# Counties in New Jersey by median Air Quality Index (US EPA), 1983

All 18 values come from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 1983, so the places are comparable. 2 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `aqi_median`
- Unit: index
- Definition: Median of the daily Air Quality Index (AQI) values of a US county over the days of the year with an AQI, from the EPA AirData annual summaries. The daily county AQI is the highest AQI among the monitors and pollutants reported that day (ozone, PM2.5, PM10, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide). Lower is cleaner: 0 to 50 is good, 51 to 100 moderate and above 100 unhealthy for sensitive groups.
- Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI (https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/environmental-protection-agency
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-air-quality-index/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | index |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Union County | 68 |
| 2 | Hudson County | 64 |
| 2 | Morris County | 64 |
| 4 | Camden County | 60 |
| 5 | Essex County | 57 |
| 6 | Gloucester County | 52 |
| 7 | Bergen County | 50 |
| 8 | Middlesex County | 49 |
| 9 | Atlantic County | 48 |
| 10 | Burlington County | 45 |
| 11 | Ocean County | 41 |
| 12 | Monmouth County | 39 |
| 13 | Cumberland County | 38 |
| 13 | Hunterdon County | 38 |
| 13 | Mercer County | 38 |
| 16 | Somerset County | 35 |
| 17 | Salem County | 22 |
| 18 | Passaic County | 13 |