Essex County, New Jersey Basics:
Essex County New Jersey - Government Site
Population: 786,943
Area: 126 square miles
County seat: Newark
Area code(s) in use: 973
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.8%
Median household income: $55,027
Persons in poverty: 16.1%
Home ownership rate: 46.2%
Mean travel time to work: 31.8 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Bergen Bronx (NY) Hudson Kings (NY) Middlesex Monmouth Morris New York (NY) Ocean Passaic Queens (NY) Richmond (NY) Somerset Sussex Union