Despite the growth in the northern part of the state [of New Jersey], that region's share of the state's population continues to shrink. Along with the booming suburbs in the center of the state, the other growth belt remains the counties along the Atlantic coast, Ocean, Atlantic, Monmouth and Cape May. There was major growth in Middlesex County, a strikingly diverse place that includes older urban centers like Perth Amboy, booming South Brunswick and sprawling townships like Edison, with its surging Asian population

Minorities Changing Landscape of New Jersey
by Janny Scott
New York Times, 09 March 2001, p A1, B6