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Most sparsely populated, New Jersey counties

New Jersey counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2025). This list covers the 21 counties in New Jersey that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 21 is 1,137.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Salem County, NJNJ66,280200+3%

02Sussex County, NJNJ148,063286+3%

03Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,781308+8%

04Warren County, NJNJ112,953317+10%

05Cumberland County, NJNJ157,148325+7%

06Cape May County, NJNJ93,390371−9%

07Atlantic County, NJNJ278,657502+10%

08Burlington County, NJNJ481,439602+14%

09Gloucester County, NJNJ312,638971+23%

10Ocean County, NJNJ673,7461,072+32%

11Morris County, NJNJ524,2511,137+11%

12Somerset County, NJNJ356,4861,181+20%

13Monmouth County, NJNJ651,0351,390+6%

14Mercer County, NJNJ399,2891,779+14%

15Camden County, NJNJ535,7992,420+5%

16▲1Passaic County, NJNJ531,6242,856+9%

17▼1Middlesex County, NJNJ883,3352,856+18%

18Bergen County, NJNJ977,0264,197+11%

19Union County, NJNJ601,8635,857+15%

20Essex County, NJNJ896,3797,109+13%

21Hudson County, NJNJ735,03315,912+21%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES