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County · New Jersey
Essex County
881,527Population
2.2 %Change since 2020
5,487Net migration
6.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 881,527 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.2 %
- Net migration
- 5,487 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3 % (2025)
- State
- New Jersey
- Population base, April 2020
- 862,769 (2020)
- Births
- 10,118 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Deaths
- 6,174 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.0
- Natural change, 2023
- 3,944
- International migration
- 16,654 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -11,167 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.2
- Postal code
- NJ
- FIPS code
- 34013
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.3 % |
| 2024 | 5.6 % |
| 2023 | 5.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.5 % |
| 2021 | 8.0 % |
| 2020 | 10.6 % |
| 2019 | 4.1 % |
| 2018 | 4.7 % |
| 2017 | 5.2 % |
| 2016 | 5.6 % |
| 2015 | 6.8 % |
| 2014 | 7.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 881,527 |
| 2023 | 864,310 |
| 2022 | 854,738 |
| 2021 | 854,416 |
| 2020 | 860,020 |