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Bergen County
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county in New Jersey, United States
Bergen County is a county located in New Jersey in the northeastern United States, situated across the Hudson River from New York City. It is the most densely populated county in the state and serves as an important residential and commercial area in the New York metropolitan region.
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- Demonym
- Bergenite
- Population
- 955732
- Area
- 639
- Official website
- bergencountynj.gov
- Image
- Palisades Sill near Englewood Cliffs.jpg
- Households
- 342059
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- water as percent of area
- 5.54
- native label
- Bergen County
- Commons category
- Bergen County, New Jersey
- inception
- 1683-03-07
- social media followers
- 9416
- per capita income
- 52800
- P12749
- Graham Bonnet
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Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located in the northeastern corner of New Jersey, Bergen County and its many inner suburbs constitute a highly developed part of the New York City metropolitan area, bordering the Hudson River; the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson, connects Bergen County with Manhattan. The county is part of the North Jersey region of the state.
As of the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 955,732, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 50,616 (+5.6%) from the 905,116 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 20,998 (2.4%) from the 884,118 counted in the 2000 census. The United States Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program estimated a 2025 population of 977,026, an increase of 21,294 (+2.2%) from the 2020 decennial census.