Was It Something We Said? Monmouth County Population Declines
County’s population drops for second year in a row, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Your home county may seem like a small world, but in 2012 Monmouth became a tad smaller — 708 residents smaller, to be exact.
The U.S. Census Bureau released county population estimates Thursday for the year spanning July 1, 2011 through July 1, 2012.
Monmouth County’s estimated population shrank from 630,821 in 2011 to 629,384 in 2012. The decline marks the second year in a row the county’s population declined: the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the county lost 729 between July 2010 and July 2011.
While the overall population saw a decline, births and deaths in Monmouth remained flat from 2011 to 2012. There were 6,074 births reported in the 2010 data and 6,100 in the 2012 numbers. Some 5,301 deaths were reported in the county in 2010 and 5,323 were reported from 2012.
New Jersey had an overall estimated population increase of 29,817 in 2012, according to census. In addition to Monmouth, five other counties in the state experienced a decrease last year: Cape May, Hunterdon, Salem, Sussex and Warren.
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8:01 am on Saturday, March 16, 2013
This doesn't surprise me, since it's so expensive to live here. Taxes are super high for the size and quality of homes, schools are certainly ok, but offer the bare minimum since enrollments are small by district and there's so little state $ assistance. With the median household income in Monmouth of only around $80K, it's gotten hard for families to afford the towns where typical mid-size houses are $600K+ and taxes of $8K or more for that house. Even harder for many retirees and young people to stay or come into Monmouth. I suspect the job growth in this area has been quite small also which means more commuting to get to high-paying jobs.
Bill Kilbride
8:29 am on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Exactly correct, also baby boomers are retiring and moving out, or making FL their main residence for tax purposes, even know the still mainly live here.
Jerome A. Koch
12:25 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Fort Monmouth closing didn't help.
Ed Murray
8:54 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Don't worry, the increased number of illegal invader aliens more than makes up for this decrease.
Zeppi
9:58 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Propert taxes.
Anita Begonea
6:04 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
708 isn't even a statistically significant number to state it has decreased... The fort closing could account for that.
Useless reporting