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County · New Jersey
Ocean County
666,434Population
4.6 %Change since 2020
1,617Net migration
5.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 666,434 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.6 %
- Net migration
- 1,617 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- New Jersey
- Population base, April 2020
- 637,300 (2020)
- Births
- 10,259 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.4
- Deaths
- 7,659 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,600
- International migration
- 1,445 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 172 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.4
- Postal code
- NJ
- FIPS code
- 34029
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 4.4 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 6.7 % |
| 2020 | 9.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.8 % |
| 2018 | 4.3 % |
| 2017 | 4.9 % |
| 2016 | 5.4 % |
| 2015 | 6.1 % |
| 2014 | 7.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 666,434 |
| 2023 | 660,445 |
| 2022 | 656,386 |
| 2021 | 649,990 |
| 2020 | 638,554 |