"To fully understand New Jersey in the 2020s and beyond, it is crucial to understand its ever-changing population. This book examines the twenty-first century demographic trends that are reshaping the state now and will continue to do so in the future. But trend analysis requires a deep historical context. Present-day New Jersey is the result of a long demographic and economic journey that has taken place over centuries, constantly influenced by national...

Federal (1850, 1860, 1870) and state (1855, 1865, 1875) census returns, including additional schedules (1855 and 1865) which were used by Monmouth County for each town's census returns, which were not used by other New Jersey counties. Both types of censuses include list of inhabitants at each dwelling visited by the census taker, with basic statistics about each individual. Federal censuses included additional information concerning births, deaths,...