Editing Ocean County, New Jersey (section)

==Economy==
The [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] calculated that the county's [[gross domestic product]] was $23.8&nbsp;billion in 2022, which ranked 12th of 21 in the state. This was a 4.1% increase from the prior year, the 5th largest percent change in the state. The 2022 GDP numbers reflected the second year in a row of positive growth for the county, after 2020 saw a -0.4% change from 2019.<ref>[https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/lagdp1223.pdf Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213200707/https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/lagdp1223.pdf |date=December 13, 2023 }}

Released Thursday, December 7, 2023. Accessed May 3, 2024</ref>

Ocean County is home to the [[Ocean County Mall]] in Toms River, featuring a [[Floor area (building)|gross leasable area]] of {{convert|898000|sqft}}.<ref>[http://business.simon.com/leasing/ocean-county-mall Ocean County Mall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823024837/http://business.simon.com/leasing/ocean-county-mall |date=August 23, 2016 }}, [[Simon Property Group]]. Accessed June 27, 2016.</ref> The now-closed [[Sears]] site will be replaced with {{convert|100000|sqft}} of retail space.<ref>Willis, David P. [https://www.app.com/story/money/business/main-street/whats-going-there/2019/05/07/ocean-county-malls-big-changes-include-la-fitness-homesense/1130120001/ "Ocean County Mall's big changes will include LA Fitness, Homesense"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513201257/https://www.app.com/story/money/business/main-street/whats-going-there/2019/05/07/ocean-county-malls-big-changes-include-la-fitness-homesense/1130120001/ |date=May 13, 2024 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', May 7, 2019. Accessed April 12, 2020. "The 104,000-square-foot Sears store is being replaced with 97,679-square-feet of retail space, along with a new mall entrance on the north side of the building and new landscaping."</ref>