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Sussex County
147,444Population
2.2 %Change since 2020
635Net migration
5.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 147,444 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.2 %
- Net migration
- 635 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0 % (2025)
- State
- New Jersey
- Population base, April 2020
- 144,228 (2020)
- Births
- 1,448 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.8
- Deaths
- 1,390 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 58
- International migration
- 260 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 375 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 4.3
- Postal code
- NJ
- FIPS code
- 34037
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.0 % |
| 2024 | 4.4 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 6.2 % |
| 2020 | 9.0 % |
| 2019 | 3.3 % |
| 2018 | 3.8 % |
| 2017 | 4.2 % |
| 2016 | 4.6 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 147,444 |
| 2023 | 146,294 |
| 2022 | 145,638 |
| 2021 | 145,741 |
| 2020 | 143,919 |