NEW AMERICANS IN THE GARDEN STATE: Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an Economic and Political Powerhouse in New Jersey

The Immigration Policy Center has compiled research which shows that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an essential part of New Jersey’s economy and tax base. As workers, consumers, taxpayers, and entrepreneurs, immigrants and their children are an economic powerhouse. As the state works towards economic recovery, immigrants and their children will continue to play a key role in shaping the economic and political landscape of the Garden State.

Highlights from New Jersey include:

• Immigrants make up nearly 20% of New Jersey’s total population.

• More than 50% of immigrants in New Jersey have become naturalized U.S. Citizens who are eligible to vote.

• 15% of registered voters in New Jersey are New Americans.
  
  
• The purchasing power of New Jersey’s Latinos totaled $35.6 billion and Asians totaled $31.7 billion in 2008.

• If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from New Jersey, the state would lose $24.2 billion in expenditures, $10.7 billion in economic output and approximately 103,898 jobs.
  

There is no denying the contributions immigrants, Latinos, and Asians make and the important role they play in New Jersey’s political and economic future. For more data on their contributions to New Jersey’s economic and political future, view the IPC fact sheet in its entirety.

• New Americans in the Garden State (New Jersey)

Read more about immigrant contributions in other states:

• New Americans in the Grand Canyon State (Arizona)
• New Americans in the Natural State (Arkansas)
• New Americans in the Golden State (California)
• New Americans in the Centennial State (Colorado)
• New Americans in the Sunshine State (Florida)
• New Americans in the Peach State (Georgia)
• New Americans in the Prairie State (Illinois)
• New Americans in the Great Lakes State (Michigan)
• New Americans in the Silver State (Nevada)
• New Americans in the Empire State (New York)
• New Americans in the Tar Heel State (North Carolina)
• New Americans in the Buckeye State (Ohio)
• New Americans in the Keystone State (Pennsylvania)
• New Americans in the Palmetto State (South Carolina)
• New Americans in the Volunteer State (Tennessee)
• New Americans in the Old Dominion State (Virginia)

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  For more information contact Wendy Sefsaf at 202-507-7524 or wsefsaf@ailf.org

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