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Essex County
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.
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Cities and towns 7
Townships 15
- Township of Belleville pop. 37,774
- Township of Bloomfield pop. 52,829
- Township of Cedar Grove pop. 13,430
- Township of Fairfield pop. 7,818
- Township of Irvington pop. 60,403
- Township of Livingston pop. 31,087
- Township of Maplewood pop. 25,373
- Township of Millburn pop. 22,059
- Township of Montclair pop. 40,935
- Township of Nutley pop. 29,786
- Township of Orange City pop. 34,002
- Township of South Orange Village pop. 18,153
- Township of Verona pop. 14,446
- Township of West Caldwell pop. 10,876
- Township of West Orange pop. 48,257
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 109037
- FIPS state
- 34
- FIPS county
- 013
- FIPS place
- 99013
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF ESSEX
- Mailing address
- 465 DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD, NEWARK 07102