2022 population: 146,084 ( 3,181 from 2010 , 1,853 from 2020)
Land area: 518.7 square miles
Population density: 281.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	119,815	82.02%	9.6%
Black:	3,839	2.63%	56.8%
Indian:	198	0.14%	34.7%
Asian:	3,287	2.25%	24.8%
2+ races:	2,060	1.41%	16.3%
Hispanic:	16,885	11.56%	75.6%

Total non-White:	26,269	17.98%	56.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,991	10.4
Deaths:	3,381	11.7
Net Migration:	2,226	7.7
Net Immigration:	113	0.4

Change in White population:	-12,669	-8.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	9,488	6.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
149,265
132,484	88.76%
2,448	1.64%
147	0.10%
2,634	1.76%
1,771	1.19%
9,617	6.44%
16,781	11.24%

2000
144,166
134,624	93.38%
1,444	1.00%
140	0.10%
1,749	1.21%
1,274	0.88%
4,822	3.34%
9,542	6.62%

1990
130,943
125,832	96.10%
1,069	0.82%
210	0.16%
1,107	0.85%
n/a
2,725	2.08%
5,111	3.90%

1980
116,119
112,640	97.00%
638	0.55%
167	0.14%
664	0.57%
n/a
1,979	1.70%
3,479	3.00%

1970
77,528
76,854	99.13%
311	0.40%
45	0.06%
84	0.11%
n/a
171	0.22%
674	0.87%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
15,161	10.5
9,231	6.4
396	0.3
1,409	1.0

-2,140	-1.5
7,239	5.0

Number	Rate
1990's
19,555	14.9
9,434	7.2
4,477	3.4
1,273	1.0

8,792	6.7
4,431	3.4

Number	Rate
1980's
19,231	16.6
8,391	7.2
4,721	4.1
n/a

13,192	11.4
1,632	1.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
29,536	38.1
n/a

35,786	46.2
2,805	3.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Sussex County, NJ

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
44.5
28,106	19.2%
117,978	80.8%
26,256	18.0%

56,348
2.54

40,030	71.0%
32,220	80.5%
2,188	5.5%
16,318	29.0%

2010
Number	Percent
41.8
35,773	24.0%
113,492	76.0%
17,850	12.0%

54,752
2.69

40,649	74.2%
33,417	82.2%
2,527	6.2%
14,103	25.8%

2000
Number	Percent
36.9
40,135	27.8%
104,031	72.2%
13,029	9.0%

50,789
2.81

38,912	76.6%
33,257	85.5%
2,019	5.2%
11,877	23.4%

1990
Number	Percent
32.7
36,511	27.9%
94,432	72.1%
11,680	8.9%

44,492
2.90

35,644	80.1%
31,290	87.8%
1,575	4.4%
8,848	19.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.5
37,529	32.3%
78,590	67.7%
10,121	8.7%

36,951
3.10

30,587	82.8%
27,268	89.1%
1,379	4.5%
6,364	17.2%

2022 Housing Data for Sussex County, NJ

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,620	2.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	642	1.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,190	2.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,338	2.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,173	2.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,181	2.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	974	1.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,227	2.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,149	2.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,919	5.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,147	7.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,264	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,906	12.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,503	9.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,412	14.9%
$200,000 or more	10,703	19.0%

Median Household Income	111,094
Per Capita Income	54,124

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	103
Compared to U.S.	112

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,244	4.0%
Public Assistance	826	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,084	3.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	64,557	76.5%
Unemployed	3,748	4.4%
In Armed Forces	21	0.0%

Total Labor Force	68,326	81.0%
Not in Labor Force	16,051	19.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	28,991	24,275	54.4%
Non-Profit	1,873	3,274	36.4%
Self-Employed	4,457	2,354	65.4%

Local Government	3,416	4,868	41.2%
State Government	1,312	1,251	51.2%
Federal Government	1,153	500	69.8%

Total Private + Self	33,448	26,629	55.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	7,754	9,893	43.9%
Total	41,202	36,522	53.0%

Pct. Govt.	16.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	13,761	17.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	16,879	21.7%
Professional, Technical	20,442	26.3%
Service Occupations	10,989	14.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	202	0.3%
All others	15,739	20.2%

White Collar		65.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	9,372	12.0%
Retail trade	9,357	12.0%
Educational services	8,694	11.2%
Manufacturing	7,512	9.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,457	9.6%
Construction	6,721	8.6%
Public administration	3,650	4.7%
Finance and insurance	3,633	4.7%
Accommodation and food services	3,579	4.6%
Other services	3,569	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	3,021	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,746	3.5%
Wholesale trade	2,164	2.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,826	2.3%
Information	1,704	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,145	1.5%
Utilities	779	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	589	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	180	0.2%
Management	112	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	505	0.35%
Puerto Rican	4,942	3.41%
Cuban	1,516	1.05%
Dominican	1,355	0.94%

Total Central American	987	0.68%
Costa Rican	84	0.06%
Guatemalan	147	0.10%
Honduran	183	0.13%
Nicaraguan	40	0.03%
Panamanian	3	0.00%
Salvadoran	530	0.37%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	3,537	2.44%
Argentinean	449	0.31%
Bolivian	128	0.09%
Chilean	154	0.11%
Colombian	1,394	0.96%
Ecuadorian	713	0.49%
Paraguayan	4	0.00%
Peruvian	560	0.39%
Uruguayan	116	0.08%
Venezuelan	11	0.01%
Other South American	8	0.01%

Other Hispanic	1,501	1.04%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	896	0.62%
Filipino	497	0.34%
Chinese	407	0.28%
Korean	181	0.12%
Vietnamese	118	0.08%
Japanese	94	0.06%
Thai	37	0.03%
Taiwanese	30	0.02%
Cambodian	14	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	123,611	89.4%
Spanish	7,825	5.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,012	1.5%
Other Indo-European	2,007	1.5%
German, other Germanic	612	0.4%
Other Asian	568	0.4%
Other	443	0.3%
Tagalog	229	0.2%
Chinese	217	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	32,564	22.5%
Italian	31,357	21.7%
German	28,025	19.4%
English	12,895	8.9%
Polish	11,557	8.0%
American	5,908	4.1%
Dutch	4,628	3.2%
French	2,705	1.9%
Scottish	2,567	1.8%
Russian	2,302	1.6%
Hungarian	2,083	1.4%
Swedish	1,758	1.2%
Ukrainian	1,468	1.0%
Norwegian	1,421	1.0%
European	1,365	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	141,657	97.8%
Not a citizen	3,151	2.2%

Native	133,065	91.9%
Foreign-born	11,743	8.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,359	1.3%	3,428	3.3%	30,142	28.7%	29,203	27.8%	26,428	25.1%	14,522	13.8%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,359	1.3%
9-12 Years	3,428	3.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	30,142	28.7%
Some College	29,203	27.8%
Bach. Degree	26,428	25.1%
Grad Degree	14,522	13.8%
Average years of education: 14.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	71,981	68,968	3,013	4.2%	5.1%
1991	70,420	66,097	4,323	6.1%	6.8%
1992	72,672	66,846	5,826	8.0%	8.5%
1993	72,130	66,773	5,357	7.4%	7.8%
1994	73,028	68,385	4,643	6.4%	6.8%
1995	74,326	70,050	4,276	5.8%	6.4%
1996	75,349	71,385	3,964	5.3%	6.1%
1997	76,426	73,004	3,422	4.5%	5.3%
1998	76,560	73,814	2,746	3.6%	4.6%
1999	78,115	75,539	2,576	3.3%	4.4%

2000	79,520	77,188	2,332	2.9%	3.7%
2001	80,060	77,153	2,907	3.6%	4.2%
2002	81,438	77,444	3,994	4.9%	5.8%
2003	82,345	78,091	4,254	5.2%	5.8%
2004	82,303	78,705	3,598	4.4%	4.9%
2005	82,904	79,680	3,224	3.9%	4.4%
2006	83,876	80,455	3,421	4.1%	4.6%
2007	84,000	80,747	3,253	3.9%	4.2%
2008	85,034	80,763	4,271	5.0%	5.4%
2009	85,415	78,167	7,248	8.5%	9.0%

2010	82,391	74,512	7,879	9.6%	9.7%
2011	81,767	74,204	7,563	9.2%	9.4%
2012	81,122	73,778	7,344	9.1%	9.4%
2013	79,141	72,740	6,401	8.1%	8.4%
2014	77,212	72,273	4,939	6.4%	6.7%
2015	76,021	71,927	4,094	5.4%	5.7%
2016	75,191	71,676	3,515	4.7%	4.9%
2017	73,664	70,488	3,176	4.3%	4.5%
2018	73,448	70,668	2,780	3.8%	4.0%
2019	74,565	72,105	2,460	3.3%	3.4%

2020	73,836	66,900	6,936	9.4%	9.8%
2021	76,360	71,607	4,753	6.2%	6.6%
2022	77,612	74,747	2,865	3.7%	3.7%
2023	79,040	75,673	3,367	4.3%	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	62,709
Median Value	$322,300

Occupied	56,348	89.9%
Vacant	6,361	10.1%

Owned	47,761	84.8%
Rented	8,587	15.2%
Median Rent	$1,501

Single-Family Units	53,860	85.9%
Detached	49,788	79.4%
Attached	4,072	6.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,669	7.4%
Mobile Homes	1,105	1.8%

Sussex County, NJ

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Sussex County, NJ

2022 Housing Data for Sussex County, NJ

2022 Income & Employment Data for Sussex County, NJ

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Sussex County, NJ

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Sussex County, NJ

Historical Labor Force Data for Sussex County, NJ