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

Originally Posted by Judy

So "in the same span", 51,000 immigrants moved into New Jersey and 55,000 Americans moved out. Hmmm. Sounds like, talks like, walks like, and IT IS, displacement of American workers in New Jersey with illegal aliens and immigrants.

New Jersey used to be called The Garden State. If population growth is reversed, even slowly, the wonderful open space may begin to reappear.
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Originally Posted by vistalad

New Jersey used to be called The Garden State. If population growth is reversed, even slowly, the wonderful open space may begin to reappear.

I few more winters with lots of snow and even more of them are likely to move elsewhere.

People retire and move to Florida too.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

People retire and move to Florida too.

Yes, and those retirements create job openings which would normally be filled with American workers, either workers in New Jersey, or new citizens moving to New Jersey to fill the jobs vacated by those retiring and moving elsewhere, but that isn't what's happening in New Jersey because those existing jobs as well as the new jobs are being filled with illegal aliens and immigrants. People retiring and moving somewhere else is just a normal migration pattern of Americans. What is not normal is 51,000 immigrants moving into New Jersey in the same time span as 55,000 New Jerseyans move out.

http://www.alipac.us/f12/n-j-ceo-sen...-fraud-318527/

Immigrants and their children are growing shares of New Jersey’s population and electorate.

• The foreign-born share of New Jersey’s population rose from 12.5% in 1990, to 17.5% in 2000, to 21.5% in 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New Jersey was home to 1.9 million immigrants in 2011, which is more than the population of the entire state of Nebraska.

• 50.7% of immigrants (or 959,342 people) in New Jersey were naturalized U.S. citizens in 2011—meaning that they are eligible to vote.

• Unauthorized immigrants comprised 6.2% of the state’s population (or 550,000 people) in 2010, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center.

• 18.8% (or 756,168) of registered voters in New Jersey were “New Americans”—naturalized citizens or the U.S.-born children of immigrants who were raised during the current era of immigration from Latin America and Asia which began in 1965—according to an analysis of 2008 Census Bureau data by Rob Paral & Associates.

More than 1 in 4 New Jerseyans are Latino or Asian.

• The Latino share of New Jersey’s population grew from 9.6% in 1990, to 13.3% in 2000, to 18.1% (or 1,600,690 people) in 2011. The Asian share of the population grew from 3.5% in 1990, to 5.7% in 2000, to 8.5% (or 747,620 people) in 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Latinos comprised 9.3% (or 337,000) of New Jersey voters in the 2008 elections, and Asians 5.9% (or 215,000), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• In New Jersey, 87.5% of children with immigrant parents were U.S. citizens in 2009, according to data from the Urban Institute.

• In 2009, 84.9% of children in Asian families in New Jersey were U.S. citizens, as were 91.5% of children in Latino families.

Latino and Asian entrepreneurs and consumers add billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs to New Jersey’s economy.

• The 2012 purchasing power of New Jersey’s Latinos totaled $43.7 billion—an increase of 388.9% since 1990.Asian buying power totaled $44 billion—an increase of 686.7% since 1990, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia.

• New Jersey’s 67,755 Asian-owned businesses had sales and receipts of $29.9 billion and employed 115,024 people in 2007, the last year for which data is available. The state’s 68,374 Latino-owned businesses had sales and receipts of $10.2 billion and employed 48,059 people in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners.

Immigrants are integral to New Jersey’s economy as workers.

• Immigrants comprised 27.4% of the state’s workforce in 2011 (or 1,280,049 workers), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Immigrant workers contributed at least $47 billion to New Jersey’s gross state product in 2006, according to a study at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

• More than 40% of the state’s scientists and engineers with advanced degrees were foreign-born in 2006, according to the same study.

• Immigration to New Jersey raised the wages of native-born workers without a high-school diploma by 3.0%between 1990 and 2000, according to the same study.

• Unauthorized immigrants comprised 8.6% of the state’s workforce (or 400,000 workers) in 2010, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center.

• If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from New Jersey, the state would lose $24.2 billion in economic activity, $10.7 billion in gross state product, and approximately 103,898 jobs, even accounting for adequate market adjustment time, according to a report by the Perryman Group.

Unauthorized immigrants pay taxes.

• Unauthorized immigrants in New Jersey paid $476.4 million in state and local taxes in 2010, according to data from the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, which includes $58 million in state income taxes, $95.1 million in property taxes, and $323.2 million in sales taxes.

• Were unauthorized immigrants in New Jersey to have legal status, they would pay $557.6 million in state and local taxes, including $341.1 million in sales taxes, $116.7 million in state income taxes, and $99.8 million in property taxes.

Immigrants are integral to New Jersey’s economy as students.

• New Jersey’s 15,200 foreign students contributed $447.6 million to the state’s economy in tuition, fees, and living expenses for the 2011-2012 academic year, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Naturalized citizens excel educationally.

• In New Jersey,40.4% of foreign-born persons who were naturalized U.S. citizens in 2011had a bachelor’s or higher degree, compared to 29.6% of noncitizens. At the same time, only 15.4% of naturalized citizens lacked a high-school diploma, compared to 26.9% of noncitizens.

• The number of immigrants in New Jersey with a college degree increased by 57.5% between 2000 and 2011, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute.

• In New Jersey,87.4% of children with immigrant parents were considered “English proficient” as of 2009, according to data from the Urban Institute.

• The English proficiency rate among Asian children in New Jersey was 88.2%, while forLatino children it was 85.8%,as of 2009.

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http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/jus...ans-new-jersey

Immigration Policy Center? Really? LOL.

If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from New Jersey, the state would lose $24.2 billion in economic activity, $10.7 billion in gross state product, and approximately 103,898 jobs, even accounting for adequate market adjustment time, according to a report by the Perryman Group.

Well, I don't buy the 104,000 jobs, I mean why would the jobs disappear just because the people who stole them disappeared? Why wouldn't those jobs be filled with American workers? When the 104,000 illegal aliens stole jobs from Americans, did the state lose $24 billion in "economic activity" and $10.7 billion in "gross state product"?

New Jersey's gross state product in 2012 was almost $529 billion a year, so $10.7 billion is only 2% which they'd make up in a year at 2% annual growth. They'd also save on state welfare expenses since on average in the nation, 71% of illegal aliens are on one form of welfare or another plus food stamps, subsidized housing, free school lunch and so forth, which aren't counted in the CIS study. And because the jobs vacated by the illegal aliens would now be filled with American Workers, probably at higher wages, then there would be no loss of economic activity or gross state product, there would only be loss in welfare spending on illegal aliens and the American workers they displaced and reductions in unemployment and underemployment amongst Americans.

http://kff.org/other/state-indicator...state-product/

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More expected to flee New Jersey as Baby Boomers age

Kala Kachmar, Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, Neptune, N.J.10:53 p.m. EST January 12, 2015


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ASBURY PARK, N.J. — For Raymond Francisco, landing a job at the General Motors auto plant in Linden at 25 years old was like winning the lottery.

The New Brunswick native was a welder by trade, and enjoyed working hard for the good money he made at the plant. But when GM announced in 2002 it would close the factory — about six years after he started — Francisco decided he had to go where the jobs were.

That meant packing up his wife, two small children and moving to Lordstown, Ohio, where GM offered him another job at an assembly plant.

People are leaving New Jersey at a higher rate than 47 other states, just behind New York, which is No. 1, and Illinois, according to James Hughes, a demographer and dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

A United Van Lines study based on household moves handle by the company in 2014 found that about 65% of the state's moves are outbound, which is a higher percentage than any other state in the country. New York was close behind with 64%, and Illinois was 63%.



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Although data show the number of people leaving New Jersey has only slightly increased during the past 15 years, demographers predict that the state will see a more significant loss of residents — especially Millennials and Baby Boomers — over the next several years.

The population of New Jersey isn't decreasing, but the components are changing, according to data from the U.S. Census.

From 2010 to 2014, about 204,000 people living in New Jersey left. There were about 50,000 more people per year moving out of New Jersey than moving in from other U.S. states.
But that 204,000 was replaced by about 211,000 people moving to New Jersey from Puerto Rico and other countries. Those figures include foreign-born and U.S.-born individuals, as well as the movement of U.S. Armed Forces from overseas.

During a five-year stretch, from 2006 to 2011, the state lost more than 90,000 taxpayers — and $8 billion in income — to other states and countries that was not made up from new workers within the state, according to an analysis of IRS tax and migration records

From 2000 to about 2010, that net domestic loss was steady at about 45,000 people per year, Hughes said.

Like so many others who are leaving New Jersey in droves, Francisco realized his dollars go a lot further in other states.

"It was the scariest thing I ever did in my life — moving out of New Jersey," he said. "My daughter was just born, my son was 5. But looking back, it worked out for the best."

Hughes said for many retirees, moving out of New Jersey — away from a high cost of living in general — is an economic no-brainer. High property taxes, transportation tolls and death taxes are all financial disincentives for aging New Jerseyans.

By the end of 2015, Baby Boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — will be 51 to 69 years old.



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"They're all prime candidates for retirements and are perhaps looking for affordability," Hughes said. "We could see a huge increase (of migration out of New Jersey) going forward."

But the rate at which people are leaving isn't unique to New Jersey. People are leaving the Northeast in general.

The United Van Lines study found that four of the top 10 states people are fleeing from are Northeastern states, which include Connecticut and Pennsylvania in addition to New Jersey and New York. And that trend has been the same for about three years now, with more than one in four United Van Lines survey respondents saying they're leaving for retirement.

"Job growth has been much, much faster in North Carolina, Georgia and the likes," Hughes said. "If there's a lack of employment opportunities here, those are attractive options. Charlotte, North Carolina, has become a huge financial center in the country."

Francisco said although he misses New Jersey and comes back to visit family and friends about twice a year since he left, he couldn't afford to live in the Garden State again.

In 2000, Francisco bought his 2,000-square-foot, three-bedroom house in Old Bridge for about $220,000 — the most he could afford. He paid about $6,000 per year in taxes.

When he sold it in 2005, he was able to buy a brand new, 4,500-square-foot house in Ohio for $280,000. He pays about half the amount of taxes for more than twice the space, and his children go to school in an excellent district.

"Taxes in New Jersey are just killing people," he said. "I look back — pop my head in the paper or look online — to see how much people are paying to live, and I don't know how people are surviving anymore."

Hughes said it's common for families, especially retirees who rode the inflation cycle for years, to cash out on their expensive houses and get something comparable in a Southern state or Midwestern state for half the price.

Brick natives Brittany and Michael Molawka left New Jersey in 2011 for Utah. Michael Molawka, who had been on active duty in the N.J. Army National Guard, couldn't find a job in his field after he came back from his deployment in Iraq and finished school.



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The couple moved to Utah so he could work for a military contractor. But in 2013, health problems brought them back to New Jersey so they could be closer to family. Fortunately, he was able to find work in New Jersey, Brittany Molawka said.

"My husband makes the same amount of money here as we did in Utah," she said. "But we're not able to have the same things we were able to have there. We took weekend trips and vacations. Money goes a lot further there."

The 29-year-old mother of two said they had a $1,200 monthly mortgage payment on a 3,200-square-foot house. Now, they're paying more than $1,500 per month to rent a 900-square-foot apartment in Toms River.

"You have to go where your job is," she said. "My husband hates it because we're paying so much more for rent. We had a nicer house and nicer things in Utah."

Even though Southern states are supposedly going to lure retirees to warmer weather and lower property taxes over the next 18 or so years, Hughes said, the top states people move to from New Jersey are still New York and Pennsylvania, according to U.S. Census data.

Patrick Guaschino, who from 2011 to 2013 commuted to his entry level job at a publishing company in Manhattan from his parents' house in Toms River, couldn't afford to commute and pay high New Jersey rents.

Guaschino would spent $495 and 80 hours a month on his bus commute.

"For certain fields, you work in Manhattan or you don't work," he said. "At the time, I lived with my parents and the circumstances were OK because transportation was my only major expense."

In 2013, he moved to Brooklyn, which cut his transit costs by more than 80% and eliminated his need for a car.

"Living in New York was what made economic sense," said Guaschino, who is now 29. "It's such a shame because I feel like New Jersey has classically been a great place to live and commute to New York. That's so much of what built the state — access to the city and great opportunities for jobs."

But he said the high cost of living and high transit costs are making is difficult for young people to afford New Jersey.

Hughes said Millennials are among those expected to leave New Jersey, but for different reasons. People in their 20s and 30s are suffering from suburban fatigue — they want to be in live-work-play environments all the time.

"Brooklyn is draining the young demographic vitality of central New Jersey," Hughes said. "Baby Boomers couldn't wait to get out of Brooklyn. Their children can't wait to get back in."

There are a lot of young people who want to live in places like Jersey City, Morristown and Hoboken, Hughes said, but there are only a few places like that in New Jersey. Cost is less of a factor, and lifestyle — including living in edgy environments in close proximity to restaurants, museums and public transit — is more important to Millennials, he said.

"New Jersey doesn't have the best image in the world," he said. "Young people want to be in fashionable places."

Top destinations of those leaving New Jersey
1. New York
2. Pennsylvania
3. California
4. Florida
5. North Carolina
Source: IRS State Outflow data 2010-11

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-age/21672843/

Top destinations of those leaving New Jersey

1. New York
2. Pennsylvania
3. California
4. Florida
5. North Carolina

Nice to see North Carolina is a top destination point!

. . . Hughes said for many retirees, moving out of New Jersey — away from a high cost of living in general — is an economic no-brainer. High property taxes, transportation tolls and death taxes are all financial disincentives for aging New Jerseyans.

By the end of 2015, Baby Boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — will be 51 to 69 years old.


"They're all prime candidates for retirements and are perhaps looking for affordability," Hughes said. "We could see a huge increase (of migration out of New Jersey) going forward."

But the rate at which people are leaving isn't unique to New Jersey. People are leaving the Northeast in general.

The United Van Lines study found that four of the top 10 states people are fleeing from are Northeastern states, which include Connecticut and Pennsylvania in addition to New Jersey and New York. And that trend has been the same for about three years now, with more than one in four United Van Lines survey respondents saying they're leaving for retirement . . .