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FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES
Source: Fortune 500 List, 2020
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Source: The 2017 State New Economy Index, 2017
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FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Source: The State New Economy Index, 2019
EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
#1 state for early childhood education
Source: U.S. News & World Report, 2018
#1 PUBLIC SCHOOL system
Source: Education Week, Quality Counts, 2019
#1 UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Source: US News & World Report’s Best Colleges, 2018
#2 HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION RATES
GRADUATION RATES
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2017
60+ research institutes, centers and specialized laboratories
Source: NJIT Research Centers & Specialized Labs, 2019
Life Sciences
#1 BIOSCIENCE STRENGTH
Source: Business Facilities, 2018
#1 FOR EMPLOYED BIOCHEMISTS AND BIOPHYSICISTS
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017
#2 BIOTECH STRENGTH
Source: Business Facilities, 2019
12 OF THE TOP 20 BIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN THE WORLD
Source: Pharmaceutical Executive, 2018
#1 DRUG/PHARMA EMPLOYMENT:
NEWARK & JERSEY CITY
Source: Business Facilities, 2017
Logistics
#1 BUSIEST SEAPORT ON THE EAST COAST
Source: American Association of Port Authority, 2016
#3 BUSIEST SEAPORT IN NORTH AMERICA
Source: American Association of Port Authority, 2016
#1 DISTRIBUTION MARKET
NEW JERSEY AND THE NEW YORK METRO REGION
Source: JLL, 2016
TECHNOLOGY
#1 MOST CONNECTED STATE
Source: BroadbandNow.com – New Jersey, 2019
#4 MOST INNOVATIVE STATE
Source: Bloomberg, 2016
#4 BROADBAND ACCESS
Source: US News & World Report, 2018
#10 DATA CENTER HUBS (NORTHERN NEW JERSEY)
Source: Business Facilities, 2017
3 OF THE TOP 100 FINTECH COMPANIES IN THE WORLD – HQ IN NEW JERSEY
#4 COGNIZANT
#38 IPC
#80 INDECOMM COPORATION
Source: IDC Financial Insight FinTech Top 100, 2018
4 OF THE TOP 6 US CITIES FOR CONNECTIVITY
#1 JERSEY CITY
#3 NEWARK
#5 PATERSON
#6 ELIZABETH
Source: FDi Magazine’s American City of the Future, 2017-2018
Quality of Life
#1 GOLF COURSE IN THE U.S. (SINCE 1985)
PINE VALLEY
Source: Golf Digest, 2019
#5 HAPPIEST STATE
Source: WalletHub, 2019
#2 BEACH IN AMERICA
ASBURY PARK
Source: Coastal Living, 2018
WHAT CAN CHOOSE New Jersey DO FOR YOU
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Tiffany Hess-Bennette
Editorial Content Manager
Rena Sherman
Research Manager