page_title: Union County, New Jersey
section_title: Municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: Union County, New Jersey / Municipalities
caption_attribution_description: English: Union County, New Jersey Municipalities. See also lineage of index maps.
context_page_description: Union County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2019 Census estimate, the county's population was 556,341, making it the seventh-most populous of the state's 21 counties, an increase of 5.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 536,499, in turn an increase of 13,958 from the 522,541 enumerated in the 2000 Census. In 2010, Union County slipped to the seventh-most populous county in the state, having been surpassed by Ocean County. Union County is part of the New York metropolitan area. Its county seat is Elizabeth.
  In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $60,089, the seventh-highest in New Jersey and ranked 152nd of 3,113 counties in the United States. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 119th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States in 2009. A study by Forbes.com determined that Union County pays the second-highest property taxes of all U.S. counties, based on 2007 data.
context_section_description: Municipalities in Union County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units and area) are:
caption: Index map of Union County municipalities (click to see index key)
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