page_title: Sussex County, New Jersey
section_title: Municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: Sussex County, New Jersey / Geography / Municipalities
caption_attribution_description: English: Locator map of places in Sussex County, New Jersey. See also lineage of index maps.
context_page_description: Sussex County is the northernmost county in the State of New Jersey. Its county seat is Newton. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area and is part of the state's Skylands Region, a term promoted by the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth, & Tourism Commission to encourage tourism. As of the 2019 Census estimate, the county's population was 140,488, making it the 17th-most populous of the state's 21 counties, a 5.9% decrease from the 149,265 enumerated in the 2010 United States Census, in turn an increase of 5,099 over the 144,166 persons enumerated in the 2000 Census. Based on 2010 Census data, Vernon Township was the county's largest in both population and area, with a population of 23,943 and covering an area of 70.59 square miles.
  In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $55,497, the ninth-highest in New Jersey and ranked 220th of 3,113 counties in the United States. As of 2010 The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 131st-highest per capita income of the 3,113 counties in the United States.
  The county was established in 1753 and named after the county of Sussex in England.
context_section_description: Municipalities in Sussex County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units and area) are:
caption: Index map of Sussex County municipalities (click to see index key)
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