Burlington County, New Jersey

Burlington County population, land area and income

Burlington County had 475,515 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 799.3 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of New Jersey's 21 county-equivalents. That works out to 594.9 people per square mile, 6.2 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in New Jersey has 475,515 residents, about the same as Burlington County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $102,384 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Burlington County's population changed since 2020

Burlington County gained 13,821 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 3.0%. That ranks 6th 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, Burlington County recorded 19,723 births and 19,089 deaths, a natural change of +634. Net international migration added +5,718 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +7,363. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 7,363 people.

Where Burlington County is

The Census internal point of Burlington County is at 39.875800, -74.663000. 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 Burlington County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Burlington County

7 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Burlington County, 32,896 people together, or 7% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Burlington County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Burlington with 10,143.

Counties bordering Burlington County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Burlington County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Philadelphia County, PA, with 1,573,916 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• PA

  Philadelphia County, PA

  1,573,916 people

  27 mi WNW

• Ocean County

  666,434 people

  21 mi E

• PA

  Bucks County, PA

  650,131 people

  40 mi NW

• Monmouth County

  647,520 people

  39 mi NE

• Camden County

  533,988 people

  17 mi WSW

• Mercer County

  392,138 people

  28 mi N

• Atlantic County

  279,114 people

  28 mi S

Distance to Trenton and the nearest big city

Trenton is 24.4 miles NNW of Burlington County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA (population 1,573,916), 26.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Hammonton, NJ (population 15,036), 15.8 miles away.

Burlington County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Burlington County is 34005: state code 34 for New Jersey plus county code 005. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $102,384.