Essex County, New Jersey (NJ)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 31,053
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 129,489
Renter-occupied apartments: 155,366 (it was 154,247 in 2000)
| % of renters here: | 54% |
| State: | 35% |
Land area: 126 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.3 sq. mi.
Population density: 6771 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (24.2%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (14.0%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 80%
- Government: 14%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 306,51035.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 235,73027.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 207,84124.3%Hispanic or Latino
- 49,9235.8%Asian alone
- 34,9374.1%Two or more races
- 18,6302.2%Some other race alone
- 1,2870.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 590.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
| Median resident age: | 38.1 years |
| New Jersey median age: | 40.3 years |
| Males: 414,270 |  (48.5%) |
| Females: 440,647 |  (51.5%) |
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| Essex County: | 2.0 people |
| New Jersey: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2021: $66,198 ($44,944 in 1999)
| This county: | $66,198 |
| New Jersey: | $89,296 |
Median contract rent in 2021 for apartments: $1,160 (lower quartile is $866, upper quartile is $1,562)
| This county: | $1160 |
| State: | $1318 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $460,600 (it was $188,400 in 2000)
| Essex: | $460,600 |
| New Jersey: | $389,800 |
Mean price in 2021:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $2,910Detached houses: $648,051
Here: $648,051 State: $482,322 Townhouses or other attached units: $409,783
Here: $409,783 State: $337,140 In 2-unit structures: $339,095
Here: $339,095 State: $412,131 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $380,974
Here: $380,974 State: $377,679 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $244,575
Here: $244,575 State: $343,430 Mobile homes: $324,980
Here: $324,980 State: $101,308
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $1,286
Institutionalized population: 12,126
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 7
- Robberies: 28
- Assaults: 55
- Burglaries: 14
- Thefts: 88
- Auto thefts: 6
Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 9
- Robberies: 35
- Assaults: 87
- Burglaries: 5
- Thefts: 127
- Auto thefts: 3
Health of residents in Essex County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.4. This is about average.67.8% of residents exercised in the past month. This is less than average.
40.4% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is less than average.
69.8% of adult residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is less than average.
69.0% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is about average.
Average weight of males is 190 pounds. This is about average.
Average weight of females is 165 pounds. This is about average.
7.4% of residents keep firearms around their homes. This is less than average.
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2021: 420 buildings, average cost: $258,200
- 2020: 421 buildings, average cost: $204,600
- 2019: 515 buildings, average cost: $189,700
- 2018: 413 buildings, average cost: $168,900
- 2017: 353 buildings, average cost: $195,200
- 2016: 370 buildings, average cost: $193,100
- 2015: 459 buildings, average cost: $162,200
- 2014: 308 buildings, average cost: $222,700
- 2013: 395 buildings, average cost: $201,100
- 2012: 248 buildings, average cost: $267,300
- 2011: 183 buildings, average cost: $334,000
- 2010: 271 buildings, average cost: $259,700
- 2009: 227 buildings, average cost: $256,900
- 2008: 455 buildings, average cost: $231,500
- 2007: 460 buildings, average cost: $244,400
- 2006: 654 buildings, average cost: $242,200
- 2005: 718 buildings, average cost: $236,600
- 2004: 436 buildings, average cost: $188,700
- 2003: 386 buildings, average cost: $180,600
- 2002: 350 buildings, average cost: $151,800
- 2001: 494 buildings, average cost: $126,700
- 2000: 686 buildings, average cost: $135,500
- 1999: 626 buildings, average cost: $118,600
- 1998: 476 buildings, average cost: $127,100
- 1997: 529 buildings, average cost: $103,400
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $10,001 (2.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $10,001 (2.3%)
| Essex County: | 15.2% |
| New Jersey: | 10.2% |
Median age of residents in 2021: 38.1 years old
(Males: 36.8 years old, Females: 39.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 46.3 years old, Black residents: 36.1 years old, American Indian residents: 35.1 years old, Asian residents: 40.1 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 33.2 years old, Other race residents: 33.3 years old)
Area name: Newark, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Essex County is $879 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1004 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1202 a month.
Cities in this county include: Newark, East Orange, Irvington, Bloomfield, West Orange, Montclair, Belleville, Orange, Livingston, Nutley.
Local government website: www.essex-countynj.org
Neighboring counties: Fremont County, Iowa 
, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania , Suffolk County, New York 
, Mills County, Iowa , Putnam County, Missouri , Warren County, Illinois .
| Here: | 4.7% |
| New Jersey: | 3.8% |
Current college students: 47,684
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 38.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 252,098 (53.8% naturalized citizens)
| Essex County: | 29.5% |
| Whole state: | 23.0% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 83,1122010 or later
- 61,4662000 to 2009
- 49,8171990 to 1999
- 48,7761980 to 1989
- 25,7031970 to 1979
- 20,743Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 53.4%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 111,173
- One, attached: 25,245
- Two: 47,964
- 3 or 4: 48,224
- 5 to 9: 19,133
- 10 to 19: 18,343
- 20 to 49: 20,929
- 50 or more: 43,486
- Mobile homes: 1,522
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 258
Housing units in Essex County with a mortgage: 99,487 (10,464 second mortgage, 540 home equity loan, 8,851 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,680
| Here: | 97.1% with mortgage |
| State: | 95.7% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Essex County
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Catholic | 261,966 | 65 |
| Other | 61,850 | 81 |
| Mainline Protestant | 41,339 | 171 |
| Black Protestant | 38,687 | 88 |
| Evangelical Protestant | 34,666 | 191 |
| Orthodox | 6,188 | 12 |
| None | 339,273 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 305
| Essex County: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 2.90 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 119
| This county: | 1.54 / 10,000 pop. |
| New Jersey: | 1.76 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 30
| Essex County: | 0.39 / 10,000 pop. |
| New Jersey: | 0.81 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 463
| This county: | 6.00 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 7.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate:
| Essex County: | 9.4% |
| New Jersey: | 8.3% |
Adult obesity rate:
| Essex County: | 25.3% |
| State: | 23.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Here: | 16.5% |
| State: | 18.0% |
Agriculture in Essex County:
Average size of farms: 10 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $49,116
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 85.51%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.19%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $30,251
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $28,048
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 40.00%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Earthquake activity:
Essex County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New Jersey state average. It is 68% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 280.4 miles away from Essex County center
On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML) earthquake occurred 220.0 miles away from the county center
On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 100.1 miles away from the county center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 ML, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 260.0 miles away from the county center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MB, 4.2 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.0 MW) earthquake occurred 258.2 miles away from Essex County center
On 1/16/1994 at 00:42:43, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 98.7 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- New Jersey Tropical Storm Isaias, Incident Period: August 4, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4574-NJ: December 11, 2020, FEMA Id: 4574, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
- New Jersey Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4488-NJ: March 25, 2020, FEMA Id: 4488, Natural disaster type: Other
- New Jersey Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm, Incident Period: March 6, 2018 - March 7, 2018, FEMA Id: 4368, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
- New Jersey Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 22, 2016 to January 24, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4264: March 14, 2016, FEMA Id: 4264, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
- New Jersey Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3354: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3354, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Jersey Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4086: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 4086, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Jersey Severe Storm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4048: November 30, 2011, FEMA Id: 4048, Natural disaster type: Storm
- New Jersey Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4021: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4021, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Jersey Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3332: August 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 3332, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Jersey Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 26, 2010 to December 27, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1954: February 04, 2011, FEMA Id: 1954, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
- 20 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Essex County (30) is a lot greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 19
Emergencies Declared: 10
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 8, Hurricanes: 7, Storms: 7, Heavy Rains: 4, Snowstorms: 4, Winter Storms: 3, Blizzards: 2, Water Shortages: 2, Power Outage: 1, Tornado: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 3 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 223,846 (57.4%)
- Carpooled: 27,857 (7.1%)
- Bus: 16,139 (4.1%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 2,675 (0.7%)
- Long-distance train or commuter rail: 2,563 (0.7%)
- Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 363 (0.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 19,332 (5.0%)
- Bicycle: 550 (0.1%)
- Walked: 11,577 (3.0%)
- Worked at home: 85,223 (21.8%)
- Health care and social assistance (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Transportation and warehousing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Retail trade (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Transportation and warehousing (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Management occupations (12%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (11%)
- Sales and related occupations (9%)
- Transportation occupations (7%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (7%)
- Material moving occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (5%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (16%)
- Management occupations (11%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (11%)
- Healthcare support occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (6%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (5%)
- Ecuador (11%)
- Haiti (8%)
- Dominican Republic (8%)
- Brazil (7%)
- Jamaica (6%)
- Nigeria (5%)
- Guyana (5%)
- Italian (6%)
- Haitian (4%)
- American (4%)
- Jamaican (3%)
- Brazilian (3%)
- Nigerian (3%)
- Irish (2%)
People in group quarters in Essex County, New Jersey in 2010:
- 4,972 people in college/university student housing
- 4,510 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 3,802 people in state prisons
- 3,300 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 2,305 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 1,746 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 1,240 people in correctional residential facilities
- 676 people in group homes intended for adults
- 593 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 359 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 96 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 75 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 63 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals
- 30 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 5 people in hospitals with patients who have no usual home elsewhere
People in group quarters in Essex County, New Jersey in 2000:
- 6,138 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 6,061 people in nursing homes
- 2,652 people in state prisons
- 2,037 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 1,856 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 966 people in halfway houses
- 753 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 522 people in religious group quarters
- 346 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 324 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 294 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 186 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 186 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 179 people in other group homes
- 124 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 121 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 75 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 73 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 72 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 9 people in unknown juvenile institutions
6.52% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($103,528 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 6.52% |
| New Jersey average: | 6.70% |
0.01% of residents moved from foreign countries ($16 average AGI)
Essex County: 0.01% New Jersey average: 0.01%
3.34% relocated from other counties in New Jersey ($48,674 average AGI)
3.17% relocated from other states ($54,837 average AGI)
Essex County: 3.17% New Jersey average: 2.98%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Hudson County, NJ |  0.90% ($138,216 average AGI) |
| from Union County, NJ | 0.62% ($56,963) |
| from Kings County, NY | 0.61% ($110,590) |
| from Passaic County, NJ | 0.47% ($68,980) |
| from Bergen County, NJ | 0.46% ($91,821) |
| from New York County, NY | 0.41% ($271,564) |
| from Queens County, NY | 0.30% ($77,243) |
7.76% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($101,736 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 7.76% |
| New Jersey average: | 7.02% |
0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($107 average AGI)
Essex County: 0.02% New Jersey average: 0.02%
4.32% relocated to other counties in New Jersey ($46,020 average AGI)
3.43% relocated to other states ($55,609 average AGI)
Essex County: 3.43% New Jersey average: 3.32%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Union County, NJ | 0.95% ($63,877 average AGI) |
| to Morris County, NJ | 0.59% ($125,046) |
| to Hudson County, NJ | 0.59% ($72,067) |
| to Middlesex County, NJ | 0.44% ($58,838) |
| to Bergen County, NJ | 0.39% ($80,363) |
| to Passaic County, NJ | 0.38% ($74,219) |
| to New York County, NY | 0.22% ($148,550) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 15.2
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 13.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 8.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2018: 5.9
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 5.1%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 98,634 (82,317 aged, 16,317 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 27,559 (14%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Essex County, New Jersey in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (9,470)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (8,751)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (6,460)
- Septicaemia, unspecified (4,410)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (3,350)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (3,159)
- Unspecified dementia (3,025)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (3,013)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (2,896)
- Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (2,597)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 18,988
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 491
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 55,438
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,457
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 803
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 26
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 68
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 87
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 10
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1
Fitness & recreation sports centers per 100,000 population in 2005: 8,354
EPA green book nonattainment status in 2004-2006: 1
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 170.7. This is more than state average.
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
- Firearm - 122.6
- Cut/Pierce - 18.7
- Transportation-Related, Overall - 8.0
- Terrorism - 7.8
- Other - 13.6
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 52.7. This is less than state average.
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
- Suffocation - 19.6
- Firearm - 14.2
- Poisoning - 8.7
- Fall - 4.0
- Other - 6.2
Household type by relationship:
Households: 854,917- Male householders: 152,045 (43,303 living alone), Female householders: 170,408 (55,015 living alone)
128,317 spouses (125,809 opposite-sex spouses), 20,294 unmarried partners, (19,477 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 269,382 children (258,091 natural, 4,431 adopted, 6,860 stepchildren), 19,480 grandchildren, 14,378 brothers or sisters, 16,070 parents, 0 foster children, 18,879 other relatives, 22,360 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 23,304
Size of family households: 74,532 2-persons, 52,662 3-persons, 49,193 4-persons, 20,990 5-persons, 7,520 6-persons, 3,843 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 98,318 1-person, 13,677 2-persons, 1,194 3-persons, 342 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 127 7-or-more-persons.
111,268 married couples with children.
67,831 single-parent households (12,682 men, 55,149 women).
63.2% of residents of Essex speak English at home.
18.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
11.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $5,727,450,000 ($7,189 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $99,666,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,522,513,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $1,236,834,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $65,773,000
Federal grants: $2,120,618,000
Federal procurement contracts: $237,516,000 ($79,619,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $544,196,000 ($8,935,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $29,991,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $693,880,000
Federal Government insurance: $414,952,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 65,101| Here: | 82 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 36,881
| Here: | 47 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 44 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +33,386
| Here: | +42 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +33 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -61,223
| Here: |  -77 per 1000 residents |
| State: |  -22 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 32.21 millions of gallons per day (79% from ground, 21% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.9 |
| State: | 6.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 3.9 |
| State: | 4.0 |
- Year house built in Essex County, New Jersey
- 9952020 or later
- 15,6832010 to 2019
- 26,7062000 to 2009
- 14,1511990 to 1999
- 25,6001980 to 1989
- 29,9591970 to 1979
- 46,2341960 to 1969
- 48,7361950 to 1959
- 35,3731940 to 1949
- 92,8401939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Essex County, New Jersey
- 1,8251 room
- 9932 rooms
- 3,8103 rooms
- 9,6804 rooms
- 19,3775 rooms
- 25,3976 rooms
- 25,1967 rooms
- 18,4898 rooms
- 38,9079+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Essex County, New Jersey
- 15,1301 room
- 10,9222 rooms
- 44,6273 rooms
- 41,7844 rooms
- 35,5255 rooms
- 17,8206 rooms
- 6,9047 rooms
- 3,0268 rooms
- 3,0419+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Essex County, New Jersey
- 1,825no bedroom
- 4,3561 bedroom
- 24,9472 bedrooms
- 59,9063 bedrooms
- 33,9564 bedrooms
- 18,6845+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Essex County, New Jersey
- 16,652no bedroom
- 56,6631 bedroom
- 62,2902 bedrooms
- 36,5773 bedrooms
- 4,4234 bedrooms
- 2,1745+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Essex County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 7,946no vehicle
- 46,0621 vehicle
- 63,2392 vehicles
- 18,7683 vehicles
- 5,9164 vehicles
- 1,7435+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Essex County in renter-occupied apartments
- 60,793no vehicle
- 87,0221 vehicle
- 25,1452 vehicles
- 4,6433 vehicles
- 9784 vehicles
- 1985+ vehicles
89.6% of Essex County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in New Jersey.
| Essex County: | 89.6% |
| State average: | 89.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 403,054
- Other state: 169,813
- Northeast: 111,036
- Midwest: 11,153
- South: 39,390
- West: 8,234
- 83.6%Utility gas
- 7.6%Electricity
- 6.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.6%Other fuel
- 0.2%No fuel used
- 64.6%Utility gas
- 24.2%Electricity
- 3.8%No fuel used
- 3.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 2.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.9%Other fuel
- 0.1%Solar energy
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8,958
| Here: | 9.9% |
| New Jersey: | 12.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4,727
| Here: | 10.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14,053
| Here: | 32.5% |
| New Jersey: | 33.5% |
Essex County government finances - Expenditure in 2020:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $37,813,000
Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $34,651,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $16,955,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $16,000,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $109,819,000
Cash and Securities: $43,829,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $40,366,000
Higher Education - Other: $36,295,000
Solid Waste Management: $36,257,000
Higher Education - Other: $31,268,000
Parks and Recreation: $17,273,000
Parks and Recreation: $15,357,000
Other: $13,388,000
Air Transportation: $4,480,000
Air Transportation: $4,273,000
Other: $3,766,000
Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises: $3,013,000
Parking Facilities: $2,891,000
Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises: $2,736,000
Parking Facilities: $2,246,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $371,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $279,000
Regular Highways: $200,000
Regular Highways: $159,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $60,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $52,700,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $31,852,000
Parks and Recreation: $15,097,000
General Public Buildings: $3,758,000
Regular Highways: $3,362,000
Other Higher Education: $1,157,000
Other Higher Education: $1,038,000
Air Transportation: $758,000
General - Other: $404,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $206,782,000
General - Other: $165,309,000
Correctional Institutions: $100,088,000
Correctional Institutions: $98,267,000
Other Higher Education: $94,394,000
Other Higher Education: $79,950,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $46,074,000
Police Protection: $44,547,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $43,867,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $43,193,000
Police Protection: $42,380,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $39,242,000
Solid Waste Management: $34,834,000
Solid Waste Management: $29,697,000
Hospitals: $26,672,000
Hospitals: $25,905,000
Central Staff Services: $25,815,000
Regular Highways: $24,808,000
Public Welfare - Other: $23,481,000
Parks and Recreation: $21,896,000
Regular Highways: $17,588,000
Central Staff Services: $17,386,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $15,344,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $14,970,000
Parks and Recreation: $13,657,000
General Public Buildings: $10,462,000
Health - Other: $10,012,000
Housing and Community Development: $5,218,000
Financial Administration: $3,872,000
Financial Administration: $3,504,000
Air Transportation: $3,436,000
Public Welfare - Other: $2,719,000
Air Transportation: $2,113,000
Health - Other: $2,050,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $1,999,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,886,000
Parking Facilities: $1,678,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $1,189,000
Parking Facilities: $827,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $315,000
Water Utilities: $85,000
Water Utilities: $28,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Other: $47,412,000
Other: $38,065,000
Housing and Community Development: $5,218,000
Education: $3,301,000
Education: $2,884,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,886,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $41,038,000
Interest on Debt: $17,928,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $15,508,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $197,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Hospitals: $68,578,000
Hospitals: $33,281,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $30,279,000
Education: $29,892,000
Other: $3,965,000
Other: $3,581,000
Water Utilities: $82,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $653,120,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $633,870,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $548,397,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $544,596,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $186,990,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $167,740,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $91,855,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $88,055,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $17,979,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $17,979,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $17,979,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $17,979,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $5,739,000
Fines and Forfeits: $4,498,000
Fines and Forfeits: $4,251,000
Rents: $2,246,000
General Revenue - Other: $2,099,000
Rents: $2,039,000
General Revenue - Other: $1,082,000
Interest Earnings: $111,000
Sale of Property: $90,000
Donations From Private Sources: $67,000
Donations From Private Sources: $62,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Other Higher Education: $1,584,000
Other Higher Education: $850,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $154,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $197,974,000
Cash and Securities: $188,484,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $23,000
Water Utilities: $2,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $58,550,000
End of Fiscal Year: $58,495,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $24,424,000
Cash and Securities: $18,550,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $100,725,000
Education: $48,411,000
Other: $47,373,000
Education: $45,515,000
Public Welfare: $43,998,000
Health and Hospitals: $40,007,000
Health and Hospitals: $32,075,000
Highways: $16,235,000
General Local Government Support: $7,090,000
General Local Government Support: $6,428,000
Public Welfare: $50,000
- Tax - Property: $432,775,000
Property: $427,418,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,669,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,034,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $25,688,000
: $24,810,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $81,000
Interest on Debt: $60,000
Essex County government finances - Revenue in 2020:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $37,813,000
Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $34,651,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $16,955,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $16,000,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $109,819,000
Cash and Securities: $43,829,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $40,366,000
Higher Education - Other: $36,295,000
Solid Waste Management: $36,257,000
Higher Education - Other: $31,268,000
Parks and Recreation: $17,273,000
Parks and Recreation: $15,357,000
Other: $13,388,000
Air Transportation: $4,480,000
Air Transportation: $4,273,000
Other: $3,766,000
Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises: $3,013,000
Parking Facilities: $2,891,000
Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises: $2,736,000
Parking Facilities: $2,246,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $371,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $279,000
Regular Highways: $200,000
Regular Highways: $159,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $60,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $52,700,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $31,852,000
Parks and Recreation: $15,097,000
General Public Buildings: $3,758,000
Regular Highways: $3,362,000
Other Higher Education: $1,157,000
Other Higher Education: $1,038,000
Air Transportation: $758,000
General - Other: $404,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $206,782,000
General - Other: $165,309,000
Correctional Institutions: $100,088,000
Correctional Institutions: $98,267,000
Other Higher Education: $94,394,000
Other Higher Education: $79,950,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $46,074,000
Police Protection: $44,547,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $43,867,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $43,193,000
Police Protection: $42,380,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $39,242,000
Solid Waste Management: $34,834,000
Solid Waste Management: $29,697,000
Hospitals: $26,672,000
Hospitals: $25,905,000
Central Staff Services: $25,815,000
Regular Highways: $24,808,000
Public Welfare - Other: $23,481,000
Parks and Recreation: $21,896,000
Regular Highways: $17,588,000
Central Staff Services: $17,386,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $15,344,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $14,970,000
Parks and Recreation: $13,657,000
General Public Buildings: $10,462,000
Health - Other: $10,012,000
Housing and Community Development: $5,218,000
Financial Administration: $3,872,000
Financial Administration: $3,504,000
Air Transportation: $3,436,000
Public Welfare - Other: $2,719,000
Air Transportation: $2,113,000
Health - Other: $2,050,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $1,999,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,886,000
Parking Facilities: $1,678,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $1,189,000
Parking Facilities: $827,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $315,000
Water Utilities: $85,000
Water Utilities: $28,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Other: $47,412,000
Other: $38,065,000
Housing and Community Development: $5,218,000
Education: $3,301,000
Education: $2,884,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,886,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $41,038,000
Interest on Debt: $17,928,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $15,508,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $197,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Hospitals: $68,578,000
Hospitals: $33,281,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $30,279,000
Education: $29,892,000
Other: $3,965,000
Other: $3,581,000
Water Utilities: $82,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $653,120,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $633,870,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $548,397,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $544,596,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $186,990,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $167,740,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $91,855,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $88,055,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $17,979,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $17,979,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $17,979,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $17,979,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $5,739,000
Fines and Forfeits: $4,498,000
Fines and Forfeits: $4,251,000
Rents: $2,246,000
General Revenue - Other: $2,099,000
Rents: $2,039,000
General Revenue - Other: $1,082,000
Interest Earnings: $111,000
Sale of Property: $90,000
Donations From Private Sources: $67,000
Donations From Private Sources: $62,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Other Higher Education: $1,584,000
Other Higher Education: $850,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $154,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $197,974,000
Cash and Securities: $188,484,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $23,000
Water Utilities: $2,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $58,550,000
End of Fiscal Year: $58,495,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $24,424,000
Cash and Securities: $18,550,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $100,725,000
Education: $48,411,000
Other: $47,373,000
Education: $45,515,000
Public Welfare: $43,998,000
Health and Hospitals: $40,007,000
Health and Hospitals: $32,075,000
Highways: $16,235,000
General Local Government Support: $7,090,000
General Local Government Support: $6,428,000
Public Welfare: $50,000
- Tax - Property: $432,775,000
Property: $427,418,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,669,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,034,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $25,688,000
: $24,810,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $81,000
Interest on Debt: $60,000
Essex County government finances - Debt in 2020:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $37,813,000
Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $34,651,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $16,955,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $16,000,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $109,819,000
Cash and Securities: $43,829,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $40,366,000
Higher Education - Other: $36,295,000
Solid Waste Management: $36,257,000
Higher Education - Other: $31,268,000
Parks and Recreation: $17,273,000
Parks and Recreation: $15,357,000
Other: $13,388,000
Air Transportation: $4,480,000
Air Transportation: $4,273,000
Other: $3,766,000
Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises: $3,013,000
Parking Facilities: $2,891,000
Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises: $2,736,000
Parking Facilities: $2,246,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $371,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $279,000
Regular Highways: $200,000
Regular Highways: $159,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $60,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $52,700,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $31,852,000
Parks and Recreation: $15,097,000
General Public Buildings: $3,758,000
Regular Highways: $3,362,000
Other Higher Education: $1,157,000
Other Higher Education: $1,038,000
Air Transportation: $758,000
General - Other: $404,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $206,782,000
General - Other: $165,309,000
Correctional Institutions: $100,088,000
Correctional Institutions: $98,267,000
Other Higher Education: $94,394,000
Other Higher Education: $79,950,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $46,074,000
Police Protection: $44,547,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $43,867,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $43,193,000
Police Protection: $42,380,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $39,242,000
Solid Waste Management: $34,834,000
Solid Waste Management: $29,697,000
Hospitals: $26,672,000
Hospitals: $25,905,000
Central Staff Services: $25,815,000
Regular Highways: $24,808,000
Public Welfare - Other: $23,481,000
Parks and Recreation: $21,896,000
Regular Highways: $17,588,000
Central Staff Services: $17,386,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $15,344,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $14,970,000
Parks and Recreation: $13,657,000
General Public Buildings: $10,462,000
Health - Other: $10,012,000
Housing and Community Development: $5,218,000
Financial Administration: $3,872,000
Financial Administration: $3,504,000
Air Transportation: $3,436,000
Public Welfare - Other: $2,719,000
Air Transportation: $2,113,000
Health - Other: $2,050,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $1,999,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,886,000
Parking Facilities: $1,678,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $1,189,000
Parking Facilities: $827,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $315,000
Water Utilities: $85,000
Water Utilities: $28,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Other: $47,412,000
Other: $38,065,000
Housing and Community Development: $5,218,000
Education: $3,301,000
Education: $2,884,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,886,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $41,038,000
Interest on Debt: $17,928,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $15,508,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $197,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Hospitals: $68,578,000
Hospitals: $33,281,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $30,279,000
Education: $29,892,000
Other: $3,965,000
Other: $3,581,000
Water Utilities: $82,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $653,120,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $633,870,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $548,397,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $544,596,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $186,990,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $167,740,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $91,855,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $88,055,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $17,979,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $17,979,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $17,979,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $17,979,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $5,739,000
Fines and Forfeits: $4,498,000
Fines and Forfeits: $4,251,000
Rents: $2,246,000
General Revenue - Other: $2,099,000
Rents: $2,039,000
General Revenue - Other: $1,082,000
Interest Earnings: $111,000
Sale of Property: $90,000
Donations From Private Sources: $67,000
Donations From Private Sources: $62,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Other Higher Education: $1,584,000
Other Higher Education: $850,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $154,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $197,974,000
Cash and Securities: $188,484,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $23,000
Water Utilities: $2,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $58,550,000
End of Fiscal Year: $58,495,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $24,424,000
Cash and Securities: $18,550,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $100,725,000
Education: $48,411,000
Other: $47,373,000
Education: $45,515,000
Public Welfare: $43,998,000
Health and Hospitals: $40,007,000
Health and Hospitals: $32,075,000
Highways: $16,235,000
General Local Government Support: $7,090,000
General Local Government Support: $6,428,000
Public Welfare: $50,000
- Tax - Property: $432,775,000
Property: $427,418,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,669,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,034,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $25,688,000
: $24,810,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $81,000
Interest on Debt: $60,000
Essex County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2020:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $37,813,000
Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $34,651,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $16,955,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $16,000,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $109,819,000
Cash and Securities: $43,829,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $40,366,000
Higher Education - Other: $36,295,000
Solid Waste Management: $36,257,000
Higher Education - Other: $31,268,000
Parks and Recreation: $17,273,000
Parks and Recreation: $15,357,000
Other: $13,388,000
Air Transportation: $4,480,000
Air Transportation: $4,273,000
Other: $3,766,000
Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises: $3,013,000
Parking Facilities: $2,891,000
Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises: $2,736,000
Parking Facilities: $2,246,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $371,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $279,000
Regular Highways: $200,000
Regular Highways: $159,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $60,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $52,700,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $31,852,000
Parks and Recreation: $15,097,000
General Public Buildings: $3,758,000
Regular Highways: $3,362,000
Other Higher Education: $1,157,000
Other Higher Education: $1,038,000
Air Transportation: $758,000
General - Other: $404,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $206,782,000
General - Other: $165,309,000
Correctional Institutions: $100,088,000
Correctional Institutions: $98,267,000
Other Higher Education: $94,394,000
Other Higher Education: $79,950,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $46,074,000
Police Protection: $44,547,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $43,867,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $43,193,000
Police Protection: $42,380,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $39,242,000
Solid Waste Management: $34,834,000
Solid Waste Management: $29,697,000
Hospitals: $26,672,000
Hospitals: $25,905,000
Central Staff Services: $25,815,000
Regular Highways: $24,808,000
Public Welfare - Other: $23,481,000
Parks and Recreation: $21,896,000
Regular Highways: $17,588,000
Central Staff Services: $17,386,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $15,344,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $14,970,000
Parks and Recreation: $13,657,000
General Public Buildings: $10,462,000
Health - Other: $10,012,000
Housing and Community Development: $5,218,000
Financial Administration: $3,872,000
Financial Administration: $3,504,000
Air Transportation: $3,436,000
Public Welfare - Other: $2,719,000
Air Transportation: $2,113,000
Health - Other: $2,050,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $1,999,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,886,000
Parking Facilities: $1,678,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $1,189,000
Parking Facilities: $827,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $315,000
Water Utilities: $85,000
Water Utilities: $28,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Other: $47,412,000
Other: $38,065,000
Housing and Community Development: $5,218,000
Education: $3,301,000
Education: $2,884,000
Housing and Community Development: $1,886,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $41,038,000
Interest on Debt: $17,928,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $15,508,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $197,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Hospitals: $68,578,000
Hospitals: $33,281,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $30,279,000
Education: $29,892,000
Other: $3,965,000
Other: $3,581,000
Water Utilities: $82,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $653,120,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $633,870,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $548,397,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $544,596,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $186,990,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $167,740,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $91,855,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $88,055,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $17,979,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $17,979,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $17,979,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $17,979,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $5,739,000
Fines and Forfeits: $4,498,000
Fines and Forfeits: $4,251,000
Rents: $2,246,000
General Revenue - Other: $2,099,000
Rents: $2,039,000
General Revenue - Other: $1,082,000
Interest Earnings: $111,000
Sale of Property: $90,000
Donations From Private Sources: $67,000
Donations From Private Sources: $62,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Other Higher Education: $1,584,000
Other Higher Education: $850,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $154,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $197,974,000
Cash and Securities: $188,484,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $23,000
Water Utilities: $2,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $58,550,000
End of Fiscal Year: $58,495,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $24,424,000
Cash and Securities: $18,550,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $100,725,000
Education: $48,411,000
Other: $47,373,000
Education: $45,515,000
Public Welfare: $43,998,000
Health and Hospitals: $40,007,000
Health and Hospitals: $32,075,000
Highways: $16,235,000
General Local Government Support: $7,090,000
General Local Government Support: $6,428,000
Public Welfare: $50,000
- Tax - Property: $432,775,000
Property: $427,418,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,669,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,034,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $25,688,000
: $24,810,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $81,000
Interest on Debt: $60,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 25,464
- Number of aged recipients: 3,835
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 21,629
- Number of recipients under 18: 4,561
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 13,926
- Number of recipients older than 64: 6,977
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 7,348
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 12,450
| Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 211 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
| A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1,717 | $272,668 | 2,331 | $378,171 | 11,445 | $316,340 | 485 | $152,487 | 92 | $1,971,935 | 394 | $208,310 | 6 | $154,167 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 221 | $257,760 | 361 | $390,116 | 1,228 | $291,791 | 111 | $83,901 | 8 | $1,121,750 | 79 | $252,671 | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 693 | $264,055 | 654 | $298,795 | 5,188 | $292,650 | 678 | $73,578 | 19 | $866,368 | 422 | $192,360 | 6 | $108,667 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 440 | $263,777 | 374 | $348,118 | 2,741 | $296,398 | 116 | $147,371 | 8 | $1,258,875 | 176 | $224,778 | 2 | $280,500 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 272 | $271,434 | 133 | $330,955 | 1,000 | $300,627 | 38 | $136,263 | 2 | $367,000 | 59 | $231,644 | 0 | $0 |
| Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 145 full tracts) | ||||||
| A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 282 | $328,245 | 130 | $351,392 | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 167 | $313,868 | 76 | $327,053 | 4 | $241,250 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 63 | $337,238 | 47 | $332,979 | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 29 | $364,517 | 22 | $351,636 | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 22 | $397,864 | 5 | $292,600 | 3 | $453,333 |
| Most common first names in Essex County, NJ among deceased individuals | ||
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| John | 8,758 | 72.4 years |
| Mary | 8,261 | 78.7 years |
| William | 6,655 | 72.4 years |
| Joseph | 6,377 | 73.9 years |
| James | 6,082 | 69.7 years |
| Anna | 4,129 | 80.3 years |
| Charles | 3,891 | 72.4 years |
| George | 3,700 | 73.5 years |
| Robert | 3,690 | 67.6 years |
| Frank | 3,576 | 74.4 years |
| Most common last names in Essex County, NJ among deceased individuals | ||
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Williams | 2,970 | 68.9 years |
| Smith | 2,936 | 70.7 years |
| Johnson | 2,344 | 70.1 years |
| Brown | 2,190 | 68.9 years |
| Jones | 2,187 | 69.9 years |
| Davis | 1,592 | 69.2 years |
| Jackson | 1,300 | 67.5 years |
| Miller | 1,048 | 74.1 years |
| Thomas | 1,039 | 68.4 years |
| Harris | 1,001 | 67.9 years |
| Businesses in Essex County, NJ | ||||
| Name | Count | Name | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Eleven | 9 | J.Crew | 1 | |
| A&P | 2 | JoS. A. Bank | 1 | |
| ALDO | 1 | Jones New York | 7 | |
| AT&T | 11 | Journeys | 1 | |
| Abercrombie & Fitch | 1 | Justice | 2 | |
| Ace Hardware | 2 | KFC | 8 | |
| Advance Auto Parts | 4 | Kmart | 2 | |
| Aeropostale | 1 | La Quinta | 1 | |
| American Eagle Outfitters | 1 | La-Z-Boy | 1 | |
| Ann Taylor | 3 | Lane Bryant | 1 | |
| Apple Store | 1 | Lane Furniture | 2 | |
| Applebee's | 1 | LensCrafters | 1 | |
| Ashley Furniture | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 2 | |
| Audi | 1 | Macy's | 3 | |
| AutoZone | 6 | Marriott | 5 | |
| Avenue | 1 | Marshalls | 1 | |
| BMW | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 31 | |
| Bakers | 1 | McDonald's | 18 | |
| Banana Republic | 1 | Men's Wearhouse | 1 | |
| Barnes & Noble | 1 | Motherhood Maternity | 4 | |
| Baskin-Robbins | 9 | New Balance | 12 | |
| Bath & Body Works | 1 | New York & Co | 1 | |
| Bebe | 1 | Nike | 11 | |
| Ben & Jerry's | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
| Best Western | 4 | Nordstrom | 1 | |
| Blockbuster | 5 | Old Navy | 1 | |
| Brooks Brothers | 1 | Olive Garden | 1 | |
| Brookstone | 2 | Pac Sun | 1 | |
| Brunswick Bowling & Billiards | 1 | Panera Bread | 4 | |
| Budget Car Rental | 3 | Papa John's Pizza | 7 | |
| Burger King | 11 | Pathmark | 6 | |
| CVS | 18 | Payless | 11 | |
| Cache | 2 | Penske | 4 | |
| Casual Male XL | 1 | PetSmart | 1 | |
| Catherines | 1 | Pizza Hut | 2 | |
| Charlotte Russe | 1 | Popeyes | 6 | |
| Chevrolet | 2 | Pottery Barn | 1 | |
| Chico's | 1 | Pottery Barn Kids | 1 | |
| Chipotle | 1 | Qdoba Mexican Grill | 2 | |
| Cinnabon | 1 | Quiznos | 2 | |
| Circle K | 1 | RadioShack | 14 | |
| Cold Stone Creamery | 3 | Ramada | 2 | |
| Comfort Inn | 1 | Raymour & Flanigan | 2 | |
| Comfort Suites | 1 | Rite Aid | 16 | |
| Crate & Barrel | 1 | Ryder Rental & Truck Leasing | 1 | |
| Curves | 2 | Saks Fifth Avenue | 1 | |
| DHL | 5 | Sears | 7 | |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | Sephora | 1 | |
| Decora Cabinetry | 7 | Sheraton | 1 | |
| Domino's Pizza | 10 | Spencer Gifts | 1 | |
| DressBarn | 2 | Sprint Nextel | 7 | |
| Dressbarn | 1 | Staples | 4 | |
| Dunkin Donuts | 61 | Starbucks | 17 | |
| Express | 2 | Stop & Shop | 2 | |
| FedEx | 113 | Subaru | 1 | |
| Finish Line | 1 | Subway | 29 | |
| Firestone Complete Auto Care | 4 | T-Mobile | 1 | |
| Food Basics | 1 | T.G.I. Driday's | 1 | |
| Foot Locker | 5 | T.J.Maxx | 1 | |
| Ford | 1 | Taco Bell | 2 | |
| Forever 21 | 1 | Talbots | 2 | |
| GNC | 15 | Target | 1 | |
| GameStop | 9 | The Cheesecake Factory | 1 | |
| Gap | 3 | The Room Place | 5 | |
| Goodwill | 4 | Torrid | 1 | |
| Gymboree | 1 | Toyota | 1 | |
| H&M | 1 | Toys"R"Us | 3 | |
| H&R Block | 19 | True Value | 9 | |
| Harmon Face Values | 3 | U-Haul | 18 | |
| Haworth | 1 | UPS | 157 | |
| Hilton | 3 | Urban Outfitters | 1 | |
| Holiday Inn | 2 | Verizon Wireless | 3 | |
| Hollister Co. | 2 | Victoria's Secret | 2 | |
| Home Depot | 2 | Walgreens | 14 | |
| Hot Topic | 1 | Wendy's | 10 | |
| Houlihan's | 1 | White Castle | 5 | |
| Hyundai | 1 | Whole Foods Market | 2 | |
| IHOP | 4 | YMCA | 7 | |
| J. Jill | 1 | |||
Essex County on our top lists:
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"
- #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
- #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
- #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #37 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations"
- #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
- #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"
- #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents"
- #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
- #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
