TARGET POPULATION ANALYSIS

Report to the New Jersey Community Loan Fund

May 1, 1995

Principal Investigators and Authors:
Joseph Hoereth
Judith Miller
Brian Schmitt
Bryan Wood

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. William M. Taylor

Project Manager
Stephen Finn, M.S.W

Additional computer research assistance:
William Dolphin
WonSik Shim

Project Community Center for Urban Policy Research Dr. Norman J. Glickman, Director Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Funding support for Project Community is provided by the Fund for New Jersey, Ford Foundation and Rutgers University.

• Executive Summary
• Purpose
• Data Collection and Method
• Section 1. Indicators of Distressed Areas
  1. Demographics and Distress Indicators
  2. Measures of Income and Poverty
  3. Minority Educational Attainment
  4. Employment
  5. Distress and Employment Projections
  6. Distress and Industry Concentrations
  7. Industry Portfolios and Economic Volatility
  8. Summary of Findings
• Section 2. Target Population Analysis
  1. Atlantic County
  2. Camden County
  3. Cumberland County
  4. Salem County
  5. Essex County
  6. Hudson County
  7. Passaic County
  8. Union County
• Section 3. Conclusions
• Footnotes
• Appendix of Tables
• Map of New Jersey's Counties and Target Counties