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County Information



Some of the cities, towns, and places in Sussex County are Andover, Andover Township, Branchville, Brighton, Byram Center, Byram Township, Crandon Lakes, Frankford Township, Franklin, Fredon Township, Glenwood, Green Township, Hamburg, Hampton Township, Hardyston Township, Highland Lakes, Hopatcong, Lafayette Township, Lake Mohawk, McAfee, Montague Township, Newton, Ogdensburg, Pinkneyville, Quarryville, Ross Corner, Sandyston Township, Sparta Township, Springdale, Stanhope, Stillwater Township, Sussex, Vernon Center, Vernon Township, Vernon Valley, Walpack Township, Wantage Township, Whitehall

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Sussex County is the northernmost county in the State of New Jersey. Its county seat is Newton. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area and is part of the state's Skylands Region, a term promoted by the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth, & Tourism Commission to encourage tourism. As of the 2019 Census estimate, the county's population was 140,488, making it the 17th-most populous of the state's 21 counties, a 5.9% decrease from the 149,265 enumerated in the 2010 United States Census, in turn an increase of 5,099 (3.5%) over the 144,166 persons enumerated in the 2000 Census. Based on 2010 Census data, Vernon Township was the county's largest in both population and area, with a population of 23,943 and covering an area of 70.59 square miles (182.8 km2).In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $55,497, the ninth-highest in New Jersey and ranked 220th of 3,113 counties in the United States. As of 2010 The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 131st-highest per capita income ($49,207) of the 3,113 counties in the United States (and the ninth-highest in the state).The county was established in 1753 from portions of Morris County and named after the county of Sussex in England.