- State:New JerseyCounty:Somerset CountyZips:08504,08504,08890,08821,07939,08873,07978,07934,07934,07938,08528,08853,08553,08853,07977,08880,07931,08823,08836,08502,08835,08558,08869,07069,07921,07924,08805,08876,07920,07059,08876,08844,08807,08873Coordinates:40.56350660889942, -74.61633691965395Area total:304.95 sq. mi., 789.83 sq. km, 195169.92 acresArea land:301.87 sq. mi., 781.83 sq. km, 193194.24 acresArea water:3.09 sq. mi., 7.99 sq. km, 1975.68 acresEstablished:1688Capital seat:
Somerville
Address: 20 Grove St
County Administration Building
Somerville, NJ 08876-2306
Governing Body: Board of Freeholders with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
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- Population:345,361; Population change: 6.78% (2010 - 2020)Population density:1144.3 persons per square mileHousehold income:$96,523Households:117,673Unemployment rate:7.80% per 167,938 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.00%Income taxes:8.97%GDP:$38.12 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Somerset County's population of New Jersey of 65,132 residents in 1930 has increased 5,3-fold to 345,361 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.70% female residents and 49.30% male residents live in as of 2020, 63.71% in Somerset County, New Jersey are married and the remaining 36.29% are single population.
As of 2020, 63.71% in Somerset County, New Jersey are married and the remaining 36.29% are single population.
- Housing units:131,822 residential units of which 95.28% share occupied residential units.
32.6 minutes is the average time that residents in Somerset County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
81.72% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 7.85% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 4.13% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.67% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Somerset County, New Jersey 74.93% are owner-occupied homes, another 21.56% are rented apartments, and the remaining 3.52% are vacant.
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The 54.63% of the population in Somerset County, New Jersey who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 46.390%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 52.500%) of those eligible to vote in Somerset County, New Jersey.
