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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 census, the county's population was enumerated at 509,285, an increase of 17,009 (3.5%) from the 492,276 counted at the 2010 Census, making it the tenth-most populous county in New Jersey. 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 53,238 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Rockaway Township covered , the largest total area of any municipality.
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. Morris County was recently ranked number 2 of 21 NJ counties as one of the healthiest counties in New Jersey, according to an annual report by County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 16,216
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| 1800 | 17,750
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| 1810 | 21,828
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| 1820 | 21,368
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| 1830 | 23,666
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| 1840 | 25,844
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| 1850 | 30,158
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| 1860 | 34,677
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| 1870 | 43,137
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| 1880 | 50,861
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| 1890 | 54,101
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| 1900 | 65,156
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| 1910 | 74,704
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| 1920 | 82,694
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| 1930 | 110,445
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| 1940 | 125,732
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| 1950 | 164,371
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| 1960 | 261,620
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| 1970 | 383,454
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| 1980 | 407,630
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| 1990 | 421,353
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Research Tips
A neat map of Morris County and surrounding areas labeled: http://www.mainlib.org/locations/map/index.html
External links
current County Map showing municipalities
www.co.morris.nj.us/
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