Total Resident Population, New Jersey Counties: 1980, 1990 and 2000
Total Population Population Change
New Jersey Census Census Census 1980-1990 1990-2000
Counties 1980 1990 2000 Number Percent Number Percent
STATE TOTAL 7,365,011 7,730,188 8,414,350 365,177 5.0% 684,162 8.9%
Atlantic County 194,119 224,327 252,552 30,208 15.6% 28,225 12.6%
Bergen County 845,385 825,380 884,118 -20,005 -2.4% 58,738 7.1%
Burlington County 362,542 395,066 423,394 32,524 9.0% 28,328 7.2%
Camden County 471,650 502,824 508,932 31,174 6.6% 6,108 1.2%
Cape May County 82,266 95,089 102,326 12,823 15.6% 7,237 7.6%
Cumberland County 132,866 138,053 146,438 5,187 3.9% 8,385 6.1%
Essex County 851,304 778,206 793,633 -73,098 -8.6% 15,427 2.0%
Gloucester County 199,917 230,082 254,673 30,165 15.1% 24,591 10.7%
Hudson County 556,972 553,099 608,975 -3,873 -0.7% 55,876 10.1%
Hunterdon County 87,361 107,776 121,989 20,415 23.4% 14,213 13.2%
Mercer County 307,863 325,824 350,761 17,961 5.8% 24,937 7.7%
Middlesex County 595,893 671,780 750,162 75,887 12.7% 78,382 11.7%
Monmouth County 503,173 553,124 615,301 49,951 9.9% 62,177 11.2%
Morris County 407,630 421,353 470,212 13,723 3.4% 48,859 11.6%
Ocean County 346,038 433,203 510,916 87,165 25.2% 77,713 17.9%
Passaic County 447,585 453,060 489,049 5,475 1.2% 35,989 7.9%
Salem County 64,676 65,294 64,285 618 1.0% -1,009 -1.5%
Somerset County 203,129 240,279 297,490 37,150 18.3% 57,211 23.8%
Sussex County 116,119 130,943 144,166 14,824 12.8% 13,223 10.1%
Union County 504,094 493,819 522,541 -10,275 -2.0% 28,722 5.8%
Warren County 84,429 91,607 102,437 7,178 8.5% 10,830 11.8%
Source: US Bureau of the Census: 1980, 1990 and 2000 Censuses of Population and Housing