New Jersey statistical areas

The U.S. State of New Jersey currently has nine statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated three combined statistical areas and six metropolitan statistical areas in New Jersey.^[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA, which includes New Jersey's largest city, Newark, and capital, Trenton.

New Jersey is the most urban of the 50 U.S. states with the highest population density of any state. Each of the 21 counties of New Jersey is located in one of its six metropolitan statistical areas.

Statistical areas

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.^[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,^[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".^[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.^[2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.^[2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

Table

The nine United States statistical areas and 21 counties of the State of New Jersey^[a]

Combined statistical area[1]	2023 population (est.)[3]	Core-based statistical area[1]	2023 population (est.)[3]	County-equivalent	2023 population (est.)[3]	Metropolitan division[1]	2023 population (est.)[3]
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA	21,859,598 7,287,316 (NJ)	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ MSA	19,498,249 6,905,645 (NJ)	Kings County, New York	2,561,225	New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ MD	11,864,322 2,176,603 (NJ)
				Queens County, New York	2,252,196
				New York County, New York	1,597,451
				Bronx County, New York	1,356,476
				Westchester County, New York	990,817
				Bergen County, New Jersey	957,736
				Hudson County, New Jersey	705,472
				Passaic County, New Jersey	513,395
				Richmond County, New York	490,687
				Rockland County, New York	340,807
				Putnam County, New York	98,060
				Suffolk County, New York	1,523,170	Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY MD	2,904,885
				Nassau County, New York	1,381,715
				Middlesex County, New Jersey	863,623	Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ MD	2,379,977
				Ocean County, New Jersey	659,197
				Monmouth County, New Jersey	642,799
				Somerset County, New Jersey	348,842
				Essex County, New Jersey	851,117	Newark, NJ MD	2,167,829
				Union County, New Jersey	572,726
				Morris County, New Jersey	514,423
				Sussex County, New Jersey	146,132
				Hunterdon County, New Jersey	130,183
		Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA	951,558	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	623,907	none
				Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut	327,651
		Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA	704,620	Orange County, New York	407,470
				Dutchess County, New York	297,150
		Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA	381,671	Mercer County, New Jersey	381,671
		Kingston, NY MSA	182,333	Ulster County, New York	182,333
		Monticello, NY μSA	79,920	Sullivan County, New York	79,920
		Hemlock Farms, PA μSA	61,247	Pike County, Pennsylvania	61,247
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA	7,390,919 1,892,273 (NJ)	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA	6,246,160 1,370,124 (NJ)	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	1,550,542	Philadelphia, PA MD	2,127,262
				Delaware County, Pennsylvania	576,720
				Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	868,742	Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA MD	2,064,510
				Bucks County, Pennsylvania	645,984
				Chester County, Pennsylvania	549,784
				Camden County, New Jersey	527,196	Camden, NJ MD	1,304,786
				Burlington County, New Jersey	469,167
				Gloucester County, New Jersey	308,423
				New Castle County, Delaware	578,592	Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ MD	749,602 65,338 (NJ)
				Cecil County, Maryland	105,672
				Salem County, New Jersey	65,338
		Reading, PA MSA	432,821	Berks County, Pennsylvania	432,821	none
		Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ MSA	369,823	Atlantic County, New Jersey	275,213
				Cape May County, New Jersey	94,610
		Dover, DE MSA	189,789	Kent County, Delaware	189,789
		Vineland, NJ MSA	152,326	Cumberland County, New Jersey	152,326
Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ CSA	1,039,608 111,252 (NJ)	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA	873,555 111,252 (NJ)	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	377,754
				Northampton County, Pennsylvania	319,091
				Warren County, New Jersey	111,252
				Carbon County, Pennsylvania	65,458
		East Stroudsburg, PA MSA	166,053	Monroe County, Pennsylvania	166,053
State of New Jersey					9,290,841

Core-based statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CBSA along with its rate of population change over time.

The six core-based statistical areas of the State of New Jersey^[b]

2023 rank	Core-based statistical area[1]	Population
		2023 estimate[3]	Change	2020 Census[4]	Change	2010 Census[5]
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ MSA (NJ)	6,905,645	−0.14%	6,915,597	+6.87%	6,471,215
2	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA (NJ)	1,370,124	+1.30%	1,352,476	+2.71%	1,316,762
3	Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA	381,671	−1.46%	387,340	+5.68%	366,513
4	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ MSA	369,823	+0.01%	369,797	−0.54%	371,814
5	Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ MSA	152,326	−1.18%	154,152	−1.75%	156,898
6	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA (NJ)	111,252	+1.48%	109,632	+0.86%	108,692
	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA	873,555	+1.35%	861,889	+4.96%	821,173
	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ MSA	19,498,249	−2.90%	20,081,535	+6.59%	18,839,740
	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA	6,246,160	+0.02%	6,245,051	+4.69%	5,965,343

Combined statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CSA along with its rate of population change over time.

The three combined statistical areas of the State of New Jersey^[c]

2023 rank	Combined statistical area[1]	Population
		2023 estimate[3]	Change	2020 Census[4]	Change	2010 Census[5]
1	New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA (NJ)	7,287,316	−0.21%	7,302,937	+6.80%	6,837,728
2	Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA (NJ)	1,892,273	+0.84%	1,876,425	+1.68%	1,845,474
3	Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ CSA (NJ)	111,252	+1.48%	109,632	+0.86%	108,692
	Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg CSA	1,039,608	+0.91%	1,030,216	+3.96%	991,015
	Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA	7,390,919	+0.15%	7,379,700	+4.41%	7,067,807

Metropolitan statistical areas

MSAs and divisions of New Jersey; counties shaded in blue hues are in the New York City metro; counties shaded in green hues are in the Philadelphia metro.

New Jersey has seven metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget. The New York City and Philadelphia MSAs are also divided into divisions, of which there are five in New Jersey. Every statistical area and county in New Jersey belongs to the Northeast Megalopolis.

• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-CT-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (19,979,477)
  • New York-Jersey City-White Plains NY-NJ Metropolitan Division (2,116,063)
    •    Bergen County (936,692)
    •    Hudson County (676,061)
    •    Passaic County (503,310)
  •    Edison NJ Metropolitan Division (2,383,854)
    •    Middlesex County (829,685)
    •    Monmouth County (621,354)
    •    Ocean County (601,651)
    •    Somerset County (331,164)
  •    Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division (2,117,575)
    •    Essex County (799,767)
    •    Hunterdon County (124,714)
    •    Morris County (494,228)
    •    Sussex County (140,799)
    •    Union County (558,067)
  •    Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (369,811)
    •    Mercer County (369,811)
•    Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (842,913)
  •    Warren County (105,779)
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area (6,096,372)
  •    Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division (1,243,870)
    •    Burlington County (445,384)
    •    Camden County (507,078)
    •    Gloucester County (291,408)
  •    Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division (724,768)
    •    Salem County (62,607)
  •    Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (265,429)
    •    Atlantic County (265,429)
  •    Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (150,972)
    •    Cumberland County (150,972)
  •    Ocean City, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (92,560)
    •    Cape May County (92,560)

See also

• Geography portal
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• New Jersey portal

• Demographics of New Jersey
• Geography of New Jersey
• Metropolitan statistical areas of New Jersey

Notes

1. An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
2. For CBSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that CBSA as well as the CBSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.
3. For CSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that CSA as well as the CSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked. New York CSA's overall population is not listed due to lack of historic census data for Connecticut planning regions.