page_title: Middlesex County, New Jersey
section_title: Municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: Middlesex County, New Jersey / Municipalities
caption_attribution_description: Original work by Jim Irwin, December 2005.
context_page_description: Middlesex County is a county located in north-central New Jersey, United States. In 2019, the Census Bureau estimated the county's population at 825,062, making it the state's second-most populous county, an increase of 4.1% from 809,858 in the 2010 census. Middlesex is part of the New York metropolitan area, and its county seat is New Brunswick. The center of population of the state of New Jersey is located in Middlesex County, in East Brunswick Township, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike. The 2000 Census showed that the county ranked 63rd in the United States among the wealthiest counties by median household income. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 143rd-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States as of 2009. Middlesex County holds the nickname, The Greatest County in the Land.
  The county was primarily settled due to its ideal location near the Raritan River and was established as of March 7, 1683, as part of the Province of East Jersey and was partitioned as of October 31, 1693, into the townships of Piscataway, Perth Amboy, and Woodbridge.
context_section_description: Municipalities in Middlesex County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units and area in square miles) are: Other, unincorporated communities in the county are listed next to their parent municipality. Many of these areas are census-designated places that have been defined by the United States Census Bureau for enumeration purposes within a Township and for which 2010 population data is included in parentheses.
caption: Index map of Middlesex County municipalities (see map key index in table below)
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