Back مقاطعة إسكس (نيو جيرسي) Arabic Esseks (dairə, Nyu-Cersi) AZ County Essex, New Jersey BAN Essex County, New Jersey BAR Есекс (окръг, Ню Джърси) Bulgarian এসেক্স কাউন্টি, নিউ জার্সি BPY Essex Gông (New Jersey) CDO Эссекс (гуо, Нью-Джерси) CE Essex County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, New Jersey) CEB Essex County (New Jersey) Czech
Essex County | |
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 Newark Penn Station in Newark at dusk in June 2015 | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location within the U.S. state of New Jersey | |
 New Jersey's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′N 74°15′W / 40.79°N 74.25°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| Founded | March 7, 1683[2] |
| Named for | Essex, England |
| Seat | Newark[3] |
| Largest city | Newark (population and area) |
| Government | |
| • County executive | Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. (D, term ends December 31, 2026) |
| Area | |
• Total | 129.42 sq mi (335.2 km2) |
| • Land | 126.09 sq mi (326.6 km2) |
| • Water | 3.34 sq mi (8.7 km2) 2.6% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 863,728[1] |
851,117  | |
| • Density | 6,843.5/sq mi (2,642.3/km2) |
| Congressional districts | 8th, 10th, 11th |
| Website | essexcountynj |
Essex County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is one of the centrally located counties in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's second-most populous county,[7] with a population of 863,728,[5][8] its highest decennial count since the 1970 census and an increase of 79,759 (+10.2%) from the 2010 census count of 783,969.[9][10][11] The county is part of the North Jersey region of the state.[12]
For 2022, the Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 849,477, which was ranked third-largest among New Jersey's 21 counties behind Bergen and Middlesex Counties.[6] Its county seat is Newark,[3] the state's most populous city with a 2020 census population of 311,549.[8][7]
In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $60,030, the eighth-highest in New Jersey and 153rd highest of 3,113 counties in the U.S.[13][14] The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 94th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the U.S. and seventh-highest in New Jersey in 2009.[15]
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- ^ [lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/industry/incpov/highcnty.xls 250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes available for 3113 counties in the United States: 2015], New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed October 24, 2017.
- ^ Local Area Personal Income: 2015 Archived October 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Accessed October 24, 2017.
- ^ "250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes of the 3113 Counties in the United States, 2009". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
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