Essex County
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- Population
- 863,002
- Area
- 126.08 sq mi (326.55 km²), 3.34 sq mi water
- Median age
- 37.7
- Households
- 319,788
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $80,789
- Median house value
- $524,100
Demographics: 2020–2024 ACS
Cities & Towns in Essex County
Local News
Gothamist
Published September 11City-backed nonprofit grocery stores have come to Newark
Newark officials and community members celebrated the recent opening of community grocery stores Thursday, with a ceremony at the Central Ward location. A store that opened in the South Ward two years ago is now serving as a model for the whole city. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published September 11Who's to blame for taxes in Newark? It depends which NJ power player you ask.
Joseph DiVincenzo at left, and Ras Baraka Essex County owns a lot of land in Newark. It doesn't pay taxes on those properties. [ more › ]
WRNJ Radio
Published September 11Gov. Sherrill promotes ‘Stay Well, Learn Well’ initiative to expand back-to-school health services
ORANGE, N.J. (Essex County) — Gov. Mikie Sherrill toured RWJBarnabas Health’s Pediatric Mobile Health Van Thursday to promote the New Jersey Department of Health’s new “Stay Well, Learn Well” initiative, …
WRNJ Radio
Published September 10Woman sentenced to 15 months in prison in $17 million counterfeit coupon scheme
NEWARK, N.J. — A Texas woman was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for her role in a counterfeit coupon scheme that caused more than $17 million in losses …
THE CITY
Published September 10ICE Moved Hundreds of Detainees from Delaney Hall as Protests Raged Outside
On the evening of May 24, a small blockade of protesters formed outside the entrance to Delaney Hall in Newark, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s largest detention center in the New York metro area, as word spread that ICE agents were trying to move a Peruvian detainee named…