Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 census, the county was the state's 4th-least populous county,[6] with a population of 128,947,[3][4] an increase of 598 (+0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 128,349.[7] Its county seat is Flemington.[1] The county is part of the Central Jersey region of the state.[8][9][10]
Hunterdon County | |
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Coordinates: 40.57°N 74.92°W / 40.57; -74.92 | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
Founded | 1714 |
Named for | Robert Hunter |
Seat | Flemington[1] |
Largest municipality | Raritan Township (population) Readington Township (area) |
Government | |
• Commission Director | Zachary T. Rich (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
Area | |
• Total | 437.40 sq mi (1,132.9 km2) |
• Land | 427.84 sq mi (1,108.1 km2) |
• Water | 9.56 sq mi (24.8 km2) 2.2% |
Population | |
• Total | 128,947 |
• Estimate | 130,183 |
• Density | 301.4/sq mi (116.4/km2) |
Congressional district | 7th |
Website | www |
In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $80,759, the third-highest in New Jersey and ranked 33rd of 3,113 counties in the United States.[11][12] The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 19th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the highest in New Jersey) as of 2009.[13] In 2011, Hunterdon County had the second-lowest level of child poverty of any county in the United States.[14]
Geographically, much of the county lies in the Delaware Valley. Local businesses and the Delaware Valley Regional High School carry the name. However, it is part of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and part of the larger New York-Newark Combined Statistical Area (CSA).[15]
Hunterdon County was established on March 11, 1714, separating from Burlington County, at which time it included all of present-day Morris, Sussex, and Warren counties.[16] The rolling hills and rich soils which produce bountiful agricultural crops drew Native American tribes and then Europeans to the area.