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.

Background

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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.

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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

Primary statistical areas

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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. Of the nine statistical areas of New Jersey, its three combined statistical areas are the only PSAs.

The three primary statistical areas of the State of New Jersey[b]

2020 rank Primary 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
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA 7,390,919 +0.15% 7,379,700 +4.41% 7,067,807
Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg CSA 1,039,608 +0.91% 1,030,216 +3.96% 991,015


See also

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Notes

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  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 PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA'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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved October 23, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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