Middlesex County, New Jersey

Middlesex County is one of 21 counties of New Jersey. Middlesex is part of the New York metropolitan area, and its county seat is New Brunswick.^[5]

Middlesex County
County
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, the flagship of public higher education in New Jersey
Nickname:  The Greatest County in the Land[1]
Location within the U.S. state of New Jersey
New Jersey's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40.44°N 74.41°W / 40.44; -74.41
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Founded	1683[2]
Named for	Historic English county of Middlesex
Seat	New Brunswick[2]
Largest municipality	Edison (population) Monroe Township (area)
Government
• Commissioner director	Ronald G. Rios (D, term ends December 31, 2024)
Area [3]
• Total	322.87 sq mi (836.2 km2)
• Land	309.22 sq mi (800.9 km2)
• Water	13.65 sq mi (35.4 km2)  4.2%
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	863,162 (3rd in NJ)
• Density	2,794.2/sq mi (1,078.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	6th, 12th
Website	www.co.middlesex.nj.us

Higher education

• Middlesex County College (Edison - main campus; New Brunswick, Perth Amboy)^[6]
• Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus (New Brunswick, Piscataway)^[7]
• Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (New Brunswick)^[8]
• Princeton University – Forrestal Campus (Plainsboro)^[9]
• DeVry University (North Brunswick)^[10]

Municipalities

Index map of Middlesex County municipalities (click to see index key)

1947 road map

Municipalities in Middlesex County (with 2020 Census data for population, housing units and area in square miles) are:^[11]

Municipality	Municipal type	Population	Housing units	Total area	Water area	Land area	Pop. density	Housing density
Carteret	Borough	25,326	8,809	4.93	0.54	4.39	5,767.7	2,006.1
Cranbury Township	Township	3,842	1,388	13.43	0.15	13.28	289.2	104.5
Dunellen	Borough	7,637	2,727	1.06	0.00	1.06	7,191.1	2,567.8
East Brunswick Township	Township	49,715	18,088	22.36	0.57	21.78	2,282.2	830.3
Edison Township	Township	107,588	38,493	30.69	0.63	30.07	3,578.2	1,280.2
Helmetta	Borough	2,455	1,091	0.88	0.05	0.83	2,965.0	1,317.6
Highland Park	Borough	15,072	6,669	1.83	0.01	1.82	8,276.8	3,662.3
Jamesburg	Borough	5,783	2,228	0.89	0.01	0.88	6,556.7	2,526.1
Metuchen	Borough	15,049	6,053	2.85	0.00	2.85	5,282.2	2,124.6
Middlesex	Borough	14,636	5,302	3.51	0.02	3.49	4,196.1	1,520.1
Milltown	Borough	7,037	2,707	1.60	0.04	1.55	4,528.3	1,742.0
Monroe Township	Township	48,594	21,504	42.19	0.24	41.94	1,158.6	512.7
New Brunswick	City	55,266	17,509	5.75	0.52	5.23	10,561.1	3,345.9
North Brunswick Township	Township	43,905	15,585	12.31	0.28	12.03	3,649.0	1,295.3
Old Bridge Township	Township	66,876	26,067	40.93	2.74	38.18	1,751.6	682.7
Perth Amboy	City	55,436	17,855	5.96	1.30	4.66	11,891.0	3,829.9
Piscataway Township	Township	60,804	18,904	18.96	0.17	18.79	3,235.3	1,005.9
Plainsboro Township	Township	24,084	10,281	12.11	0.37	11.74	2,051.8	875.9
Sayreville	Borough	45,345	17,695	18.66	2.83	15.83	2,864.5	1,117.8
South Amboy	City	9,411	3,906	2.70	1.16	1.54	6,119.0	2,539.7
South Brunswick Township	Township	47,043	16,647	41.02	0.40	40.61	1,158.3	409.9
South Plainfield	Borough	24,338	8,432	8.33	0.04	8.30	2,933.7	1,016.4
South River	Borough	16,118	5,977	2.94	0.16	2.79	5,787.4	2,146.1
Spotswood	Borough	8,163	3,297	2.42	0.11	2.31	3,538.4	1,429.1
Woodbridge Township	Township	103,639	38,137	24.58	1.32	23.26	4,456.1	1,639.7

References

1. Middlesex County The Greatest County in the Land Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, County of Middlesex, New Jersey. Accessed October 27, 2016.
2. National Association of Counties. "NACo County Explorer". Retrieved 12 January 2024.
3. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
4. "QuickFacts: Middlesex County, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
5. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
6. Locations Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, Middlesex County College. Accessed September 17, 2015.
7. One Community, Five Campuses, Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Accessed September 17, 2015.
8. Locations and Directions Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Accessed September 17, 2015.
9. Forrestal Campus Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, Princeton University. Accessed July 23, 2008.
10. North Brunswick Campus, DeVry University. Accessed September 17, 2015.
11. "Census Data Explorer". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

Other websites

• Middlesex County official website Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 1, 2008.