 | 2,060 |
| Dover Town | Morris | 3,466 | 4,356 | 889 |
| East Hanover Township | Morris | 3,732 | 5,123 | 1,391 |
| Florham Park Borough | Morris | 3,339 | 5,092 | 1,753 |
| Hanover Township | Morris | 3,163 | 4,615 | 1,452 |
| Harding Township | Morris | 5,536 | 8,916 | 3,380 |
| Jefferson Township | Morris | 2,858 | 4,650 | 1,792 |
| Kinnelon Borough | Morris | 5,843 | 9,502 | 3,658 |
| Lincoln Park Borough | Morris | 3,908 | 5,402 | 1,494 |
| Long Hill Township | Morris | 4,732 | 7,512 | 2,781 |
| Madison Borough | Morris | 4,893 | 7,569 | 2,676 |
| Mendham Borough | Morris | 5,625 | 8,696 | 3,071 |
| Mendham Township | Morris | 7,168 | 12,093 | 4,925 |
| Mine Hill Township | Morris | 3,299 | 4,775 | 1,476 |
| Montville Township | Morris | 4,385 | 7,488 | 3,103 |
| Morris Plains Borough | Morris | 4,194 | 5,830 | 1,635 |
| Morris Township | Morris | 4,530 | 7,265 | 2,736 |
| Morristown Town | Morris | 3,829 | 6,196 | 2,367 |
| Mount Arlington Borough | Morris | 3,836 | 4,478 | 642 |
| Mount Olive Township | Morris | 3,712 | 5,616 | 1,904 |
| Mountain Lakes Borough | Morris | 7,684 | 13,029 | 5,345 |
| Netcong Borough | Morris | 3,406 | 4,583 | 1,177 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | Morris | 3,367 | 5,247 | 1,880 |
| Pequannock Township | Morris | 4,283 | 5,852 | 1,569 |
| Randolph Township | Morris | 5,191 | 7,963 | 2,772 |
| Riverdale Borough | Morris | 3,143 | 3,805 | 662 |
| Rockaway Borough | Morris | 3,772 | 4,928 | 1,156 |
| Rockaway Township | Morris | 3,824 | 6,222 | 2,398 |
| Roxbury Township | Morris | 3,502 | 5,650 | 2,148 |
| Victory Gardens Borough | Morris | 2,625 | 2,722 | 96 |
| Washington Township | Morris | 4,568 | 6,873 | 2,305 |
| Wharton Borough | Morris | 3,355 | 4,469 | 1,114 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Barnegat Light Borough | Ocean | 2,589 | 5,067 | 2,478 |
| Barnegat Township | Ocean | 2,621 | 3,815 | 1,194 |
| Bay Head Borough | Ocean | 4,124 | 7,802 | 3,678 |
| Beach Haven Borough | Ocean | 3,061 | 4,997 | 1,935 |
| Beachwood Borough | Ocean | 2,185 | 2,958 | 773 |
| Berkeley Township | Ocean | 1,675 | 2,635 | 959 |
| Brick Township | Ocean | 2,840 | 3,794 | 954 |
| Dover Township | Ocean | 2,736 | 3,576 | 840 |
| Eagleswood Township | Ocean | 2,024 | 3,048 | 1,024 |
| Harvey Cedars Borough | Ocean | 3,569 | 6,990 | 3,421 |
| Island Heights Borough | Ocean | 3,126 | 4,850 | 1,724 |
| Jackson Township | Ocean | 3,118 | 4,503 | 1,385 |
| Lacey Township | Ocean | 1,862 | 3,469 | 1,607 |
| Lakehurst Borough | Ocean | 2,241 | 3,017 | 776 |
| Lakewood Township | Ocean | 2,086 | 3,376 | 1,290 |
| Lavallette Borough | Ocean | 2,742 | 4,434 | 1,692 |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | Ocean | 2,174 | 3,163 | 988 |
| Long Beach Township | Ocean | 3,042 | 5,598 | 2,557 |
| Manchester Township | Ocean | 1,651 | 2,478 | 827 |
| Mantoloking Borough | Ocean | 6,386 | 12,626 | 6,240 |
| Ocean Gate Borough | Ocean | 2,031 | 2,986 | 955 |
| Ocean Township | Ocean | 2,490 | 3,376 | 886 |
| Pine Beach Borough | Ocean | 2,606 | 3,665 | 1,059 |
| Plumsted Township | Ocean | 2,324 | 3,896 | 1,572 |
| Point Pleasant Beach Borough | Ocean | 2,896 | 4,614 | 1,718 |
| Point Pleasant Borough | Ocean | 2,904 | 4,623 | 1,720 |
| Seaside Heights Borough | Ocean | 2,258 | 2,446 | 188 |
| Seaside Park Borough | Ocean | 3,193 | 4,772 | 1,580 |
| Ship Bottom Borough | Ocean | 2,339 | 3,795 | 1,456 |
| South Toms River Borough | Ocean | 1,874 | 2,378 | 504 |
| Stafford Township | Ocean | 2,349 | 3,606 | 1,257 |
| Surf City Borough | Ocean | 2,509 | 4,336 | 1,828 |
| Tuckerton Borough | Ocean | 2,039 | 3,131 | 1,092 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Bloomingdale Borough | Passaic | 4,261 | 6,108 | 1,847 |
| Clifton City | Passaic | 3,411 | 5,635 | 2,224 |
| Haledon Borough | Passaic | 3,949 | 6,002 | 2,053 |
| Hawthorne Borough | Passaic | 3,878 | 6,531 | 2,653 |
| Little Falls Township | Passaic | 3,139 | 5,317 | 2,178 |
| North Haledon Borough | Passaic | 4,594 | 6,767 | 2,173 |
| Passaic City | Passaic | 4,333 | 5,491 | 1,159 |
| Paterson City | Passaic | 3,240 | 4,750 | 1,510 |
| Pompton Lakes Borough | Passaic | 4,389 | 6,122 | 1,733 |
| Prospect Park Borough | Passaic | 3,733 | 5,243 | 1,510 |
| Ringwood Borough | Passaic | 4,696 | 6,850 | 2,154 |
| Totowa Borough | Passaic | 2,863 | 4,742 | 1,879 |
| Wanaque Borough | Passaic | 3,855 | 5,999 | 2,144 |
| Wayne Township | Passaic | 4,470 | 6,897 | 2,427 |
| West Milford Township | Passaic | 3,871 | 5,767 | 1,896 |
| West Paterson Borough | Passaic | 3,842 | 5,904 | 2,062 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Alloway Township | Salem | 2,064 | 2,390 | 326 |
| Carneys Point Township | Salem | 1,584 | 2,569 | 985 |
| Elmer Borough | Salem | 2,221 | 3,316 | 1,095 |
| Elsinboro Township | Salem | 1,890 | 2,573 | 683 |
| Lower Alloways Creek Twp | Salem | 562 | 686 | 123 |
| Mannington Township | Salem | 1,662 | 1,389 | -273 |
| Oldmans Township | Salem | 1,650 | 2,223 | 573 |
| Penns Grove Borough | Salem | 1,650 | 2,570 | 920 |
| Pennsville Township | Salem | 1,720 | 3,053 | 1,333 |
| Pilesgrove Township | Salem | 2,218 | 3,160 | 942 |
| Pittsgrove Township | Salem | 2,052 | 3,085 | 1,032 |
| Quinton Township | Salem | 1,711 | 2,034 | 324 |
| Salem City | Salem | 1,384 | 1,870 | 486 |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | Salem | 1,929 | 1,922 | -7 |
| Woodstown Borough | Salem | 2,502 | 3,884 | 1,382 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Bedminster Township | Somerset | 1,952 | 3,156 | 1,204 |
| Bernards Township | Somerset | 3,289 | 7,877 | 4,588 |
| Bernardsville Borough | Somerset | 5,808 | 8,973 | 3,165 |
| Bound Brook Borough | Somerset | 4,032 | 5,086 | 1,054 |
| Branchburg Township | Somerset | 3,774 | 6,742 | 2,968 |
| Bridgewater Township | Somerset | 3,328 | 5,628 | 2,300 |
| Far Hills Borough | Somerset | 7,809 | 7,429 | -380 |
| Franklin Township | Somerset | 2,457 | 5,224 | 2,766 |
| Green Brook Township | Somerset | 3,779 | 7,019 | 3,240 |
| Hillsborough Township | Somerset | 3,222 | 6,025 | 2,804 |
| Manville Borough | Somerset | ,186 | 4,138 | 952 |
| Millstone Borough | Somerset | 3,788 | 4,641 | 852 |
| Montgomery Township | Somerset | 4,710 | 9,417 | 4,706 |
| North Plainfield Borough | Somerset | 3,755 | 5,128 | 1,373 |
| Peapack-Gladstone Borough | Somerset | 5,224 | 8,065 | 2,841 |
| Raritan Borough | Somerset | 3,569 | 4,913 | 1,343 |
| Rocky Hill Borough | Somerset | 3,477 | 4,852 | 1,376 |
| Somerville Borough | Somerset | 4,119 | 5,688 | 1,569 |
| South Bound Brook Borough | Somerset | 3,970 | 5,165 | 1,195 |
| Warren Township | Somerset | 5,003 | 8,666 | 3,663 |
| Watchung Borough | Somerset | 6,172 | 9,645 | 3,473 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Andover Borough | Sussex | 2,863 | 4,086 | 1,222 |
| Andover Township | Sussex | 3,234 | 5,292 | 2,058 |
| Branchville Borough | Sussex | 1,578 | 2,939 | 1,361 |
| Byram Township | Sussex | 3,551 | 5,380 | 1,829 |
| Frankford Township | Sussex | 2,908 | 3,922 | 1,014 |
| Franklin Borough | Sussex | 3,076 | 4,536 | 1,460 |
| Fredon Township | Sussex | 4,119 | 4,932 | 814 |
| Green Township | Sussex | 4,295 | 5,735 | 1,440 |
| Hamburg Borough | Sussex | 2,442 | 3,786 | 1,344 |
| Hampton Township | Sussex | 2,950 | 3,907 | 957 |
| Hardyston Township | Sussex | 3,215 | 4,390 | 1,174 |
| Hopatcong Borough | Sussex | 2,973 | 4,555 | 1,582 |
| Lafayette Township | Sussex | 3,552 | 3,632 | 80 |
| Montague Township | Sussex | 1,976 | 2,563 | 587 |
| Newton Town | Sussex | 2,930 | 4,640 | 1,710 |
| Ogdensburg Borough | Sussex | 3,501 | 4,757 | 1,256 |
| Sandyston Township | Sussex | 2,001 | 2,914 | 913 |
| Sparta Township | Sussex | 4,326 | 7,292 | 2,965 |
| Stanhope Borough | Sussex | 3,248 | 4,983 | 1,735 |
| Stillwater Township | Sussex | 2,475 | 3,754 | 1,279 |
| Sussex Borough | Sussex | 2,450 | 3,903 | 1,453 |
| Vernon Township | Sussex | 2,278 | 4,132 | 1,854 |
| Walpack Township | Sussex | 404 | 762 | 358 |
| Wantage Township | Sussex | 3,069 | 3,952 | 883 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Berkeley Heights Township | Union | 4,966 | 7,250 | 2,284 |
| Clark Township | Union | 4,391 | 6,587 | 2,196 |
| Cranford Township | Union | 4,080 | 6,259 | 2,180 |
| lizabeth City | Union | 2,992 | 4,617 | 1,625 |
| Fanwood Borough | Union | 4,617 | 7,076 | 2,459 |
| Garwood Borough | Union | 4,186 | 5,854 | 1,667 |
| Hillside Township | Union | 3,85 | 5,626 | 1,769 |
| Kenilworth Borough | Union | 3,272 | 4,524 | 1,252 |
| Linden City | Union | 2,964 | 4,647 | 1,682 |
| Mountainside Borough | Union | 4,518 | 6,439 | 1,921 |
| New Providence Borough | Union | 4,916 | 8,014 | 3,098 |
| Plainfield City | Union | 3,329 | 4,985 | 1,656 |
| Rahway City | Union | 3,709 | 4,955 | 1,246 |
| Roselle Borough | Union | 4,174 | 6,028 | 1,854 |
| Roselle Park Borough | Union | 4,013 | 5,584 | 1,571 |
| Scotch Plains Township | Union | 5,122 | 7,943 | 2,821 |
| Springfield Township | Union | 4,084 | 6,788 | 2,704 |
| Summit City | Union | 5,796 | 10,343 | 4,547 |
| Union Township | Union | 3,399 | 5,182 | 1,783 |
| Westfield Town | Union | 5,855 | 9,289 | 3,434 |
| Winfield Township | Union | 1,348 | 2,089 | 741 |
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| MUNICIPALITY | COUNTY | 1993 | 2003 | Difference |
| Allamuchy Township | Warren | 3,020 | 4,016 | 996 |
| Alpha Borough | Warren | 2,478 | 3,990 | 1,513 |
| Belvidere Town | Warren | 2,865 | 4,181 | 1,316 |
| Blairstown Township | Warren | 2,926 | 3,957 | 1,031 |
| Franklin Township | Warren | 2,875 | 3,974 | 1,099 |
| Frelinghuysen Township | Warren | 3,959 | 3,357 | -603 |
| Greenwich Township | Warren | 2,82 | 5,188 | 2,366 |
| Hackettstown Town | Warren | 3,121 | 5,524 | 2,403 |
| Hardwick Township | Warren | 3,174 | 3,630 | 456 |
| Harmony Township | Warren | 2,171 | 2,580 | 409 |
| Hope Township | Warren | 3,198 | 3,375 | 177 |
| Independence Township | Warren | 2,740 | 4,330 | 1,590 |
| Knowlton Township | Warren | 3,037 | 3,601 | 564 |
| Liberty Township | Warren | 2,830 | 4,185 | 1,356 |
| Lopatcong Township | Warren | 2,418 | 4,185 | 1,767 |
| Mansfield Township | Warren | 2,521 | 4,503 | 1,982 |
| Oxford Township | Warren | 2,611 | 3,425 | 815 |
| Phillipsburg Town | Warren | 2,017 | 2,647 | 629 |
| Pohatcong Township | Warren | 2,383 | 3,680 | 1,297 |
| Washington Borough | Warren | 3,310 | 4,195 | 885 |
| Washington Township | Warren | 3,336 | 5,471 | 2,136 |
| White Township | Warren | 2,342 | 2,780 | 438 |
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| State Average | $3,383 | $5,269 | $1,886 | |
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