Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County | |
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The Morristown Green, a historic park, serves as a gathering place and a center of culture within Morristown, the county seat of Morris County. | |
Location within the U.S. state of New Jersey | |
New Jersey's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′N 74°33′W / 40.87°N 74.55°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| Founded | March 15, 1739 |
| Named after | Colonial governor Lewis Morris |
| Seat | Morristown |
| Largest township | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (population) Rockaway Township (area) |
| Government | |
| • Director of the Board of Commissioners | Tayfun Selen (R, term ends December 31, 2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 481.52 sq mi (1,247.1 km2) |
| • Land | 460.97 sq mi (1,193.9 km2) |
| • Water | 20.55 sq mi (53.2 km2) 4.3% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 509,285 |
• Estimate (2024) | 523,053 |
| • Density | 1,100/sq mi (410/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional districts | 7th, 11th |
| Website | morriscountynj |
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 30 mi (48 km) west of New York City. According to the 2020 census, the county was the state's tenth-most populous county, with a population of 509,285, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 17,009 (+3.5%) from the 2010 census count of 492,276, which in turn reflected an increase of 22,064 (+11.6%) from the 470,212 counted in the 2000 census, Morris County is part of the New York metropolitan area and is divided into 39 municipalities, with many commuter towns but no large cities. Its county seat is Morristown, in the southeast. The most populous place was Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, with 56,162 residents at the time of the 2020 census, while Rockaway Township covered 45.55 square miles (118.0 km2), the largest total area of any municipality. The county is part of the North Jersey region of the state.
In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $86,582, the highest in New Jersey and ranked 24th of 3,113 counties in the United States. Morris County, as of the 2000 Census, was the sixth-wealthiest county in the United States by median household income at $77,340 (second in New Jersey behind Hunterdon County at $79,888), sixth in median family income at $89,773 (third in New Jersey behind Hunterdon County at $91,050 and Somerset County at $90,605) and ranked tenth by per capita income at $36,964 (second in New Jersey behind Somerset County at $37,970).
The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 16th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the second highest in New Jersey) as of 2009. The county ranked third in the New York metropolitan area in terms of median income. In 2017, Morris County was ranked second among the state's 21 counties in healthiness, according to an annual report by County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.