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County · New Jersey
Union County
594,160Population
3.3 %Change since 2020
5,804Net migration
5.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 594,160 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.3 %
- Net migration
- 5,804 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5 % (2025)
- State
- New Jersey
- Population base, April 2020
- 575,360 (2020)
- Births
- 6,662 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.2
- Deaths
- 4,031 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,631
- International migration
- 11,028 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -5,224 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.8
- Postal code
- NJ
- FIPS code
- 34039
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.9 % |
| 2023 | 4.5 % |
| 2022 | 4.0 % |
| 2021 | 6.9 % |
| 2020 | 9.4 % |
| 2019 | 3.5 % |
| 2018 | 4.0 % |
| 2017 | 4.5 % |
| 2016 | 5.0 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 594,160 |
| 2023 | 582,080 |
| 2022 | 573,600 |
| 2021 | 572,930 |
| 2020 | 573,680 |