Total Population in Essex County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Essex County Compares
National Distribution
Where Essex County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.
■ Essex County: 863,002
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #68 | El Paso County, TX | 870,779 |
| #69 | Worcester County, MA | 867,788 |
| #70 | Montgomery County, PA | 867,573 |
| #71 | Essex County, NJ | 863,002 |
| #72 | Baltimore County, MD | 850,796 |
| #73 | Snohomish County, WA | 844,430 |
| #74 | Ventura County, CA | 837,469 |
Total Population in Essex County, New Jersey
Essex County, New Jersey has a total population of 863,002, which ranks #71 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.7% below the national value of 330M.
Within New Jersey, Essex County ranks #3 of 21 out of 21 counties. This places it in the 98th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.