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COMMUNITIES: North New Jersey: Bergen County

Bergen County

Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2018 Census estimate, the county's population was 936,692, an increase of 3.5% from the 2010 census, which in turn represented an increase of 20,998 (2.4%) from the 884,118 counted in the 2000 Census.

Located in the northeastern corner of New Jersey and its Gateway Region, Bergen County is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area and is directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan, to which it is connected by the George Washington Bridge.

Bergen County is divided into 70 municipalities, but has no large cities. Its most populous place, with 43,010 residents at the time of the 2010 census, is Hackensack, which is also its county seat. Mahwah covered the largest area of any municipality, at 26.19 square miles (67.8 km2).

In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $75,849, the fourth-highest in New Jersey and ranked 45th of 3,113 counties in the United States. Bergen County is one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, with a median household income of $81,708 per the 2010 Census, increasing to an estimated $84,677 in 2014, which was almost 18% higher than the $71,919 median statewide. The county hosts an extensive park system totaling nearly 9,000 acres (3,600 ha).

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POINTS OF INTEREST

Educational & Cultural:

New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack. At the museum, the USS Ling is moored in the Hackensack River and is available for tours as a museum ship.
Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey, located at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro.
Bergen Museum of Art & Science, Hackensack.
Buehler Challenger & Science Center, Paramus — Located on the campus of Bergen Community College.
Meadowlands Environment Center, Lyndhurst.
Tenafly Nature Center, Tenafly
Puffin Foundation, Teaneck
Maywood Station Museum, Maywood
Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood

State Parks

Ramapo Mountain State Forest, Mahwah
Palisades Interstate Park, Fort Lee, Englewood Cliffs, Tenafly, Alpine

State-Owned Historical Sites

New Bridge Landing, River Edge, Teaneck and New Milford
The Hermitage, Ho-Ho-Kus
Steuben House, River Edge (at New Bridge Landing)

Commercial & Entertainment

MetLife Stadium, which replaced Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, is the home of the New York Giants and the New York Jets of the National Football League. At a construction cost of approximately $1.6 billion, it is the most expensive stadium ever built.
Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford (formerly known as the Izod Center, Continental Airlines Arena and the Brendan Byrne Arena). Opened in 1981, it was formerly home to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association, and the Seton Hall University Pirates men's basketball team. The arena closed on April 3, 2015.
Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford
Westfield Garden State Plaza, Paramus, is one of the largest and highest revenue producing shopping malls in the United States.
The Shops at Riverside, shopping mall, Hackensack (formerly known as Riverside Square Mall)
Paramus Park, shopping mall, Paramus
The Outlets at Bergen Town Center, shopping mall, Paramus (formerly known as the Bergen Mall)
Fashion Center, shopping mall, Paramus
H Mart, Asian shopping plaza and supermarket, Ridgefield
Mitsuwa Marketplace, Japanese shopping plaza and supermarket, Edgewater
American Dream Meadowlands, retail and entertainment complex that opened on October 25, 2019.

ECONOMY

Based on data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bergen County had a gross domestic product (GDP) of $66.1 billion in 2018, which was ranked 1st in the state and represented an increase of 2.6% from the previous year.

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