List of counties in New Jersey

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New Jersey counties
New Jersey counties

The following table lists New Jersey's 21 counties, when and how they were created and their county seat:

State Abbr. FIPS State Code State
NJ 34 New Jersey
FIPS County Code County Name Formed History County Seat
001 Atlantic County 1837 Created from part of Gloucester County Mays Landing (in Hamilton Township)
003 Bergen County 1675 One of four original counties created in East Jersey Hackensack
005 Burlington County 1681 One of two original counties created in West Jersey Mount Holly
007 Camden County 1844 Formed from part of Gloucester County Camden
009 Cape May County 1685 Created by West Jersey from part of Burlington County Cape May Court House (in Middle Township)
011 Cumberland County 1748 Established from part of Salem County Bridgeton
013 Essex County 1675 One of four original counties created in East Jersey Newark
015 Gloucester County 1686 Formed by West Jersey from part of Burlington County Woodbury
017 Hudson County 1840 Created from part of Bergen County Jersey City
019 Hunterdon County 1714 Formed from part of Burlington County Flemington
021 Mercer County 1838 Formed from parts of Burlington County, Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, and Somerset County Trenton
023 Middlesex County 1675 One of four original counties created in East Jersey New Brunswick
025 Monmouth County 1675 One of four original counties created in East Jersey Freehold Borough
027 Morris County 1739 Created from part of Hunterdon County Morristown
029 Ocean County 1850 Established from part of Monmouth County Toms River
031 Passaic County 1837 Created from parts of Bergen County and Essex County Paterson
033 Salem County 1681 One of two original counties created in West Jersey Salem
035 Somerset County 1688 Formed from part of Middlesex County Somerville
037 Sussex County 1753 Created from part of Morris County Newton
039 Union County 1857 Established from part of Essex County Elizabeth
041 Warren County 1824 Formed from part of Sussex County Belvidere

[edit] Counties by Population

The following table lists New Jersey's 21 counties, in descending order by population, based on statistics from the United States 2000 Census:

  1. Bergen County: 884,118
  2. Essex County: 793,633
  3. Middlesex County: 750,162
  4. Monmouth County: 615,301
  5. Hudson County: 608,975
  6. Union County: 522,541
  7. Ocean County: 510,916
  8. Camden County: 508,932
  9. Passaic County: 489,049
  10. Morris County: 470,212
  11. Burlington County: 423,394
  12. Mercer County: 350,761
  13. Somerset County: 297,490
  14. Gloucester County: 254,673
  15. Atlantic County: 252,552
  16. Cumberland County: 146,438
  17. Sussex County: 144,166
  18. Hunterdon County: 121,989
  19. Warren County: 102,437
  20. Cape May County: 102,326
  21. Salem County: 64,285

[edit] See also

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