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Sussex County is the 4th largest county in New Jersey according to land area and consists of 24 municipalities.

Sussex CountyState of New Jersey with highlighted Sussex County

Facts and Figures from the NJ Data Book

Area

519 square miles

Density

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2010 288
2011 286
2012 284
2013 281
2014 279
2015 277
2016 275
2017 273
2018 271
2019 271

Census Population

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1980 115,919
1990 130,943
2000 144,166
2010 149,265

Estimated Population

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2010 149,265
2011 148,517
2012 147,442
2013 145,992
2014 144,909
2015 143,673
2016 142,522
2017 141,682
2018 140,799
2019 140,488

Unemployment

graphWorkforce:

2010 82,050
2011 81,617
2012 83,666
2013 80,893
2014 78,651
2015 77,575
2016 75,959
2017 75,281
2018 72,559
2019 73,966

Percent Unemployed:

2010 9.20%
2011 9.02%
2012 9.19%
2013 7.75%
2014 6.25%
2015 5.24%
2016 4.70%
2017 4.38%
2018 3.96%
2019 3.43%

Median Rent

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2010 $1,122.48
2011 $1,186.02
2012 $1,216.47
2013 $1,244.56
2014 $1,262.93
2015 $1,227.56
2016 $1,232.21
2017 $1,268.36
2018 $1,291.01

Average Residential Property Value

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2010 $287,744.67
2011 $287,022.24
2012 $270,045.72
2013 $260,019.00
2014 $253,823.65
2015 $251,361.51
2016 $249,966.55
2017 $251,475.94
2018 $256,553.09

Income per Taxpayer

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2008 $35,713.28
2009 $34,347.53
2010 $35,279.26
2011 $36,221.22
2012 $37,803.70
2013 $38,087.20
2014 $41,225.99
2015 $41,524.99
2016 $41,788.16

Registered Voters

graphNumber of Registered Voters

2010 97,568
2011 98,935
2012 100,152
2013 101,136
2014 101,946
2015 98,235
2016 103,839
2017 103,881
2018 106,335
2019 107,495

Percent Registered as Democrats

2010 16.63%
2011 16.29%
2012 16.13%
2013 16.27%
2014 16.09%
2015 16.39%
2016 18.93%
2017 19.71%
2018 20.19%
2019 20.73%

Percent Registered as Republicans

2010 39.68%
2011 39.13%
2012 38.84%
2013 39.02%
2014 38.48%
2015 39.76%
2016 40.15%
2017 40.69%
2018 40.68%
2019 41.40%

For this and more data, visit njdatabook.rutgers.edu!

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