State



2018 County Population Estimates

Highlights

2017 – 2018 Highlights

✓ New Jersey’s population grew by 19,977 (0.23%) between 2017 and 2018. Seven counties had a faster rate of growth than the state between 2017 and 2018 (Hudson, Ocean, Union, Bergen, Middlesex, Somerset and Essex).

✓ Bergen (population 936,692) was still the most populous county in New Jersey as of July 1, 2018, followed by Middlesex (829,685) and Essex (799,767). The state’s two least populated counties ̶ Salem (62,607) and Cape May (92,560) still had less than 100,000 residents.

✓ Thirteen counties gained population between 2017 and 2018, led by Ocean (6,181), Essex (3,859), Hudson (3,139), Bergen (3,123). Among the eight counties with population declines, the numeric losses ranged from (-90) in Warren to (-973) in Monmouth.

✓ Hudson and Ocean counties had a 0.77% and 0.51% annual growth rate, respectively, ̶ the fastest in the state between 2017 and 2018. The annual rates of growth were also substantial in Union (0.47%), Bergen (0.41%). The over-the-year population declines were most severe in Sussex (-0.69%), Salem (-0.65%) and Cape May (-0.61%) counties.

2010 – 2018 Highlights

✓ Since the last decennial Census, the state’s population has grown by 116,558 (1.33%). Seven counties grew at a faster rate than the state during the current decade (Hudson, Ocean, Union, Bergen, Middlesex, Somerset and Essex).

✓ Hudson County gained more residents (41,816) than any other counties in New Jersey since the most recent decennial Census in 2010. Other urbanized counties in the state, such as Bergen (31,549), Ocean (25,105), Union (21,500), Middlesex (19,761) and Essex (15,882), also experienced substantial numeric gains in resident population since 2010.

✓ With a 6.59% growth of population since the 2010 Census, Hudson was the state’s fastest growing county so far in this decade, followed by Ocean (4.35%), Union (4.01%), Bergen (3.49%), Middlesex (2.44%), Somerset (2.39%) and Essex (2.03%).

✓ Ten counties experienced population declines between 2010 and 2018. Rapid declines were found in less urbanized counties like Sussex (-5.45%), Salem (-5.24%), Cape May (-4.83%), and Cumberland (-3.61%).

✓ The numeric decreases of resident population were most severe in Atlantic (-9,092), Monmouth (-9,020), Sussex (-8,110), Camden (-6,641), Cumberland (-5,661) and Cape May (-4,701) counties, so far in this decade.

✓ The hefty population growth in Hudson County was due to substantial natural increment. The county’s 52,736 natural increment (surplus of births over deaths, 2010~2018) was the largest in the state. However, its net migration, -11,148 meant more out-migration than in-migration from abroad and other counties and states, was the bottom seven in the state. Only two counties experienced positive net migration, (more in-migration from abroad and other counties and states than out-migration). They are Ocean (16,078) and Bergen (13,791) counties.

✓ Natural increments were also substantial in Essex (36,423), Middlesex (30,811) and Passaic (26,899) counties, while Cape May and Salem were the two counties to suffer from natural decrease (-3,409) and (-384), respectively, more deaths than births between 2010 and 2018.

✓ Every county in the state gained population from international migration. With 302,522 net gains, Hudson (64,621), Middlesex (45,945), Essex (35,778), Bergen (31,662) and Union (24,732) were the state’s major destinations of international immigrants.

✓ Almost every county in New Jersey lost population due to domestic migration between 2010 and 2018, except Ocean which had net gain from domestic migration of 13,506. Counties with large (20,000 or more) net losses due to domestic migration were Hudson (-75,769), Middlesex (-57,355), Essex (-56,696), Passaic (-47,680), Camden (-30,070), Union (-26,243), Mercer (-25,288) and Atlantic (-21,534).

Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Economic & Demographic Research, April 18, 2018.

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