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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

New Jersey snapshot258

Pregnancy-associated deaths reviewed

2019-2023 review period

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Deaths identified during pregnancy or within 365 days after a pregnancy, regardless of whether the death was related to the pregnancy.

Maternal Mortality Review Committee determinations

Pregnancy-related: 38.0%
Pregnancy-associated but not related: 55.8%
Relationship unable to be determined: 6.2%
Pregnancy-related deaths determined preventable: 86.7%

How it was measured: The New Jersey Maternal Mortality Review Committee conducts multidisciplinary reviews to determine pregnancy association, pregnancy relatedness, and preventability.

Keep in mind

This is a five-year maternal-health review count, not a count of abortions, births, or pregnancy-related deaths alone.
New Jersey remains absent from CDC's 2022 abortion-occurrence table, so this card does not infer or substitute a statewide abortion total.

New Jersey Department of Health ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

New Jersey snapshot$1,720/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

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Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

New Jersey compared with the U.S.

Median gross rent

New Jersey: $1,720/month
United States: $1,413/month

New Jersey's statewide median was $307 per month higher than the national median.

Both values are Census QuickFacts 2020–2024 estimates in 2024 dollars.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Other statewide housing measures

Median owner-occupied home value: $454,400
Owner costs with a mortgage: $2,829/month
Owner-occupied housing rate: 63.8%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide multi-year estimate; local rents and current asking rents can differ substantially.
The owner measures describe owner-occupied units and do not estimate the current cost to buy a home.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

New Jersey snapshot9.1%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 estimate

Understand this number

Share of New Jersey’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts annual health-insurance estimate.

Keep in mind

This excludes people age 65 and older.
Insurance status does not measure affordability, provider availability, coverage adequacy, or quality of care.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

New Jersey snapshot90.7%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of New Jersey residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

Additional attainment measure

Bachelor's degree or higher: 43.6%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This measures adult attainment, not current public-school graduation rates or school performance.
It combines people educated in different places and time periods.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

New Jersey snapshot393

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Deaths in which firearm injury was recorded as the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

New Jersey compared with the U.S.

Age-adjusted firearm death rate

New Jersey: 4.0 per 100,000
United States: 13.1 per 100,000

New Jersey's rate was 9.1 deaths per 100,000 lower than the national rate.

Both rates use 2024 National Vital Statistics System mortality data and are age-adjusted.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 4.0 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data published through CDC WONDER and Stats of the States.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm homicides, suicides, accidents, legal-intervention deaths, and deaths of undetermined intent.
Mortality data do not measure nonfatal injuries, defensive uses, ownership, or the effect of a particular policy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

New Jersey snapshot23.9%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Share of New Jersey residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The survey does not assign legal status and this statewide estimate does not show recent arrivals or local distribution.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

New Jersey snapshot47% natural gas

New Jersey electricity generation by source

2024

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Share of New Jersey's in-state net electricity generation attributed to major energy sources.

Other major sources

Nuclear power: 44%
Renewable energy: about 9%
Solar energy: about 8%

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration state energy estimates and electricity-generation analysis.

Keep in mind

Electricity generation is not the same as total energy consumption across transportation, buildings, and industry.
New Jersey imported nearly one-third of the electricity it consumed in 2024, so in-state generation does not describe the full delivered power mix.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

New Jersey snapshot$4.12/gal

Central Atlantic regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated average cash price at the pump for regular-grade gasoline across EIA's Central Atlantic petroleum district, including federal, state, and local taxes. The district contains Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

New Jersey compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

New Jersey: $4.117/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

The Central Atlantic average was 4.6 cents per gallon, or about 1.1%, higher than the U.S. average.

Both values are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, include taxes, and refer to the week of August 31, 2026. The Central Atlantic value is a regional proxy, not a New Jersey statewide estimate.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent EIA observations

Prior week: $4.094/gal
Weekly change: +$0.023/gal
One year earlier: $3.150/gal
Change from one year earlier: +$0.967/gal

How it was measured: EIA's weekly retail gasoline survey samples outlets and publishes volume-weighted price estimates. Because EIA does not publish a current New Jersey statewide weekly series, FactVote uses the smallest current EIA retail region that includes New Jersey and labels it as a regional proxy.

Keep in mind

EIA does not publish a current New Jersey statewide weekly retail gasoline-price series; this is the six-jurisdiction Central Atlantic average and is not a New Jersey statewide estimate.
The regional average masks differences among states, communities, fuel formulations, payment methods, and individual stations.
This nominal weekly snapshot does not identify why prices changed or establish the effect of any tax, bill, executive action, or market event.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

New Jersey snapshot$103,556

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Median annual money income of New Jersey households, expressed in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Household income is not take-home pay and does not directly measure taxes, wealth, prices, or purchasing power after local living costs.
A statewide median can obscure substantial differences among households and communities.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

New Jersey snapshot

64.67%

Registered voters who cast a ballot in 2024

November 5, 2024 general election

14.49%

Primary election turnout

June 2, 2026 primary election

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Ballots cast as a share of registered voters in New Jersey's 2024 general election.

Turnout comparison

General: Nov. 5, 2024 · Primary: June 2, 2026

General election turnout: 64.67%
Primary election turnout: 14.49%

FactVote divides the exact official totals: 4,321,921 general-election ballots by 6,682,699 registered voters, and 905,698 primary ballots by 6,250,266 persons entitled to vote. The PDFs publish whole-number percentages.

The displayed rates are transparent FactVote calculations from official totals rather than the whole-number percentages printed in the reports.
New Jersey's partisan primary rules and ballot choices differ from the general election.

New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections ↗

Official general-election totals

Registered voters: 6,682,699
Ballots cast: 4,321,921
Ballots rejected: 26,600

How it was measured: FactVote divides the exact statewide ballot and voter-eligibility totals in the New Jersey Division of Elections' certified reports, then rounds each rate to two decimal places.

Keep in mind

This registered-voter turnout rate is not the same as turnout among all voting-age or voting-eligible residents.
A turnout statistic does not measure election accuracy, access, confidence, or the effect of a particular voting rule.

New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

New Jersey snapshot221.9 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

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Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
New Jersey's average monthly population coverage was below 90% in 2021; that year is flagged and should not be treated as directly comparable with the higher-coverage years.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.6%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

New Jersey snapshot1,433.1 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
New Jersey's average monthly population coverage was below 90% in 2021; that year is flagged and should not be treated as directly comparable with the higher-coverage years.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.6%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

New Jersey snapshot12,471

People in New Jersey correctional custody

2026 Population Characteristics Report

Understand this number

Total incarcerated population reported across New Jersey Department of Corrections institutions and specified custody placements in the 2026 population report.

How it was measured: New Jersey Department of Corrections administrative population reporting.

Keep in mind

This is a correctional-population count, not a crime rate.
It does not include every person in local detention or under community supervision and does not establish the effect of any single policy.

New Jersey Department of Corrections ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

New Jersey snapshot1,780,433

People receiving Social Security benefits

December 2025

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

People in New Jersey whose Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits were in current-payment status in December 2025.

New Jersey compared with the U.S.

Residents receiving Social Security benefits

New Jersey: 18.6%
United States: 20.1%

New Jersey's share was 1.5 percentage points lower than the national share.

Both shares use December 2025 beneficiaries in current-payment status and Census resident-population estimates.

Social Security Administration ↗

Beneficiary type

Retired workers: 1,406,793
Disabled workers: 156,810
Widow(er)s and parents: 84,413
Spouses: 47,084
Children: 85,333

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record data assigned geographically using U.S. Postal Service ZIP+4 data. FactVote combines the source's retirement and disability spouse rows into Spouses and its three child rows into Children so the displayed categories reconcile exactly to the headline.

Keep in mind

The total includes retirement, survivor, dependent, and disability beneficiaries and is not limited to retirees.
People whose benefits were withheld are excluded; residence is assigned from administrative mailing information, including representative-payee addresses where applicable.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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