1. BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
OVERVIEW LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT CIVILIAN UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE RATE
483,900 7.9% 9.8% NJ
8.3% US
TOTAL EMPLOYED PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
445,600 $42,000 $35K NJ
$27K US
MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS
Company Industry 2011 Employment
HISTORY
Hackensack Univ Med Ctr Gen Med/Surgical Center 7,000
1683: Bergen County founded, one of
Englewood Hosp/Med Ctr Gen Med/Surgical Center 2,100
the original four counties in NJ Bergen Record Corporation Publishing 1,193
1837/1840: Lost 13,000 residents with Pearson Education Inc Book Publishing 1,583
the formation of Passaic and Hudson Unilever Consumer Goods 1,180
County, created from parts of Bergen Mercedes-Benz USA Automobile Industry 1,000
Kraft Foods Global Inc Food Products 850
1931: George Washington Bridge was
BMW of North America Automobile Industry 700
completed, linking Fort Lee to NYC
LG Electronics USA Consumer Products 500
2009: Ranked 16th among highest Bayer Corporation (Agfa Division) Photographic Equipment 500
income counties in US
Today: Most populous county in NJ FASTEST GROWING EMPLOYMENT SECTORS
Rank Industry % of new employment
CURRENT POPULATION: 1 Food Services and Drinking Places >20%
2 Ambulatory Health Care Services >20%
900,766 3
4
General Merchandise Stores
Social Assistance
12%
9%
5 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 5%
PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
(2008-2018) LARGEST EMPLOYMENT SECTORS (TOP 5)
Rank Sector Bergen NJ U.S.
Bergen 1.6% 1 Trade, Transportation & Utilities 24% 21% 19%
2 Education & Healthcare Services 17% 23% 14%
3 Professional & Business Services 17% 15% 13%
NJ 2.8% 4 Leisure & Hospitality 8% 9% 10%
5 Manufacturing 8% 7% 10%
LARGEST OCCUPATIONS (TOP 5)
LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES 2011
Rank Occupation Bergen NJ U.S.
 Hackensack*(43,010) 1 Office & Admin Support 19% 17% 16%
 Teaneck Twp (39,776) 2 Sales & Related 12% 11% 11%
 Fort Lee Borough (35,345) 2 Management 7% 6% 6%
 Fair Lawn Borough (32,457) 4 Transportation and Material Moving 7% 7% 7%
 Garfield (30,487) 5 Food Prep & Serving Related 6% 6% 8%
ETHNICITY/DIVERSITY AGE MEDIAN AGE
TAX INFORMATION 2011
72% 42
 Corporate Income Tax = 9% 30%
 Personal Income = 8.97% (max) 29%
 Sales Tax = 7% 16% 26%
 Property Tax = $2,372 per capita 15%
15%
 Median Property Taxes Paid in
6% 5%
county = $7,925
Under 25
Hispanic/
White
Latino
Black
Other
45-64
25-44
Asian
65+
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2. BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT cont’d TRANSPORTATION/MOBILTY
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AVG COMMUTE TIME (MINS) AVAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
17% 10%
Less than H.S.
H.S. Diploma
29 30 NJ
25 US 247 Buses Routes
(statewide)
Some College CARPOOL
28% 25%
4 Yrs of College
> 4 Yrs of College 8.0% 3 Commuter Rail Lines
21% COUNTY: US: USE PUBLIC TRANSIT
COLLEGE DEGREE
45%
COLLEGE DEGREE
28%
13% 1 Light Rail Line
(Hudson-Bergen)
MILES OF INTERSTATES & KEY ROADS
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS HIGHWAYS (statewide)  Garden State Parkway, NJ
Ridgewood
Grade 12
Enrollment
427
Average Combined
SAT score (US :1509)
1797
38,000 Turnpike, Palisades Interstate
Parkway
 Interstates 80, 95, and 287.
Fairlawn 362 1581
Teaneck 357 1396 MILEAGE TO NEAREST AIRPORTS ABOUT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT
 24 million passengers (2011)
Ramapo
North Highlands Regional
353
323
1696
1748 15 To LaGuardia
Airport  20th busiest in US
 Generates $11 billion in
economic activity for NY/NJ
INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Institute Type
ENROLLMENT
Under
graduate
Graduate 18 To Newark Int’l
Airport
ABOUT NEWARK INT’L AIRPORT
 14th busiest in US (37th worldwide)
 34 million passengers (2011)
 812,000 short tons of cargo
Bergen County CC 2 Yr 16,469 NA
Ramapo College of NJ 4 Yr 5,776 250 MILEAGE TO NEAREST PORT ABOUT PORT OF NY/NJ
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.
(Morris)
Stevens Inst of Tech
4 Yr
4 Yr
2,480
2,262
1,025
3,495
18 To Port of
NY/NJ
 Busiest port on East Coast
 3rd Busiest port in the US
 Handled 5.3 million loaded and
Felician College (Hudson) 4 Yr 1,758 355 unloaded 20 ft equiv units
ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS  Value of cargo that moved
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS (MILLIONS) through port exceeds $190 Billion
100
Institute Enrollment Within one
High School Vocational 1,846 day drive
COST OF DOING BUSINESS
UTILITY COSTS 2011 WAGES
Type of Utility Cost/Available Providers Rank Occupation Bergen NJ
Gas $2.63 2nd lowest Bus. & Fin. Operations $89,900 $74,470
Electric 14.8 cents / Deregulated 7th highest Construction and Extraction $63,960 $56,400
Telecom Varies by location NA Food Prep & Serving Related $25,300 $23,650
Waste/Sewer Varies by location NA Healthcare Practitioners $88,200 $83,800
Healthcare Support $28,300 $28,450
Management $147,680 $131,770
Office & Admin Support $39,860 $36,810
KEY RESOURCES & CONTACTS Production $35,100 $35,630
TRACYE MCDANIEL | PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Protective Services $48,790 $54,750
MICHAEL CHROBAK | CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Sales & Related $54,820 $43,760
Trnsp and Material Moving $40,490 $33,100
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Type Sq Ft/Acre Occupancy Costs
SOURCES: NJ Department of Labor & US Bureau of Labor Statistics; American Community Land 345 acres $14.12 / sf
Survey, 2005-2009 Estimates,; NJ State Police & FBI, Uniform Crime Report; NJ Monthly
Industrial 13,956,000 sq ft $6.03 / sf
Magazine, 2010; NJ State Department of Education, Spring 2010; Board of Public Utilities;
Tax Foundation; Infoplease.com; Travelmath; CoStar; Hoovers; Institute for Energy Office 8,361,000 sq ft $25.28 / sf
Research; Data current as of May 2012
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