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Essex County
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county in New Jersey, United States
Essex County is a county located in northeastern New Jersey that includes major cities like Newark and East Orange. It is an important urban and economic center in the state, with a significant population and long history of industrial and commercial development.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- Founded
- March 7, 1683
- Named after
- Essex , England
- Seat
- Newark
- Largest city
- Newark (population and area)
- County executive
- Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. ( D , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Total
- 129.42 sq mi (335.2 km )
- Land
- 126.09 sq mi (326.6 km )
- Water
- 3.34 sq mi (8.7 km ) 2.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 896,379
- Density
- 6,850.1/sq mi (2,644.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 8th , 10th , 11th
- Website
- essexcountynj .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Essex
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New Jersey
- Contains
- Essex Fells
- Capital
- Newark
- Population
- 863728
- Area
- 336
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Morris County
- Official website
- www.essex-countynj.org
- Image
- South Mountain View.jpg
- Households
- 290680
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Essex County, New Jersey
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Essex County, New Jersey
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Essex County, New Jersey
- twinned administrative body
- Rishon LeZion
- Commons category
- Essex County, New Jersey
- topic's main category
- Category:Essex County, New Jersey
- P12749
- Zamfir
- inception
- 1683-03-07
- different from
- Essex County
- water as percent of area
- 2.64
- native label
- Essex County
- per capita income
- 39695
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Encyclopedic overview
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, with a population of 863,728, its highest decennial count since the 1970 census and an increase of 79,759 (+10.2%) from the 2010 census count of 783,969. The county is part of the North Jersey region of the state.
The United States Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program estimated a 2025 population of 896,379, an increase of 32,651 (+3.8%) from the 2020 decennial census. Its county seat is Newark, the state's most populous city with a 2020 census population of 311,549.
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