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County · New Jersey
Salem County
65,874Population
1.6 %Change since 2020
292Net migration
6.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 65,874 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.6 %
- Net migration
- 292 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8 % (2025)
- State
- New Jersey
- Population base, April 2020
- 64,830 (2020)
- Births
- 758 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Deaths
- 782 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -24
- International migration
- 77 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 215 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 4.4
- Postal code
- NJ
- FIPS code
- 34033
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.8 % |
| 2024 | 6.1 % |
| 2023 | 5.6 % |
| 2022 | 5.0 % |
| 2021 | 7.9 % |
| 2020 | 9.5 % |
| 2019 | 4.9 % |
| 2018 | 5.4 % |
| 2017 | 6.2 % |
| 2016 | 6.6 % |
| 2015 | 7.3 % |
| 2014 | 8.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 65,874 |
| 2023 | 65,429 |
| 2022 | 65,167 |
| 2021 | 65,062 |
| 2020 | 64,843 |