Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County population, land area and income

Bergen County had 978,641 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 232.8 square miles of land. It is the most populous of New Jersey's 21 county-equivalents. That works out to 4,204.0 people per square mile, 43.7 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in New Jersey has 475,515 residents, so Bergen County is 2.1 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $116,157 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Bergen County's population changed since 2020

Bergen County gained 24,930 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.6%. That ranks 8th of 21 in New Jersey for growth. The median New Jersey county changed by +2.3%, and the state as a whole by +2.5%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Bergen County recorded 38,567 births and 32,683 deaths, a natural change of +5,884. Net international migration added +31,138 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -14,666. The largest single component was international migration, which added 31,138 people.

Where Bergen County is

The Census internal point of Bergen County is at 40.959700, -74.074700. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades New Jersey's 21 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Bergen County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Bergen County

59 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Bergen County, 826,658 people together, or 84% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Bergen County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Hackensack with 46,630.

Counties bordering Bergen County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Bergen County, including 4 across a state line. The most populous is New York County, NY, with 1,660,664 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NY

  New York County, NY

  1,660,664 people

  14 mi SSE

• NY

  Bronx County, NY

  1,384,724 people

  14 mi ESE

• NY

  Westchester County, NY

  1,006,447 people

  22 mi NE

• Essex County

  881,527 people

  15 mi SW

• Hudson County

  736,185 people

  16 mi S

• Passaic County

  526,597 people

  13 mi WNW

• NY

  Rockland County, NY

  348,144 people

  14 mi N

Distance to Trenton and the nearest big city

Trenton is 62.3 miles SW of Bergen County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ (population 160,463), 5.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Paramus, NJ (population 26,786), 0.9 miles away.

Bergen County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Bergen County is 34003: state code 34 for New Jersey plus county code 003. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $116,157.