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About how many workers did New Jersey manufacturing employ in 2024 in state labor research?

  • 253,000
  • 2.53 million
  • 25,300
  • 1,253
Correct answer(s):
  • 253,000

Why is New Jersey state GDP different from New York metropolitan GDP?

  • The geographic boundaries of the measures differ
  • Metropolitan GDP counts only cities in New Jersey
  • They use identical geographic boundaries
  • State GDP measures only taxes
Correct answer(s):
  • The geographic boundaries of the measures differ

Approximately how much did New Jersey’s revised real GDP grow from 2024 to 2025?

  • 20 percent
  • 50 percent
  • 9 percent
  • 2.0 percent
Correct answer(s):
  • 2.0 percent

Why can nominal GDP and real GDP grow at different rates?

  • Only nominal GDP can include manufacturing
  • Real GDP counts residents while nominal GDP counts counties
  • Prices and measurement adjustments affect the comparison
  • Both measure only wages
Correct answer(s):
  • Prices and measurement adjustments affect the comparison

How is state GDP per capita calculated?

  • Payroll jobs multiplied by GDP
  • Total state GDP divided by a defined population
  • Median income divided by total land area
  • Unemployment divided by household count
Correct answer(s):
  • Total state GDP divided by a defined population

Approximately what was New Jersey’s GDP per resident using revised 2025 GDP and July 2025 population?

  • $93,000
  • $930
  • $930,000
  • $9,300
Correct answer(s):
  • $93,000

What does New Jersey’s GDP per capita not directly reveal?

  • A per-person output statistic
  • A ratio based on GDP
  • Output divided by population
  • Typical resident take-home income
Correct answer(s):
  • Typical resident take-home income

What median household income did Census QuickFacts report for New Jersey in 2020-2024, in 2024 dollars?

  • $13,556
  • $303,556
  • $103,556
  • $203,556
Correct answer(s):
  • $103,556

In state economic accounts, what does GDP primarily measure?

  • Only state-government tax revenue
  • Value added by production within the state during a period
  • The number of employed residents
  • Money in all resident bank accounts
Correct answer(s):
  • Value added by production within the state during a period

What is the median household income?

  • The sum of all households’ incomes
  • The middle value when households are ordered by income
  • The maximum income of any household
  • The average GDP of nearby states
Correct answer(s):
  • The middle value when households are ordered by income

How is current-dollar GDP valued?

  • At prices prevailing during the reference year
  • At an exchange rate chosen by students
  • At a fixed base year’s prices only
  • Only at farm-gate prices
Correct answer(s):
  • At prices prevailing during the reference year

Why do economists use real GDP when studying New Jersey’s economic growth?

  • It excludes all services
  • It counts only international exports
  • It equals every resident’s income
  • It adjusts for price changes to track production volume
Correct answer(s):
  • It adjusts for price changes to track production volume

What distinguishes an annual GDP total from quarterly GDP reported at an annual rate?

  • Annual GDP counts only January
  • Quarterly GDP is a household-income statistic
  • They cover different reporting periods and annualization methods
  • Both always describe identical three-month production
Correct answer(s):
  • They cover different reporting periods and annualization methods

About how much was New Jersey’s revised current-dollar GDP for calendar 2025?

  • $1.89 trillion
  • $887.8 billion
  • $8.9 trillion
  • $88.8 billion
Correct answer(s):
  • $887.8 billion

What was New Jersey’s revised calendar-year nominal GDP in 2024?

  • About $846.6 billion
  • About $68.8 billion
  • About $200 billion
  • About $1.4 trillion
Correct answer(s):
  • About $846.6 billion

Which amount approximated New Jersey’s revised 2023 nominal GDP?

  • $7.9 trillion
  • $2.8 trillion
  • $97.9 billion
  • $797.9 billion
Correct answer(s):
  • $797.9 billion

How much did New Jersey’s revised nominal GDP grow from 2024 to 2025?

  • About 49 percent
  • About 24 percent
  • About 4.9 percent
  • About 0.49 percent
Correct answer(s):
  • About 4.9 percent

What was New Jersey’s revised 2025 real GDP in chained 2017 dollars?

  • About $1.69 trillion
  • About $688.8 billion
  • About $68.8 million
  • About $887.8 trillion
Correct answer(s):
  • About $688.8 billion

What was New Jersey’s revised 2024 real GDP in chained 2017 dollars?

  • About $675.2 billion
  • About $1.675 trillion
  • About $75.2 billion
  • About $875.2 trillion
Correct answer(s):
  • About $675.2 billion

In port geography, what is a hinterland?

  • Only the dock beside a single ship
  • The inland area served by the port’s transport connections
  • The international waters beyond any coast
  • A mountain summit overlooking an ocean
Correct answer(s):
  • The inland area served by the port's transport connections