# Counties in New Jersey by households, 2024

All 21 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `households`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bergen County | 355,127 |
| 2 | Essex County | 319,788 |
| 3 | Middlesex County | 307,782 |
| 4 | Hudson County | 299,682 |
| 5 | Monmouth County | 251,712 |
| 6 | Ocean County | 243,843 |
| 7 | Union County | 203,277 |
| 8 | Camden County | 202,540 |
| 9 | Morris County | 193,245 |
| 10 | Passaic County | 178,936 |
| 11 | Burlington County | 177,222 |
| 12 | Mercer County | 144,114 |
| 13 | Somerset County | 130,802 |
| 14 | Gloucester County | 112,545 |
| 15 | Atlantic County | 109,557 |
| 16 | Sussex County | 57,767 |
| 17 | Cumberland County | 53,781 |
| 18 | Hunterdon County | 50,860 |
| 19 | Warren County | 45,391 |
| 20 | Cape May County | 44,884 |
| 21 | Salem County | 24,846 |