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Mercer County

0
TOTAL POPULATION

Source: US Census, 2010

0
LABOR FORCE

Source: Chmura, 2016

LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES

wdt_ID Municipality Population
1 Hamilton Twp 88,464
2 Trenton 84,913
3 Ewing Twp 35,790
4 Lawrence Twp 33,472
5 East Windsor 27,190
6 West Windsor 27,165

Source: US Census Bureau 2010

MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS

wdt_ID Company Industry
1 Princeton University Higher Education
2 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
3 Bank of America Banking and Finance
4 Amazon Distribution and Warehousing
5 Capital Health Systems Inc. Hospitals, General Medical & Surgical
6 NJM Insurance Company Insurance
7 Educational Testing Service Services
8 McGraw-Hill Co's Inc Publishing and Information
9 Pharmanet Development Group Inc Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
10 RWJ University Hospital Gen Med/Surgical Hospital

ETHNICITY/RACE

wdt_ID Ethnicity Percentage
1 White 61
2 Black 20
3 Hispanic (of all races) 15
4 Asian 10
5 Other 6

Source: US Census, 2010- 2015

AGE (POPULATION)

wdt_ID Age Percentage
1 Under 20 26
2 20-39 27
3 40-64 34
4 65+ 13

Source: US Census, 2010- 2015

EDUCATION ATTAINMENT

wdt_ID DEGREE Percentage
2 H.S. Diploma or Higher 89
4 Associates Degree 5
5 Bachelor's Degree or Higher 44
6 Post-graduate studies 20

Source: US Census, American FactFinder, 2017

INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION

wdt_ID Institute Type Undergrad Graduate
1 Princeton University 4 Yr 5,402 2,736
2 The College of New Jersey 4 Yr 6,758 648
3 Thomas Edison State University 4 Yr 12,283 810
4 Rider University 4 Yr 4,172 897
5 Mercer County CC 2 Yr 7,979 0

Source: Secretary of Higher Ed

0 %
USE OF
PUBLIC TRANSIT

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-2015

0
COMMUTER
RAIL LINES

Source: NJ Transit

MILEAGE TO AIRPORTS

wdt_ID Airport Miles
1 Newark International Airport 46
2 John F. Kennedy International Airport 70
3 LaGuardia Airport 75
4 Philadelphia International Airport 47
5 Trenton-Mercer Airport 7
6 Atlantic City International Airport 74
7 Teterboro Airport 61

MILEAGE TO PORTS

wdt_ID Port Miles
1 Port Newark-Elizabeth 50

TAXES

wdt_ID Tax Percent
1 Corporate Income Tax (Single Sales Factor) 6.5% to 11.5% (for incomes over $1M)
2 Personal Income Tax 1.4% to 10.75% (for incomes over $1M)
3 Sales and Use Tax 6.625% (3.3125% in UEZs)
4 Gross Receipts Tax None
5 Franchise Tax None
6 Personal Property Tax None
7 Real Property Tax No state property tax
8 Fuel Tax 50.7 cents per gallon
*Corporate Income Tax will decrease to 9% in 2022. Source: Tax Foundation 2021

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