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New Brunswick |
New Brunswick is situated in mid-New Jersey on the south bank of the Raritan River at the head of navigation, about 40 miles southwest of New York City. It lies in a line of moraines formed by glaciers in a level coastal plain. New Brunswick's is a four-season climate. The proximity of the Atlantic Ocean helps create relatively mild winters and cooling summer breezes.
Area: 5.2 square miles (2000)
Elevation: 86 feet above sea level
Average Temperatures: January, 29.7° F; July, 74.8° F; annual average, 52.2° F
Average Annual Precipitation: 53.3 inches of rain; 27.2 inches of snow
Major Industries and Commercial Activity
Research, business, and industry are the economic pillars of Middlesex County, where well over 20,000 firms are located. At the heart of research activity is Rutgers University, which maintains more than 60 research facilities.
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Research as well as business and industrial activities are carried out at the more than 100 Fortune 500 corporations that maintain plants and other facilities in Middlesex County, including Johnson & Johnson (world headquarters), Ford, General Motors, Pepsico, Cola-Cola, E. I. DuPont, General Electric, and others. Middlesex County boasts one of the largest business parks in the country, the 2,350-acre Raritan Center, which lists the presence of 20 Fortune 500 companies.
Rutgers University is at the northern end of the U.S. Route 1 "high technology corridor" that extends to Princeton University at the southern end of Middlesex County. Both universities are high technology centers in a variety of disciplines that attract research and engineering firms. Items and goods produced: chemicals, pharmaceuticals, ceramics products, metal refining, automobiles, air conditioners, plastics, electronics
Economy |
Gross domestic product (GDP, in Canadian dollars) |
C$23 billion (2004)
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Income per capita |
C$24,971 (2001 estimate)
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GDP by economic Sector
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Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
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5.3 percent (2004)
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Industry |
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Construction |
6.6 percent (2004)
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Manufacturing |
15.4 percent (2004)
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Mining |
1.1 percent (2004)
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Transportation and utilities
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8.8 percent (2004)
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Services |
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Finance, insurance, and real estate
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17.4 percent (2004)
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Government |
9.1 percent (2004)
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Retail trade
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6.2 percent (2004)
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Wholesale trade
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4.6 percent (2004)
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Other services
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25.4 percent (2004)
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Employment |
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Number of workers
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393,600 (2006)
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Unemployment rate
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8.9 percent (2006)
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