Somerset County, New Jersey
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Somerset County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 13th-most-populous county,[8] with a population of 345,361,[5][6] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 21,917 (+6.8%) from the 2010 census count of 323,444.[9] Somerset County constitutes part of the New York metropolitan area. Its county seat is Somerville.[3] The most populous place in the county was Franklin Township, with 68,364 residents at the time of the 2020 census,[5] while Hillsborough Township, with 55.00 square miles (142.4 km2), covered the largest total area of any municipality.[10] The county is part of the Central Jersey region of the state.[11][12]
Somerset County | |
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Coordinates: 40.56°N 74.61°W / 40.56; -74.61 | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
Founded | May 14, 1688[1] |
Named for | English county of Somerset[2] |
Seat | Somerville[3] |
Largest municipality | Franklin Township (population) Hillsborough Township (area) |
Government | |
• Commissioner director | Shanel Robinson (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
Area | |
• Total | 304.95 sq mi (789.8 km2) |
• Land | 301.87 sq mi (781.8 km2) |
• Water | 3.09 sq mi (8.0 km2) 1.00% |
Population | |
• Total | 345,361 |
• Estimate | 348,842 |
• Density | 1,144.3/sq mi (441.8/km2) |
Congressional districts | 7th, 12th |
Website | www |
In 2015, Somerset County had a per capita personal income of $86,468, the second highest in New Jersey and ranked 25th of 3,113 counties in the United States.[13][14] Somerset County, as of the 2000 Census, was the seventh wealthiest county in the United States by median household income at $76,933 (third in New Jersey behind Hunterdon County at $79,888 and Morris County at $77,340), fourth in median family income at $90,655 (second in New Jersey behind Hunterdon County at $91,050) and ranked seventh by per capita income at $37,970 (highest in New Jersey).[15] The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 11th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the highest in New Jersey) as of 2009.[16]
In 2012, 49.8 percent of Somerset County residents were college graduates, the highest percentage in the state.[17] Somerset County was recently ranked number 3 of 21 NJ counties as one of the healthiest counties in New Jersey, according to an annual report by County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.[18] Somerset County was created on May 14, 1688, from portions of Middlesex County.[1]