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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berqen_(dair%C9%99)" title="Berqen (dairə) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Berqen (dairə)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_K%C5%ABn_(New_Jersey)" title="Bergen Kūn (New Jersey) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bergen Kūn (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8A%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%9D%D1%8E_%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Бъргън (окръг, Ню Джърси) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бъргън (окръг, Ню Джърси)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Bergen County, New Jersey – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Bergen County, New Jersey" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County" title="Bergen County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bergen County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County" title="Bergen County – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Bergen County" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Bergen County, New Jersey – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bergen County, New Jersey" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County" title="Bergen County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bergen County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BD_(%CE%9D%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%8A)" title="Κομητεία Μπέργκεν (Νιου Τζέρσεϊ) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Μπέργκεν (Νιου Τζέρσεϊ)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Bergen" title="Condado de Bergen – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Bergen" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Bergen" title="Kantono Bergen – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Bergen" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_konderria_(New_Jersey)" title="Bergen konderria (New Jersey) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bergen konderria (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="شهرستان برگن، نیوجرسی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان برگن، نیوجرسی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Bergen" title="Comté de Bergen – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Bergen" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Bergen,_New_Jersey" title="Contae Bergen, New Jersey – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Bergen, New Jersey" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%86_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%86%D9%8A%DB%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A)" title="برگن ٚ شأرستان (نيۊجرسي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="برگن ٚ شأرستان (نيۊجرسي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%84%EA%B1%B4%EA%B5%B0" title="버건군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="버건군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%86%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%AB)" title="Բերգեն շրջան (Նյու Ջերսի) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բերգեն շրջան (Նյու Ջերսի)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF" title="বার্গেন কাউন্টি, নিউ জার্সি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="বার্গেন কাউন্টি, নিউ জার্সি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Bergen" title="Contea di Bergen – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Bergen" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_megye" title="Bergen megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bergen megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C)" title="برگن شهرستان (نیوجرسی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="برگن شهرستان (نیوجرسی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_G%C3%B4ng_(New_Jersey)" title="Bergen Gông (New Jersey) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Bergen Gông (New Jersey)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County" title="Bergen County – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bergen County" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E5%B7%9E)" title="バーゲン郡 (ニュージャージー州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バーゲン郡 (ニュージャージー州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_Bergen" title="Contea Bergen – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Contea Bergen" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Берген (гуо, Нью-Джерси) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Берген (гуо, Нью-Джерси)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County" title="Bergen County – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bergen County" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="برگن کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="برگن کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County" title="Bergen County – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Bergen County" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Bergen" title="Hrabstwo Bergen – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Bergen" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Bergen" title="Condado de Bergen – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Bergen" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Bergen,_New_Jersey" title="Comitatul Bergen, New Jersey – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Bergen, New Jersey" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Берген (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Берген (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County" title="Bergen County – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Bergen County" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Bergen County, New Jersey – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bergen County, New Jersey" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D0%8A%D1%83_%D0%8F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B8)" title="Округ Берген (Њу Џерзи) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Берген (Њу Џерзи)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Bergen County, New Jersey – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bergen County, New Jersey" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergenin_piirikunta" title="Bergenin piirikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bergenin piirikunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County" title="Bergen County – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bergen County" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF,_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%82_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF" title="பெர்கன் கவுண்ட்டி, நியூ செர்சி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பெர்கன் கவுண்ட்டி, நியூ செர்சி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Берген (округ, Нью-Джерси) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Берген (округ, Нью-Джерси)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li 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title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">skyscrapers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Bergen County"><img alt="Flag of Bergen County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey.gif/122px-Flag_of_Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey.gif" decoding="async" width="122" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey.gif/183px-Flag_of_Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey.gif/244px-Flag_of_Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey.gif 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Bergen County"><img alt="Official seal of Bergen County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Seal_of_Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey.png/100px-Seal_of_Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey.png" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg/225px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg/300px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Jersey_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="New Jersey's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting New Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/New_Jersey_in_United_States.svg/300px-New_Jersey_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/New_Jersey_in_United_States.svg/450px-New_Jersey_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/New_Jersey_in_United_States.svg/600px-New_Jersey_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">New Jersey's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&params=40.96_N_74.07_W_type:adm2nd_region:US-NJ_source:UScensus1990"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°58′N</span> <span class="longitude">74°04′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.96°N 74.07°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.96; -74.07</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1683</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen, Norway</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bergen_op_Zoom" title="Bergen op Zoom">Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hutchinson_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutchinson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a><sup id="cite_ref-CountyMap_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CountyMap-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest municipality</th><td class="infobox-data">Hackensack (population)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a> (area)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Executive" title="Bergen County Executive">County executive</a></th><td class="infobox-data">James J. Tedesco III (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (New Jersey)">D</a>, term ends December 31, 2026)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">246.45 sq mi (638.3 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">232.79 sq mi (602.9 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">13.66 sq mi (35.4 km<sup>2</sup>)  5.5%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">955,732</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PopEst_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEst-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">957,736 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,900/sq mi (1,500/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bergenite<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 5th congressional district">5th</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 9th congressional district">9th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us">www<wbr />.co<wbr />.bergen<wbr />.nj<wbr />.us</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">Range in <a href="/wiki/Altitude" title="Altitude">altitude</a>:<br /><b>Highest elevation:</b> 1,152 ft (351 m) (<a href="/wiki/Bald_Mountain_(New_Jersey)" title="Bald Mountain (New Jersey)">Bald Mountain</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Ramapo_Mountains" title="Ramapo Mountains">Ramapo Mountains</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a>).<br /> <b>Lowest elevation:</b> 0 ft (0 m) (<a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>), at the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_e0e9f3ebaafb127ae1214f6eb04c88a1b4834159"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey&groups=_e0e9f3ebaafb127ae1214f6eb04c88a1b4834159" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey&groups=_e0e9f3ebaafb127ae1214f6eb04c88a1b4834159 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of Bergen County, New Jersey</div></div></div> <p><b>Bergen County</b> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Jersey" title="List of counties in New Jersey">most populous</a> <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Largest2020_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Largest2020-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located in the northeastern corner of New Jersey, Bergen County and its many <a href="/wiki/Inner_suburb" title="Inner suburb">inner suburbs</a> constitute a highly developed part of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City metropolitan area">New York City metropolitan area</a>, bordering the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a>; the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a>, which crosses the Hudson, connects Bergen County with <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>. The county is part of the <a href="/wiki/North_Jersey" title="North Jersey">North Jersey</a> region of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, the county's population was 955,732,<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its highest <a href="/wiki/United_States_census" title="United States census">decennial count</a> ever and an increase of 50,616 (+5.6%) from the 905,116 recorded at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which in turn reflected an increase of 20,998 (2.4%) from the 884,118 counted in the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CPH232_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPH232-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county is divided into 70 municipalities, the most of any county in New Jersey, made up of 56 <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">boroughs</a>, nine townships, three cities, and two villages. Its most populous place, with 46,030 residents as of the 2020 census, is <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is also its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CountyMap_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CountyMap-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a> covers the largest area of any municipality, at 26.19 square miles (67.8 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-CPH232_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPH232-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bergen County is one of the largest commercial hubs in both New Jersey and the United States, generating over $6 billion in annual revenues from retailers in <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a> alone, despite <a href="/wiki/Blue_laws_in_the_United_States#New_Jersey" title="Blue laws in the United States">blue laws</a> keeping most stores in the county and especially Paramus itself (which has much stricter blue laws then the rest of the county) open only six days per week.<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyCommercialMecca_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyCommercialMecca-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States#2020_Census" title="List of highest-income counties in the United States">wealthiest counties in the United States</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Median_household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Median household income">median household income</a> of $109,497 (compared to $89,703 in New Jersey and $69,021 nationwide) and a <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> of $55,710 (vs. $46,691 in the state and $37,638 in the U.S.) as of the 2017–2021 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020BergenNJUS_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020BergenNJUS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergen County has some of the highest home prices in New Jersey, with the median home price in 2022 exceeding $600,000.<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyMostExpensiveHomePrices_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyMostExpensiveHomePrices-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county's <a href="/wiki/Park_system" title="Park system">park system</a> covers more than 9,000 acres (3,600 ha).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The origin of the name of Bergen County is a matter of debate. It is believed that the county is named after one of the earliest settlements, <a href="/wiki/Bergen_Township,_New_Jersey_(1661%E2%80%931862)" title="Bergen Township, New Jersey (1661–1862)">Bergen</a>, in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson County, New Jersey</a>. However, the origin of the township's name is debated. Several sources attribute the name to <a href="/wiki/Bergen,_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergen, Norway">Bergen, Norway</a>, while others attribute it to <a href="/wiki/Bergen_op_Zoom" title="Bergen op Zoom">Bergen op Zoom</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hutchinson_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutchinson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some sources say that the name is derived from one of the earliest settlers of <a href="/wiki/New_Amsterdam" title="New Amsterdam">New Amsterdam</a> (now <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hans_Hansen_Bergen" title="Hans Hansen Bergen">Hans Hansen Bergen</a>, a native of <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, who arrived in <a href="/wiki/New_Netherland" title="New Netherland">New Netherland</a> in 1633.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bergen_Passaic_1872.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bergen_Passaic_1872.jpg/220px-Bergen_Passaic_1872.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bergen_Passaic_1872.jpg/330px-Bergen_Passaic_1872.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bergen_Passaic_1872.jpg/440px-Bergen_Passaic_1872.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3491" data-file-height="2325" /></a><figcaption>Bergen and <a href="/wiki/Passaic_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Passaic County">Passaic</a> counties, 1872</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bergen_County1896.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bergen_County1896.jpg/220px-Bergen_County1896.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bergen_County1896.jpg/330px-Bergen_County1896.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bergen_County1896.jpg/440px-Bergen_County1896.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="3718" /></a><figcaption>Bergen County, 1896</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BergenCounty_1918.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BergenCounty_1918.jpg/220px-BergenCounty_1918.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BergenCounty_1918.jpg/330px-BergenCounty_1918.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BergenCounty_1918.jpg/440px-BergenCounty_1918.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3282" /></a><figcaption>Bergen County, 1918</figcaption></figure> <p>At the time of first <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Europe" title="Ethnic groups in Europe">European</a> contact, Bergen County was inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> people, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape Nation</a>, whose subgroups included the <a href="/wiki/Tappan_(Native_Americans)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tappan (Native Americans)">Tappan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hackensack_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Hackensack Indians">Hackensack</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rumachenanck_(Native_Americans)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rumachenanck (Native Americans)">Rumachenanck</a> (later called the Haverstraw), as named by the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Dutch colonization of the Americas">Dutch colonists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of their descendants are included among the <a href="/wiki/Ramapough_Mountain_Indians" title="Ramapough Mountain Indians">Ramapough Mountain Indians</a>, recognized as a tribe by the state in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their ancestors had moved into the mountains to escape encroachment by Dutch and <a href="/wiki/British_colonialism" class="mw-redirect" title="British colonialism">English colonists</a>. Their descendants reside mostly in the northwest of the county, in nearby Passaic County and in <a href="/wiki/Rockland_County,_New_York" title="Rockland County, New York">Rockland County, New York</a>, tracing their Lenape ancestry to speakers of the <a href="/wiki/Munsee_language" title="Munsee language">Munsee language</a>, one of three major dialects of their language.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the years, they absorbed other ethnicities by intermarriage.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 17th century, the Dutch considered the area comprising today's Bergen and Hudson counties as part of <a href="/wiki/New_Netherland" title="New Netherland">New Netherland</a>, their colonial <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">province</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>. The Dutch claimed it after <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hudson" title="Henry Hudson">Henry Hudson</a> (sailing for the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a>) explored <a href="/wiki/Newark_Bay" title="Newark Bay">Newark Bay</a> and anchored his ship at <a href="/wiki/Weehawken_Cove" title="Weehawken Cove">Weehawken Cove</a> in 1609.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From an early date, the Dutch began to import <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_of_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups of Africa">African</a> <a href="/wiki/Slaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Slaves">slaves</a> to fill their labor needs. Bergen County eventually was the largest slaveholding county in the state, with nearly 20% of its population consisting of slaves in 1800.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The African slaves were used for labor at the ports to support shipping, as well as for domestic servants, trades, and farm labor. </p><p>Early settlement attempts by the Dutch colonists included <a href="/wiki/Pavonia,_New_Netherland" title="Pavonia, New Netherland">Pavonia</a> (1633), <a href="/wiki/Vriessendael" class="mw-redirect" title="Vriessendael">Vriessendael</a> (1640), and <a href="/wiki/Achter_Col,_New_Netherland" class="mw-redirect" title="Achter Col, New Netherland">Achter Col</a> (1642), but the Native Americans repelled these settlements in <a href="/wiki/Kieft%27s_War" title="Kieft's War">Kieft's War</a> (1643–1645) and the <a href="/wiki/Peach_War" title="Peach War">Peach War</a> (1655).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> European settlers returned to the western shores of the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> in the 1660 formation of <a href="/wiki/Bergen_Township,_New_Jersey_(1661%E2%80%931862)" title="Bergen Township, New Jersey (1661–1862)">Bergen Township</a> (now part of <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City, New Jersey</a>), which would become one of the earliest permanent European settlements in present-day New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Dutch_War" title="Second Anglo-Dutch War">Second Anglo-Dutch War</a>, on August 27, 1664, New Amsterdam's governor <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant" title="Peter Stuyvesant">Peter Stuyvesant</a> surrendered to the <a href="/wiki/English_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="English Navy">English Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The English organized the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey" title="Province of New Jersey">Province of New Jersey</a> in 1665, later splitting the territory into <a href="/wiki/East_Jersey" title="East Jersey">East Jersey</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Jersey" title="West Jersey">West Jersey</a> in 1674. On November 30, 1675, the settlement Bergen and surrounding plantations and settlements were called <i>Bergen County</i> in an act passed by the province's General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1683, Bergen (along with the three other original counties of East Jersey) was officially recognized as an independent county by the Provincial Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Story_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, Bergen County comprised only the land between the Hudson River and the <a href="/wiki/Hackensack_River" title="Hackensack River">Hackensack River</a>, extending north to the border between East Jersey and New York.<sup id="cite_ref-earlyborder_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlyborder-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1709, the boundaries were extended to include all of the current territory of <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson County</a> (formed in 1840) and portions of the current territory of <a href="/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic County, New Jersey">Passaic County</a> (formed in 1837). The 1709 borders were described as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-earlyborder_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlyborder-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>"Beginning at <a href="/wiki/Constable%27s_Hook" class="mw-redirect" title="Constable's Hook">Constable's Hook</a>, so along the bay and Hudson's River to the partition point between New Jersey and the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">province of New York</a>; along this line and the <a href="/wiki/Line_between_East_and_West_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Line between East and West Jersey">line between East and West Jersey</a><sup>†</sup> to the <a href="/wiki/Pequannock_River" title="Pequannock River">Pequaneck River</a>; down the Pequaneck and <a href="/wiki/Passaic_River" title="Passaic River">Passaic</a> Rivers to <a href="/wiki/Newark_Bay" title="Newark Bay">the sound</a>; and so following the sound to Constable's Hook the place of beginning." <dl><dd>† The line between East and West Jersey here referred to is not the line finally adopted and known as the Lawrence line, which was run by John Lawrence in September and October 1743. It was the compromise line agreed upon between Governors <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Coxe" title="Daniel Coxe">Daniel Coxe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Barclay" title="Robert Barclay">Robert Barclay</a> in 1682, which ran a little north of <a href="/wiki/Morristown,_New_Jersey" title="Morristown, New Jersey">Morristown</a> to the Passaic River; thence up the Pequaneck to forty-one degrees of north <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>; and thence by a straight line due east to the New York State line. This line being afterward objected to by the East Jersey proprietors, the latter procured the running of the Lawrence line.<sup id="cite_ref-earlyborder_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlyborder-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Bergen was the location of several battles and troop movements during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a>'s location on the bluffs of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Palisades" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Palisades">New Jersey Palisades</a>, opposite <a href="/wiki/Fort_Washington_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Washington (New York)">Fort Washington</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, made it a strategic position during the war. In November 1776, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Lee" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Fort Lee">Battle of Fort Lee</a> took place as part of a British plan to capture <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> and to resoundingly defeat the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a>, whose forces were divided and located in Fort Lee and Hackensack. After abandoning the defenses in Fort Lee and leaving behind considerable supplies, the Continental forces staged a hasty retreat through present-day <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a>, and across the Hackensack River at <a href="/wiki/New_Bridge_Landing" title="New Bridge Landing">New Bridge Landing</a>, one of the few sites where the river was crossed by a bridge. They destroyed the bridge to delay the British assault on Washington's headquarters in the village of Hackensack. The next day, George Washington retreated to <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a> and left Hackensack via Polifly Road. British forces pursued, and Washington continued to retreat across New Jersey. The retreat allowed American forces to escape capture and regroup for subsequent successes against the British elsewhere in New Jersey later that winter.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after the Battle of Princeton in January 1777, British forces realized that they were not able to spread themselves thin across New Jersey. Local militia retook Hackensack and the rest of Bergen County. Bergen County saw skirmishes throughout the war as armies from both sides maneuvered across the countryside. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Massacre" title="Baylor Massacre">Baylor Massacre</a> took place in 1778 in <a href="/wiki/River_Vale,_New_Jersey" title="River Vale, New Jersey">River Vale</a>, resulting in severe losses for the Continentals.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1837, <a href="/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic County, New Jersey">Passaic County</a> was formed from parts of Bergen and <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Essex County, New Jersey">Essex</a> counties. In 1840, <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson County</a> was formed from Bergen. These two divisions took roughly 13,000 residents (nearly half of the previous population) from the county's rolls.<sup id="cite_ref-Story_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1852, the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Railroad" title="Erie Railroad">Erie Railroad</a> began operating major rail services from <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> to points north and west via leased right-of-way in the county. This became known as the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Main_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Erie Main Line">Erie Main Line</a>, and is still in use for passenger service today.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Erie later leased two other railroads built in the 1850s and 1860s, later known as the <a href="/wiki/Pascack_Valley_Line" title="Pascack Valley Line">Pascack Valley Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Branch" title="Northern Branch">Northern Branch</a>, and in 1881 built a cutoff, now the Bergen County Line. There were two other rail lines in the county, ultimately known as the <a href="/wiki/West_Shore_Railroad" title="West Shore Railroad">West Shore Railroad</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York,_Susquehanna_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway">New York, Susquehanna, and Western</a>. </p><p>In 1894, state law was changed to allow easy formation of municipalities with the <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">borough</a> form of government. This led to the "<a href="/wiki/Boroughitis" title="Boroughitis">boroughitis</a>" phenomenon, in which many new municipalities were created in a span of a few years.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were 26 boroughs that were formed in the county in 1894 alone, with two more boroughs (and one new township) formed in 1895.<sup id="cite_ref-Boroughitis_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boroughitis-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately 56 boroughs were incorporated in Bergen County, the highest number for any county in New Jersey. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atwood-Blauvelt_Mansion,_Oradell_NJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Atwood-Blauvelt_Mansion%2C_Oradell_NJ.jpg/220px-Atwood-Blauvelt_Mansion%2C_Oradell_NJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Atwood-Blauvelt_Mansion%2C_Oradell_NJ.jpg/330px-Atwood-Blauvelt_Mansion%2C_Oradell_NJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Atwood-Blauvelt_Mansion%2C_Oradell_NJ.jpg/440px-Atwood-Blauvelt_Mansion%2C_Oradell_NJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="359" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Atwood-Blauvelt_Mansion" class="mw-redirect" title="Atwood-Blauvelt Mansion">Atwood-Blauvelt Mansion</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oradell,_New_Jersey" title="Oradell, New Jersey">Oradell</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1909</span></figcaption></figure> <p>On January 11, 1917, the <a href="/wiki/Kingsland_Explosion" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsland Explosion">Kingsland Explosion</a> took place at a <a href="/wiki/Munitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Munitions">munitions</a> factory in what is today <a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst,_New_Jersey" title="Lyndhurst, New Jersey">Lyndhurst</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The explosion is believed to have been an act of <a href="/wiki/Sabotage" title="Sabotage">sabotage</a> by German agents, as the munitions in question were destined for <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, part of the U.S.'s effort to supply allies before entrance into <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the U.S. entry into the war in April 1917, <a href="/wiki/Camp_Merritt,_New_Jersey" title="Camp Merritt, New Jersey">Camp Merritt</a> was created in eastern Bergen County for troop staging. Beginning operations in August 1917, it housed 50,000 soldiers at a time, staging them for deployment to <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> via <a href="/wiki/Hoboken,_New_Jersey" title="Hoboken, New Jersey">Hoboken</a>. Camp Merritt was decommissioned in November 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a> was completed in 1931, linking <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a> to <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>. This connection spurred rapid development in the post-World War II era, developing much of the county to <a href="/wiki/Suburban" class="mw-redirect" title="Suburban">suburban</a> levels. Two lanes were added to the upper level in 1946 and a <a href="/wiki/Double-decked_bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Double-decked bridge">second deck of traffic</a> on the bridge was completed in 1962, expanding its capacity to becoming the world's only 14-lane <a href="/wiki/Suspension_bridge" title="Suspension bridge">suspension bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bridge is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge, carrying 104 million vehicles in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-GWBWorldsBusiestBridge_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GWBWorldsBusiestBridge-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1955, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> established a <a href="/wiki/Nike_Missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Nike Missile">Nike Missile</a> station at <a href="/wiki/Campgaw_Mountain" title="Campgaw Mountain">Campgaw Mountain</a> (in the west of the county) for the defense of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Metropolitan Area">New York Metropolitan Area</a> from <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bomber" title="Strategic bomber">strategic bombers</a>. In 1959, the site was upgraded to house <a href="/wiki/Nike-Hercules_Missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Nike-Hercules Missile">Nike-Hercules Missiles</a> with increased range, speed, and payload characteristics. The missile site closed in June 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2013-05-05_15_13_14_View_north_along_the_Shore_Trail_near_the_Forest_View_Trail_in_Palisades_Interstate_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2013-05-05_15_13_14_View_north_along_the_Shore_Trail_near_the_Forest_View_Trail_in_Palisades_Interstate_Park.jpg/275px-2013-05-05_15_13_14_View_north_along_the_Shore_Trail_near_the_Forest_View_Trail_in_Palisades_Interstate_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2013-05-05_15_13_14_View_north_along_the_Shore_Trail_near_the_Forest_View_Trail_in_Palisades_Interstate_Park.jpg/413px-2013-05-05_15_13_14_View_north_along_the_Shore_Trail_near_the_Forest_View_Trail_in_Palisades_Interstate_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2013-05-05_15_13_14_View_north_along_the_Shore_Trail_near_the_Forest_View_Trail_in_Palisades_Interstate_Park.jpg/550px-2013-05-05_15_13_14_View_north_along_the_Shore_Trail_near_the_Forest_View_Trail_in_Palisades_Interstate_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>View north along the Shore Trail near the Forest View Trail in <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Interstate_Park_Commission" title="Palisades Interstate Park Commission">Palisades Interstate Park</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FLNP_View_of_High_Mountain.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/FLNP_View_of_High_Mountain.JPG/275px-FLNP_View_of_High_Mountain.JPG" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/FLNP_View_of_High_Mountain.JPG/413px-FLNP_View_of_High_Mountain.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/FLNP_View_of_High_Mountain.JPG/550px-FLNP_View_of_High_Mountain.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Lakes_Nature_Preserve" title="Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve">Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Passaicwatershedmap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Passaicwatershedmap.png/220px-Passaicwatershedmap.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Passaicwatershedmap.png/330px-Passaicwatershedmap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Passaicwatershedmap.png/440px-Passaicwatershedmap.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Hackensack_River" title="Hackensack River">Hackensack River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Passaic_River" title="Passaic River">Passaic River</a> watersheds.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bergen County is located at the northeastern corner of the state of New Jersey and is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Rockland_County,_New_York" title="Rockland County, New York">Rockland County, New York</a>, to the north; by <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, as well as by <a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester County, New York</a>, across the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> to the east; and within New Jersey, by <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson County</a> as well as a small border with <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Essex County, New Jersey">Essex County</a> to the south, and by <a href="/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic County, New Jersey">Passaic County</a> to the west.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, as of the 2020 Census, the county had a total area of 246.45 square miles (638.3 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 232.79 square miles (602.9 km<sup>2</sup>) was land (94.5%) and 13.66 square miles (35.4 km<sup>2</sup>) was water (5.5%).<sup id="cite_ref-CensusArea_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusArea-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bergen County's highest elevation is <a href="/wiki/Bald_Mountain_(New_Jersey)" title="Bald Mountain (New Jersey)">Bald Mountain</a> near the <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> state line in <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a>, at 1,164 feet (355 m) above sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county's lowest point is <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>, along the Hudson River, which in this region is a <a href="/wiki/Tidal_estuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidal estuary">tidal estuary</a>. </p><p>The sharp cliffs of the <a href="/wiki/The_Palisades_(Hudson_River)" title="The Palisades (Hudson River)">New Jersey Palisades</a> lift much of the eastern boundary of the county up from the Hudson River. The relief becomes less pronounced across the middle section of the county, much of it being located in the <a href="/wiki/Hackensack_River" title="Hackensack River">Hackensack River</a> valley or the <a href="/wiki/Pascack_Valley" title="Pascack Valley">Pascack Valley</a>. In the northwestern portion of the county, Bergen County becomes hilly again and shares the <a href="/wiki/Ramapo_Mountains" title="Ramapo Mountains">Ramapo Mountains</a> with Rockland County, New York. </p><p>The damming of the Hackensack River and a tributary, the <a href="/wiki/Pascack_Brook" title="Pascack Brook">Pascack Brook</a>, produced three <a href="/wiki/Reservoir_(water)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reservoir (water)">reservoirs</a> in the county, <a href="/wiki/Woodcliff_Lake_Reservoir" title="Woodcliff Lake Reservoir">Woodcliff Lake Reservoir</a> (which impounds one billion gallons of water), <a href="/wiki/Lake_Tappan" title="Lake Tappan">Lake Tappan</a> (3.5 billion gallons), and <a href="/wiki/Oradell_Reservoir" title="Oradell Reservoir">Oradell Reservoir</a>, which allows <a href="/wiki/United_Water" class="mw-redirect" title="United Water">United Water</a> to provide drinking water to 750,000 residents of <a href="/wiki/North_Jersey" title="North Jersey">North Jersey</a>, mostly in Bergen and Hudson counties.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hackensack River drains the eastern portion of the county through the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Meadowlands" title="New Jersey Meadowlands">New Jersey Meadowlands</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Wetlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Wetlands">wetlands</a> area in the southern portion of the county. The central portion is drained by the <a href="/wiki/Saddle_River_(Passaic_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saddle River (Passaic River)">Saddle River</a> and the western portion is drained by the <a href="/wiki/Ramapo_River" title="Ramapo River">Ramapo River</a>. Both of these are tributaries of the <a href="/wiki/Passaic_River" title="Passaic River">Passaic River</a>, which forms a section of the southwestern border of the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 19.5em; float: right; clear: both; text-align: center; border: solid 1px silver" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack, New Jersey</a> </th></tr> <tr><th style="font-size: 90%">Climate chart (<a href="/wiki/Template:Climate_chart/How_to_read_a_climate_chart" title="Template:Climate chart/How to read a climate chart">explanation</a>)</th></tr> <tr><td><table class="infobox" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: both; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.8542em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.7</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.5511111111111em;height:2.1111111111111em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.6622222222222em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">38</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.0511111111111em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">19</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.63068em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.8844444444444em;height:2.1111111111111em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.9955555555556em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">41</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.3844444444444em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">22</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.21488em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.7733333333333em;height:2.2222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.9955555555556em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">50</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.2733333333333em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">30</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.286em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.8844444444444em;height:2.4444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.328888888889em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">62</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.3844444444444em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">40</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.12852em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.9955555555556em;height:2.4444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.44em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">72</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.4955555555556em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">50</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.24028em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.106666666667em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.44em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">81</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.6066666666667em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">60</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.3368em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.6</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.662222222222em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.995555555556em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">86</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.162222222222em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">65</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.25552em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.44em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.773333333333em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">84</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.94em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">63</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.17424em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.551111111111em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.884444444444em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">76</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.0511111111111em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">55</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.2352em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.1066666666667em;height:2.4444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.551111111111em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">64</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.6066666666667em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">42</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.04216em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.2177777777778em;height:2.2222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.44em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">54</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.7177777777778em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">34</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.032em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.2177777777778em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.2177777777778em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">43</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.7177777777778em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °F</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in inches</td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em">Source: The Weather Channel<sup id="cite_ref-weather_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr> <tr><td> <table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: both; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="12">Metric conversion</th></tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.8542em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">93</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.5511111111111em;height:2.1111111111111em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.6622222222222em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">3</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.0511111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−7</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.63068em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">82</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.8844444444444em;height:2.1111111111111em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.9955555555556em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">5</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.3844444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−6</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.21488em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">111</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.7733333333333em;height:2.2222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.9955555555556em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">10</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.2733333333333em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−1</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.286em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">114</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.8844444444444em;height:2.4444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.328888888889em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">17</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.3844444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">4</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.12852em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">106</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.9955555555556em;height:2.4444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.44em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">22</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.4955555555556em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">10</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.24028em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">112</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.106666666667em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.44em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">27</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.6066666666667em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">16</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.3368em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">117</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.662222222222em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.995555555556em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">30</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.162222222222em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">18</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.25552em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">113</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.44em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.773333333333em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">29</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.94em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">17</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.17424em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">109</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.551111111111em;height:2.3333333333333em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.884444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.0511111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">13</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.2352em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">112</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.1066666666667em;height:2.4444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.551111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">18</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.6066666666667em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">6</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.04216em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">102</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.2177777777778em;height:2.2222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.44em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">12</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.7177777777778em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">1</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.032em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">102</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.2177777777778em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.2177777777778em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">6</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.7177777777778em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−4</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °C</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in mm</td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Southeastern Bergen County lies at the edge of the <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> zone (<i>Cfa</i>) according to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> because its coldest month (January) averages above 26.6 °F / -3 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In part due to Bergen's coastal location, its lower <a href="/wiki/Elevation" title="Elevation">elevation</a>, and the partial shielding of the county from colder air by the three ridges of the <a href="/wiki/Watchung_Mountains" title="Watchung Mountains">Watchung Mountains</a> as well as by the higher <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachians</a>, the climate of Bergen County is milder than in New Jersey counties further inland such as <a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Sussex County, New Jersey">Sussex County</a>. Bergen County has a moderately sunny climate, averaging between 2,400 and 2,800 hours of <a href="/wiki/Sunshine" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunshine">sunshine</a> annually.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Hackensack have ranged from a low of 19 °F (−7 °C) in January to a high of 86 °F (30 °C) in July, although a record low of −15 °F (−26 °C) was recorded in February 1934 and a record high of 106 °F (41 °C) was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 3.21 inches (82 mm) in February to 4.60 inches (117 mm) in July.<sup id="cite_ref-weather_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Average monthly temperatures at the interchange of Route 17 and MacArthur Boulevard in Mahwah range from 28.5 °F in January to 73.8 °F in July. Using the 0 °C January isotherm, most of Bergen has a hot-summer <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<i>Dfa</i>) except for higher areas in the <a href="/wiki/Ramapo_Mountains" title="Ramapo Mountains">Ramapo Mountains</a>, which are <i>Dfb</i>, and along the Hudson River from Fort Lee downward, where <i>Cfa</i> exists.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to its location and elevation span, Bergen is the only county in New Jersey to have all three of the state's Köppen climate zones.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>12,601</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>15,156</td><td></td><td>20.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>16,603</td><td></td><td>9.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>18,178</td><td></td><td>9.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>22,412</td><td></td><td>23.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>13,223</td><td>*</td><td>−41.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>14,725</td><td></td><td>11.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>21,618</td><td></td><td>46.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>30,122</td><td></td><td>39.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>36,786</td><td></td><td>22.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>47,226</td><td></td><td>28.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>78,441</td><td></td><td>66.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>138,002</td><td></td><td>75.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>210,703</td><td></td><td>52.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>364,977</td><td></td><td>73.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>409,646</td><td></td><td>12.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>539,139</td><td></td><td>31.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>780,255</td><td></td><td>44.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>897,148</td><td></td><td>15.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>845,385</td><td></td><td>−5.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>825,380</td><td></td><td>−2.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>884,118</td><td></td><td>7.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>905,116</td><td></td><td>2.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>955,732</td><td></td><td>5.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">957,736</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PopEst_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEst-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Historical sources:<br />1790–1990<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1970–2010<sup id="cite_ref-CPH232_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPH232-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWD2020_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWD2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />* = Territorial change in previous decade</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, the county had 955,732 people, 343,733 households, and 242,272 families. The population density was 3,900 inhabitants per square mile (1,505.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 367,383 housing units at an average density of 1,576 per square mile (608.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The county racial makeup was 56.90% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 5.73% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.47% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 16.59% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, and 10.17% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> residents of any race were 21.41% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 343,733 households, of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 24.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 13.9% had a male householder with no wife present and 29.5% were non-families. 14.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 3.25.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 21.3% of the county's population was under age 18, 8.0% was from age 18 to 24, 36.7% was from age 25 to 44, and 17.0% was age 65 or older. The median age was 42.1 years. The gender makeup was 48.53% male and 51.14% female. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median household income was $108,827, and the median family income was $122,981. About 5.6% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_threshold" title="Poverty threshold">poverty line</a>, including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2020_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a> counted 905,116 people, 335,730 households, and 238,704 families in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 3,884.5 per square mile (1,499.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 352,388 housing units at an average density of 1,512.3 per square mile (583.9/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 71.89% (650,703) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. census)">White</a>, 5.80% (52,473) <a href="/wiki/Black_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black (U.S. census)">Black or African American</a>, 0.23% (2,061) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. census)">Native American</a>, 14.51% (131,329) <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% (229) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 5.04% (45,611) from <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census#Race" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">other races</a>, and 2.51% (22,710) from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. census)">Hispanic or Latino</a> residents of any race were 16.05% (145,281) of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 335,730 households, 32% had children under the age of 18; 56.1% were married couples living together; 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.9% were non-families. Of all households, 24.6% were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.2.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>22.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.4% was from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 29% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.8 males.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Community_diversity">Community diversity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Community diversity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Given its location as a suburban extension of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> across the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ManhattanSuburb_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ManhattanSuburb-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergen County has evolved a globally <a href="/wiki/Cosmopolitanism" title="Cosmopolitanism">cosmopolitan</a> ambience of its own, demonstrating a robust and growing demographic and cultural diversity with respect to metrics including nationality, religion, race, and <a href="/wiki/Domestic_partnership" title="Domestic partnership">domiciliary partnership</a>. <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> are the three most common nations of birth for <a href="/wiki/Foreign_born" title="Foreign born">foreign-born</a> Bergen County residents.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Italian_American">Italian American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Italian American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Italian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian American">Italian Americans</a> have long had a significant presence in Bergen County; in fact, Italian is the most commonly identified first ancestry among Bergen residents (18.5%), with 168,974 Bergen residents were recorded as being of Italian heritage in the 2013 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ACS2013_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACS2013-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To this day, many residents of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Meadowlands" title="New Jersey Meadowlands">Meadowlands</a> communities in the county's south are of Italian descent, most notably in <a href="/wiki/South_Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="South Hackensack, New Jersey">South Hackensack</a> (36.3%), <a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst,_New_Jersey" title="Lyndhurst, New Jersey">Lyndhurst</a> (33.8%), <a href="/wiki/Carlstadt,_New_Jersey" title="Carlstadt, New Jersey">Carlstadt</a> (31.2%), <a href="/wiki/Wood-Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Wood-Ridge, New Jersey">Wood-Ridge</a> (30.9%) and <a href="/wiki/Hasbrouck_Heights,_New_Jersey" title="Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey">Hasbrouck Heights</a> (30.8%).<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Saddle_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Saddle Brook, New Jersey">Saddle Brook</a> (29.8%), <a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a> (29.4%), <a href="/wiki/Moonachie,_New_Jersey" title="Moonachie, New Jersey">Moonachie</a> (28.5%), <a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a>, and the southeastern Bergen towns were Italian American strongholds for decades, but their Italo-American demographics have diminished in recent years as more recent immigrants have taken their place.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the Italian American population has grown in many of the communities in the northern half of the county, including <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Lakes, New Jersey">Franklin Lakes</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_New_Jersey" title="Ramsey, New Jersey">Ramsey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Montvale,_New_Jersey" title="Montvale, New Jersey">Montvale</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Woodcliff_Lake,_New_Jersey" title="Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey">Woodcliff Lake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Latin_American">Latin American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Latin American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_migration_to_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican migration to New York City">Puerto Rican migration to New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hispanics_and_Latinos_in_New_Jersey" title="Hispanics and Latinos in New Jersey">Hispanics and Latinos in New Jersey</a></div> <p>The diverse <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States">Hispanic and Latin American</a> population in Bergen is growing in many areas of the county but is especially concentrated in a handful of municipalities, including <a href="/wiki/Fairview,_New_Jersey" title="Fairview, New Jersey">Fairview</a> (37.1%), <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a> (25.9%), <a href="/wiki/Ridgefield_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield Park, New Jersey">Ridgefield Park</a> (22.2%), <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a> (21.8%), <a href="/wiki/Bogota,_New_Jersey" title="Bogota, New Jersey">Bogota</a> (21.3%), <a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a> (20.1%), <a href="/wiki/Cliffside_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Cliffside Park, New Jersey">Cliffside Park</a> (18.2%), <a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a> (18.0%), and <a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a> (17.0%).<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditionally, many of the <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Latino</a> residents were of <a href="/wiki/Colombian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian people">Colombian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cubans" title="Cubans">Cuban</a> ancestry, although that has been changing in recent years. Englewood's Colombian community is the largest in Bergen County and among the top ten by percent of population in the United States (7.17%); Hackensack, Fairview, Bergenfield, Bogota, and Lodi also have notable populations.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cuban population is largest in Fairview, Ridgefield Park, <a href="/wiki/Ridgefield,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield, New Jersey">Ridgefield</a>, and Bogota, although the Cuban community is much bigger in <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson County</a> to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2000, an increasing number of immigrants from other countries (including <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>) as well as from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._territory" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. territory">U.S. territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> have entered the county. The diverse backgrounds of the local Latino community are best exemplified in Fairview, where 10% of the overall population hails from <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>, 7% from <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, and 9% from other Latin American countries, mainly those in the Caribbean. The borough of Fairview has the highest percentage of people of Salvadoran and <a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvadoran American">Salvadoran American</a> ancestry in the county, 12.4%.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of Hackensack has the highest percentage of people of Ecuadorian and <a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecuadorian American">Ecuadorian American</a> ancestry in the county, 10.01%, with a total of approximately 4,500 living within city limits.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Overall, Bergen County's Latino population has demonstrated a robust increase recently, growing from 145,281 as of the 2010 census count<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to an estimated 165,442 as of 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-http_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-http-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Western_European_American">Western European American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Western European American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish American">Irish Americans</a> and <a href="/wiki/German_American" class="mw-redirect" title="German American">German Americans</a> are the next largest individual ethnic groups in Bergen County, numbering 115,914 (12.7% of the county's total population) and 80,288 (8.8%) respectively in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-ACS2013_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACS2013-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As is the case with Italian Americans, these two groups developed sizable enclaves long ago and are now well established in all areas of the county. In 2023, <a href="/wiki/Waldwick,_New_Jersey" title="Waldwick, New Jersey">Waldwick</a> (30.43%), <a href="/wiki/Ho-Ho-Kus,_New_Jersey" title="Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey">Ho-Ho-Kus</a> (26.72%), and <a href="/wiki/Hillsdale,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsdale, New Jersey">Hillsdale</a> (24.94%) were reported as having the highest percentages of Irish American residents in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Council of Irish Associations of Greater Bergen County, based in <a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a>, has hosted an annual Saint Patrick's Day parade in the county since 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jewish_American">Jewish American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Jewish American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Jews_in_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews in New York City">Jews in New York City</a></div> <p>Bergen County is home to the largest <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> population in New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-NYCJewstoBergen1_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYCJewstoBergen1-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many municipalities in the county are home to a significant number of <a href="/wiki/American_Jews" title="American Jews">Jewish Americans</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tenafly,_New_Jersey" title="Tenafly, New Jersey">Tenafly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Closter,_New_Jersey" title="Closter, New Jersey">Closter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodcliff_Lake,_New_Jersey" title="Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey">Woodcliff Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Lakes, New Jersey">Franklin Lakes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ARDA_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARDA-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teaneck, Fair Lawn, Englewood, and Bergenfield in particular have become havens for Bergen County's growing <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Jewish</a> communities, with a rising number of <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogues</a> as well as supermarkets and restaurants offering <a href="/wiki/Kosher_foods" title="Kosher foods">kosher foods</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JewishSurvey_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JewishSurvey-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest <a href="/wiki/Israeli_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli American">Israeli American</a> communities in Bergen County were in Fair Lawn (2.5%), Closter (1.4%), and Tenafly (1.3%) in 2000, representing three of the four largest in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altogether, 83,700 Bergen residents identified themselves as being of <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> heritage in 2000, a number expected to show an increase per a 2014 survey of Jews in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-ARDA_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARDA-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JewishSurvey_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JewishSurvey-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey is based in Paramus.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Korean_American">Korean American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Korean American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Koreatown,_Palisades_Park" title="Koreatown, Palisades Park">Koreatown, Palisades Park</a>; <a href="/wiki/Koreatown,_Fort_Lee" class="mw-redirect" title="Koreatown, Fort Lee">Koreatown, Fort Lee</a>; and <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_significant_Korean-American_populations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations">List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Koreatown,_Manhattan" title="Koreatown, Manhattan">Koreatown, Manhattan</a>; <a href="/wiki/Koreatown,_Long_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Koreatown, Long Island">Koreatown, Long Island</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Korean_Americans_in_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Americans in New York City">Korean Americans in New York City</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png/220px-BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png/330px-BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png/440px-BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png 2x" data-file-width="955" data-file-height="417" /></a><figcaption>Broad Avenue in <a href="/wiki/Koreatown,_Palisades_Park" title="Koreatown, Palisades Park">Koreatown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Palisades Park, New Jersey">Palisades Park</a><sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Koreans</a> constituted the most prevalent <a href="/wiki/Foreign_born" title="Foreign born">foreign-born</a> nationality in Bergen County, which was home to <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_significant_Korean-American_populations#Top_ten_municipalities_as_ranked_by_Korean-American_percentage_of_overall_population_in_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations">all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population in 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyKoreanPercentage_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyKoreanPercentage-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The top ten municipalities in the United States as ranked by <a href="/wiki/Korean_Americans" title="Korean Americans">Korean American</a> percentage of overall population in 2010 are illustrated in the following table. <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Palisades Park, New Jersey">Palisades Park</a> has <a href="/wiki/Koreans" title="Koreans">Koreans</a> that comprise the majority (53.7%) of the population in 2022:<sup id="cite_ref-PalisadesParkMajorityKorean_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PalisadesParkMajorityKorean-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Municipality </th> <th>County </th> <th>State </th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koreatown,_Palisades_Park" title="Koreatown, Palisades Park">Palisades Park</a><sup id="cite_ref-PalisadesParkMajorityKorean_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PalisadesParkMajorityKorean-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>Bergen County</b> </td> <td><b>New Jersey</b> </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001537000000000000♠">53.7</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonia,_New_Jersey" title="Leonia, New Jersey">Leonia</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001265000000000000♠">26.5</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield, New Jersey">Ridgefield</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001257000000000000♠">25.7</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koreatown,_Fort_Lee" class="mw-redirect" title="Koreatown, Fort Lee">Fort Lee</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001235000000000000♠">23.5</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Closter,_New_Jersey" title="Closter, New Jersey">Closter</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001212000000000000♠">21.2</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001203000000000000♠">20.3</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_New_Jersey" title="Norwood, New Jersey">Norwood</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001201000000000000♠">20.1</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001196000000000000♠">19.6</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cresskill,_New_Jersey" title="Cresskill, New Jersey">Cresskill</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001178000000000000♠">17.8</span>% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Demarest,_New_Jersey" title="Demarest, New Jersey">Demarest</a> </td> <td>Bergen County </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7001173000000000000♠">17.3</span>% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>One of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in Bergen County<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyComfortWomen1_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyComfortWomen1-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the Korean American community, which is concentrated along the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> – especially in the area near the George Washington Bridge – and represented more than half of the state's entire Korean population as of 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-QTP13for2000_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QTP13for2000-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the 2022 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a>, persons of Korean ancestry made up 6.5% of Bergen County's population,<sup id="cite_ref-BergenKoreanPopulation_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenKoreanPopulation-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the highest percentage for any county in the United States;<sup id="cite_ref-BergenHighestKoreanPopulation_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenHighestKoreanPopulation-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the concentration of Koreans in <a href="/wiki/Koreatown,_Palisades_Park" title="Koreatown, Palisades Park">Palisades Park</a>, within Bergen County, is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_significant_Korean-American_populations#Municipalities_with_density_of_at_least_500_Korean_Americans_per_square_mile_in_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations">highest density and percentage</a> of any municipality in the United States,<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimesPalPark_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimesPalPark-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at 53.7% of the borough's population.<sup id="cite_ref-PalisadesParkMajorityKorean_79-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PalisadesParkMajorityKorean-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per the 2010 Census, Palisades Park was home to the highest total number (10,115)<sup id="cite_ref-PalisadesParkCensusData_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PalisadesParkCensusData-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of individuals of Korean ancestry among all municipalities in the state,<sup id="cite_ref-Korean_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Korean-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while neighboring <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a> had the second largest cluster (8,318),<sup id="cite_ref-FortLeeQuickFacts_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FortLeeQuickFacts-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and fourth highest proportion (23.5%, trailing <a href="/wiki/Leonia,_New_Jersey" title="Leonia, New Jersey">Leonia</a> (26.5%) and <a href="/wiki/Ridgefield,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield, New Jersey">Ridgefield</a> (25.7%)). All of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population in 2010 were located in Bergen County,<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyKoreanPercentage_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyKoreanPercentage-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including Palisades Park, Leonia, Ridgefield, Fort Lee, <a href="/wiki/Closter,_New_Jersey" title="Closter, New Jersey">Closter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwood,_New_Jersey" title="Norwood, New Jersey">Norwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cresskill,_New_Jersey" title="Cresskill, New Jersey">Cresskill</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Demarest,_New_Jersey" title="Demarest, New Jersey">Demarest</a>, closely followed by <a href="/wiki/Old_Tappan,_New_Jersey" title="Old Tappan, New Jersey">Old Tappan</a>. Virtually all of the municipalities with the highest Korean concentrations are located in the eastern third of the county, near the Hudson River, although <a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgewood, New Jersey">Ridgewood</a> has emerged as a Korean American nexus in western Bergen County,<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/River_Edge,_New_Jersey" title="River Edge, New Jersey">River Edge</a><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in central Bergen County. Beginning in 2012, county election ballots were printed in the Korean language,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in addition to English and Spanish, given the U.S. Census Bureau's directive that Bergen County's Korean population had grown large enough to warrant language assistance during elections.<sup id="cite_ref-KoreanBallots_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KoreanBallots-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 2011 and 2017, the Korean population of <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a> was estimated to have more than doubled.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Korean <i><a href="/wiki/Chaebol" title="Chaebol">chaebols</a></i> have established <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North American</a> <a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> operations in Bergen County, including <a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/LG_Corp" class="mw-redirect" title="LG Corp">LG Corp</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Hanjin_Shipping" title="Hanjin Shipping">Hanjin Shipping</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2018, the largest Korean-themed supermarket in Bergen County opened in Paramus.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2019, Christopher Chung was sworn in as the first Korean-American mayor of Palisades Park.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The political stature of Koreatown appears to be increasing significantly as well. Bergen County's growing Korean community<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-©_2012_North_Jersey_Media_Group_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-©_2012_North_Jersey_Media_Group-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-northjersey.com_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-northjersey.com-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was cited by county executive Kathleen Donovan in the context of attorney Jae Y. Kim's appointment to Central Municipal Court <a href="/wiki/Judge" title="Judge">judgeship</a> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a> in January 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-©_2012_North_Jersey_Media_Group_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-©_2012_North_Jersey_Media_Group-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, in March 2012, leaders from Bergen County's Korean community announced they would form a grassroots <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a> to gain an organized voice in politics in the wake of the rejection of attorney Phillip Kwon to the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Supreme Court">New Jersey Supreme Court</a> by a state legislative body,<sup id="cite_ref-northjersey.com_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-northjersey.com-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in July 2012, Kwon was appointed instead as deputy general counsel of the <a href="/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey" title="Port Authority of New York and New Jersey">Port Authority of New York and New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jacqueline Choi was then sworn in as Bergen County's first female Korean American assistant <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor" title="Prosecutor">prosecutor</a> in September 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Monsy_Alvarado_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monsy_Alvarado-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i>The Record</i>, the U.S. Census Bureau has determined that the county's Korean American population has grown enough to warrant language assistance during elections,<sup id="cite_ref-Karen_Sudol_and_Dave_Sheingold_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Karen_Sudol_and_Dave_Sheingold-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Bergen County's Koreans have earned significant political respect.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of May 2014, Korean Americans had garnered at least four borough council seats in Bergen County.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2016, Ellen Park was elected to the borough council in nearby <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while namesake Daniel Park was elected to the borough council in nearby <a href="/wiki/Tenafly,_New_Jersey" title="Tenafly, New Jersey">Tenafly</a> in November 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polish_American">Polish American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Polish American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Polish_Americans" title="Polish Americans">Polish Americans</a> are well represented in western Bergen County and are growing as a community, with 59,294 (6.5%) of residents of <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish</a> descent residing in the county as of the 2013 American Community Survey.<sup id="cite_ref-ACS2013_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACS2013-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The community's cultural and commercial heart has long been centered in <a href="/wiki/Wallington,_New_Jersey" title="Wallington, New Jersey">Wallington</a>, where 45.5% of the population is of Polish descent; this is the largest concentration among New Jersey municipalities and the seventh-highest in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Polish_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polish-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The adjacent city of <a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a> has also become a magnet for Polish immigrants, with 22.9% of the population identifying themselves as being of Polish ancestry, the third highest concentration in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Polish_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polish-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="African_American">African American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: African American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county's <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> community is almost entirely concentrated in three municipalities: Englewood (10,215 residents, accounting for 38.98% of the city's total population), Teaneck (11,298; 28.78%), and Hackensack (10,518; 24.65%). Collectively, these three areas account for nearly 70% of the county's total African American population of 46,568, and in fact, blacks have had a presence in these towns since the earliest days of the county. In sharp contrast, African Americans comprise less than 2% of the total in most of Bergen's other municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Englewood, the African American population is concentrated in the Third and Fourth wards of the western half of the city, while the northeastern section of Teaneck has been an African American enclave for several decades.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Teaneck selected its first female African-American mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hackensack's long-established African American community is primarily located in the central part of the city, especially in the area near Central Avenue and First Street.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergen County's black population has declined from 52,473 counted in the 2010 Census<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to an estimated 50,478 in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-http_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-http-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other county municipalities with a sizeable minority of African Americans include <a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a> (7.7%), <a href="/wiki/Bogota,_New_Jersey" title="Bogota, New Jersey">Bogota</a> (9.4%), <a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a> (6.5%), <a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a> (7.5%) and <a href="/wiki/Ridgefield_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield Park, New Jersey">Ridgefield Park</a> (6.4%).<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_American">Indian American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Indian American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Indians_in_the_New_York_City_metropolitan_area" title="Indians in the New York City metropolitan area">Indians in the New York City metropolitan area</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Indian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian American">Indian Americans</a> represent a rapidly growing demographic in Bergen County, enumerating over 40,000 individuals in 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-http_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-http-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a significant increase from the 24,973 counted in the 2010 Census,<sup id="cite_ref-Census2010_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and represent the second largest Asian ethnic group in Bergen County, after Korean Americans. The biggest clusters of Indian Americans are located in <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgewood, New Jersey">Ridgewood</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Housing_Characteristics_2014_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Housing_Characteristics_2014-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1_2007_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1_2007-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Elmwood Park, New Jersey">Elmwood Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the county's Indian population is America's largest <a href="/wiki/Malayali" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayali">Malayali</a> community,<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>-based Kitex Garments, India's largest children's clothing manufacturer, opened its first U.S. office in <a href="/wiki/Montvale,_New_Jersey" title="Montvale, New Jersey">Montvale</a> in October 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Rock, New Jersey">Glen Rock</a> resident <a href="/wiki/Gurbir_Grewal" title="Gurbir Grewal">Gurbir Grewal</a>, a member of Bergen County's growing Indian American <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikh</a> community, was sworn into the position of county <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor" title="Prosecutor">prosecutor</a> in 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an architecturally notable Sikh <i><a href="/wiki/Gurudwara" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurudwara">gurudwara</a></i> resides in Glen Rock,<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a similarly prominent <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">mandir</a></i> has been built in Mahwah.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The public library in Fair Lawn began a highly attended <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi language (हिन्दी)</a> storytelling program in October 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The affluent municipalities of northern Bergen County are witnessing significant growth in their Indian American communities, including Glen Rock, into which up to 90% of this constituency was estimated by one member in 2014 to have moved within the preceding two-year period alone.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2015, the board of education of the <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock_Public_Schools" title="Glen Rock Public Schools">Glen Rock Public Schools</a> voted to designate the Hindu holy day <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> as an annual school holiday, making it the first district in the county to close for the holiday,<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while thousands celebrated the first county-wide celebration of Diwali under a unified sponsorship banner in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An annual "<a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a> in the Village" festival of colors has been launched in Ridgewood.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Russian_(and_other_former_Soviet)_American"><span id="Russian_.28and_other_former_Soviet.29_American"></span>Russian (and other former Soviet) American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Russian (and other former Soviet) American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Russian_Americans_in_New_York_City" title="Russian Americans in New York City">Russian Americans in New York City</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tenafly,_New_Jersey" title="Tenafly, New Jersey">Tenafly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alpine,_New_Jersey" title="Alpine, New Jersey">Alpine</a>, and Fort Lee are hubs for <a href="/wiki/Russian_Americans" title="Russian Americans">Russian Americans</a>, including a growing community of <a href="/wiki/Russian_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Jews">Russian Jews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a> is home to an architecturally prominent <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox</a> church.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian American">Ukrainian Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian American">Georgian Americans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uzbek_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Uzbek American">Uzbek Americans</a> have more recently followed the path of their Russian American predecessors to Bergen County, particularly to Fair Lawn. The size of Fair Lawn's Russian American presence has prompted an <a href="/wiki/April_Fool%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="April Fool's">April Fool's</a> satire titled, "<a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Putin</a> Moves Against Fair Lawn".<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian American">Armenian American</a> population in Bergen is dispersed throughout the county, but its most significant concentration is in the southeastern towns near the George Washington Bridge. The victims of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a> are recognized annually at the <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Court_House" title="Bergen County Court House">Bergen County Courthouse</a> in Hackensack.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Filipino_American">Filipino American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Filipino American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Filipinos_in_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipinos in New Jersey">Filipinos in New Jersey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filipinos_in_the_New_York_metropolitan_area" title="Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area">Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/New_Milford,_New_Jersey" title="New Milford, New Jersey">New Milford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dumont,_New_Jersey" title="Dumont, New Jersey">Dumont</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TyphoonHaiyan_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TyphoonHaiyan-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Housing_Characteristics_2014_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Housing_Characteristics_2014-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have become growing hubs for <a href="/wiki/Filipino_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipino American">Filipino Americans</a>. Taken as a whole, these municipalities are home to a significant proportion of Bergen County's Philippine population.<sup id="cite_ref-DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1_2007_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1_2007-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A census-estimated 20,859 Filipino Americans resided in Bergen County as of 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-http_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-http-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> embodying an increase from the 19,155 counted in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyQuickLinks_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyQuickLinks-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 2000 and 2010, the Filipino-American population of Bergenfield grew from 11.7%, or 3,081 residents, to 17.1%, or 4,569,<sup id="cite_ref-FilipinoLawyer_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FilipinoLawyer-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and increasing further to 5,062 (18.4%) by 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergenfield is informally known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Filipinos_in_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipinos in New Jersey">Little Manila</a></i> of Bergen County, with a significant concentration of Filipino residents and businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1990s, Bergenfield became the first municipality on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast of the United States</a> to elect a Filipino mayor, Robert C. Rivas.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The annual Filipino American Festival is held in Bergenfield.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Philippine-American Community of Bergen County (PACBC) organization is based in Paramus,<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while other Filipino organizations are based in Fair Lawn<sup id="cite_ref-TyphoonHaiyan_142-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TyphoonHaiyan-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FilipinoAmericanFestival_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FilipinoAmericanFestival-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Bergenfield.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergen County's culturally active Filipino community repatriated significant financial assistance to victims of <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan" title="Typhoon Haiyan">Typhoon Haiyan</a>, which ravaged the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> in November 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-TyphoonHaiyan_142-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TyphoonHaiyan-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 2011 and 2017, Fair Lawn's Filipino population was estimated to have more than doubled.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, the multinational <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">conglomerate</a> <a href="/wiki/Jollibee" title="Jollibee">Jollibee</a> restaurant chain based in <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a>, planned to open its first Bergen County location in <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chinese_American">Chinese American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Chinese American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Americans_in_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Americans in New York City">Chinese Americans in New York City</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chinese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese American">Chinese American</a> population is also spread out, with sizable populations in Fort Lee, Paramus, <a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgewood, New Jersey">Ridgewood</a>, River Edge, and Englewood Cliffs.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fort Lee and Paramus have the highest total number of Chinese among Bergen municipalities, while Englewood Cliffs has the highest percentage (8.42%). Several school districts throughout the county have added <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a> to their curricula. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japanese_American">Japanese American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Japanese American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_in_New_York_City" title="Japanese in New York City">Japanese in New York City</a></div> <p>The Japanese community, which includes a significant number of Japanese nationals, has long had a presence in Fort Lee, with over a quarter of the county's total Japanese population living in that borough alone. Adjacent <a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a> has also developed an active <a href="/wiki/Japanese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese American">Japanese American</a> community, particularly after the construction of the largest Japanese-oriented commercial center on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">U.S. East Coast</a> in this borough. As of March 2011, about 2,500 Japanese Americans lived in Fort Lee and Edgewater combined; this is the largest concentration of Japanese Americans in New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remainder of Bergen County's Japanese residents are concentrated in northern communities, including Ridgewood. The Japanese-American Society of New Jersey is based in Fort Lee.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Balkan_American">Balkan American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Balkan American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Greek_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek American">Greek Americans</a> have had a fairly sizable presence in Bergen for several decades, and according to 2000 census data, the Greek community numbered 13,247 county-wide.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greek restaurants are abundant in Bergen County.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest concentrations of Greeks by percentage in the county are in <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a> (7.2%), <a href="/wiki/Alpine,_New_Jersey" title="Alpine, New Jersey">Alpine</a> (5.2%), <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a> (3.7%), and <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Palisades Park, New Jersey">Palisades Park</a> (3.5%).<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian American">Macedonian Americans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albanian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian American">Albanian Americans</a> have arrived relatively recently in New Jersey<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but have quickly established Bergen County enclaves, roughly in tandem, in Garfield, Elmwood Park, and Fair Lawn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iranian_American">Iranian American</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Iranian American"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A relatively recent community of <a href="/wiki/Iranian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian American">Iranian Americans</a> has emerged in Bergen County,<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including those in <a href="/wiki/Professional" title="Professional">professional</a> occupations scattered throughout the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Same-sex_couples">Same-sex couples</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Same-sex couples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_New_Jersey" title="Same-sex marriage in New Jersey">Same-sex marriage in New Jersey</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Domestic_partnership" title="Domestic partnership">Same-sex couples</a> headed one in 160 households in 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prior to the commencement of same-sex marriages in New Jersey on October 21, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-DroppedAppeal_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DroppedAppeal-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 28, 2016, Bergen County officials for the first time raised the rainbow-colored <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride">gay pride</a> flag at the county administration building in Hackensack to commemorate the <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United States">gay rights</a> movement.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Muslims">Muslims</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Muslims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bergen County also has a moderate-sized <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> population, which numbered 6,473 as of the 2000 census.<sup id="cite_ref-ARDA_73-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARDA-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teaneck and Hackensack have emerged as the two most significant Muslim enclaves in the county, with the American Muslim Union's 18th annual brunch gathering held in Teaneck in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergen's Muslim population primarily consists of <a href="/wiki/Arab_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab American">Arab Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian">South Asian</a> Americans, African Americans, and more recently, Macedonian Americans and Albanian Americans, although many members of these groups practice other religions.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Arab Americans have not established a significant presence in any particular municipality, in total there are 11,755 county residents who indicated <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arab</a> ancestry in the 2000 census.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The overwhelming majority of Bergen's Arab American population (64.3%) is constituted by persons of <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanese</a> (2,576),<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Syria" title="Demographics of Syria">Syrian</a> (2,568),<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Egyptians" title="Egyptians">Egyptian</a> (2,417)<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> descent. The county's <a href="/wiki/Diner" title="Diner">diners</a> provide late-night and pre-dawn dining options during the Islamic holy month of <a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paramus4and17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Paramus4and17.jpg/220px-Paramus4and17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Paramus4and17.jpg/330px-Paramus4and17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Paramus4and17.jpg/440px-Paramus4and17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="392" /></a><figcaption>The traffic intersection of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_17" title="New Jersey Route 17">Route 17</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_4" title="New Jersey Route 4">Route 4</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a> is one of the busiest in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-busiest_181-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-busiest-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>As of May 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the county had a total of 2,988.59 miles (4,809.67 km) of roadways, of which 2,402.78 miles (3,866.90 km) are maintained by the municipality, 438.97 miles (706.45 km) by Bergen County, 106.69 miles (171.70 km) by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Transportation" title="New Jersey Department of Transportation">New Jersey Department of Transportation</a>, 11.03 miles (17.75 km) by the <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Interstate_Parkway_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Palisades Interstate Parkway Commission">Palisades Interstate Parkway Commission</a>, 27.94 miles (44.97 km) by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Turnpike_Authority" title="New Jersey Turnpike Authority">New Jersey Turnpike Authority</a> and 1.18 miles (1.90 km) by the <a href="/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey" title="Port Authority of New York and New Jersey">Port Authority of New York and New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_183-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_184-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bergen County has a highly developed road network, including the northern termini of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Turnpike" title="New Jersey Turnpike">New Jersey Turnpike</a> (a portion of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 95 in New Jersey">Interstate 95</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Parkway" title="Garden State Parkway">Garden State Parkway</a>, the eastern terminus of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 80 in New Jersey">Interstate 80</a>, and a portion of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_287" title="Interstate 287">Interstate 287</a>. </p><p>Other roadways that serve Bergen County include:<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>U.S. highways</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1/9" title="U.S. Route 1/9">1/9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_9W" title="U.S. Route 9W">9W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_46" title="U.S. Route 46">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_202_in_New_Jersey" title="U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey">202</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey#Kearny_to_Ridgefield_Park" title="Interstate 95 in New Jersey">95W</a> (Western spur along I-95 / NJ Turnpike)</li></ul> <dl><dt>State highways</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_3" title="New Jersey Route 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_4" title="New Jersey Route 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_5" title="New Jersey Route 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_7" title="New Jersey Route 7">7</a> (Runs along the southern county border in <a href="/wiki/North_Arlington,_New_Jersey" title="North Arlington, New Jersey">North Arlington</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_17" title="New Jersey Route 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_63" title="New Jersey Route 63">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_67" title="New Jersey Route 67">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_93" title="New Jersey Route 93">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_120" title="New Jersey Route 120">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_208" title="New Jersey Route 208">208</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other highways</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Interstate_Parkway" title="Palisades Interstate Parkway">Palisades Interstate Parkway</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2021_George_Washington_Bridge,_Fort_Lee,_and_the_Palisades_in_winter_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/2021_George_Washington_Bridge%2C_Fort_Lee%2C_and_the_Palisades_in_winter_1.jpg/220px-2021_George_Washington_Bridge%2C_Fort_Lee%2C_and_the_Palisades_in_winter_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/2021_George_Washington_Bridge%2C_Fort_Lee%2C_and_the_Palisades_in_winter_1.jpg/330px-2021_George_Washington_Bridge%2C_Fort_Lee%2C_and_the_Palisades_in_winter_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/2021_George_Washington_Bridge%2C_Fort_Lee%2C_and_the_Palisades_in_winter_1.jpg/440px-2021_George_Washington_Bridge%2C_Fort_Lee%2C_and_the_Palisades_in_winter_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3905" data-file-height="2038" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a>, connecting <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a> (above) in Bergen County across the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-panynj.gov_186-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-panynj.gov-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bod_Woodruff,_Lana_Zak,_and_Stephanie_Wash_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bod_Woodruff,_Lana_Zak,_and_Stephanie_Wash-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The twin 47-story residential <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">skyscrapers</a> in the background atop the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Palisades" class="mw-redirect" title="Hudson Palisades">Hudson Palisades</a> in winter are Bergen County's tallest as of 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountySkyscraper_188-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountySkyscraper-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Bridges and Tunnels</b> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a>, connecting <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a> in Bergen County across the Hudson River to the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Manhattan" title="Upper Manhattan">Upper Manhattan</a> section of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-panynj.gov_186-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-panynj.gov-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bod_Woodruff,_Lana_Zak,_and_Stephanie_Wash_187-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bod_Woodruff,_Lana_Zak,_and_Stephanie_Wash-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Access to New York City is alternatively available for motorists through the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Tunnel" title="Lincoln Tunnel">Lincoln Tunnel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holland_Tunnel" title="Holland Tunnel">Holland Tunnel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson County</a>. Access across the Hudson River to Westchester County in New York is available using the Tappan Zee Bridge in neighboring Rockland County, New York. </p><p>As of May 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the county had a total of 2,988.59 miles (4,809.67 km) of roadways, of which 2,402.78 miles (3,866.90 km) are maintained by the municipality, 438.97 miles (706.45 km) by Bergen County, 106.69 miles (171.70 km) by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Transportation" title="New Jersey Department of Transportation">New Jersey Department of Transportation</a>, 11.03 miles (17.75 km) by the <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Interstate_Parkway_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Palisades Interstate Parkway Commission">Palisades Interstate Parkway Commission</a>, 27.94 miles (44.97 km) by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Turnpike_Authority" title="New Jersey Turnpike Authority">New Jersey Turnpike Authority</a> and 1.18 miles (1.90 km) by the <a href="/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey" title="Port Authority of New York and New Jersey">Port Authority of New York and New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_182-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_183-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_184-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Train_1253_leaves_Glen_Rock_Boro_Hall_Bergen_County_Line.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Train_1253_leaves_Glen_Rock_Boro_Hall_Bergen_County_Line.jpg/220px-Train_1253_leaves_Glen_Rock_Boro_Hall_Bergen_County_Line.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Train_1253_leaves_Glen_Rock_Boro_Hall_Bergen_County_Line.jpg/330px-Train_1253_leaves_Glen_Rock_Boro_Hall_Bergen_County_Line.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Train_1253_leaves_Glen_Rock_Boro_Hall_Bergen_County_Line.jpg/440px-Train_1253_leaves_Glen_Rock_Boro_Hall_Bergen_County_Line.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock%E2%80%93Boro_Hall_station" title="Glen Rock–Boro Hall station">Glen Rock–Boro Hall station</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Rock, New Jersey">Glen Rock</a> is served by both the <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Line" title="Bergen County Line">Bergen County Line</a> (above) and the <a href="/wiki/Main_Line_(NJ_Transit)" title="Main Line (NJ Transit)">Main Line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/NJ_Transit" title="NJ Transit">NJ Transit</a> <a href="/wiki/Public_transport" title="Public transport">public transportation</a> system.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Public Transportation</b> </p><p>Train service is available on three lines from <a href="/wiki/NJ_Transit" title="NJ Transit">NJ Transit</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Line" title="Bergen County Line">Bergen County Line</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Main_Line_(NJ_Transit)" title="Main Line (NJ Transit)">Main Line</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Pascack_Valley_Line" title="Pascack Valley Line">Pascack Valley Line</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They run north–south to <a href="/wiki/Hoboken_Terminal" title="Hoboken Terminal">Hoboken Terminal</a> with connections to the <a href="/wiki/Port_Authority_Trans-Hudson" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Authority Trans-Hudson">PATH</a> train. NJ Transit also offers connecting service to <a href="/wiki/New_York_Penn_Station" title="New York Penn Station">New York Penn Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newark_Penn_Station" title="Newark Penn Station">Newark Penn Station</a> at <a href="/wiki/Secaucus_Junction" title="Secaucus Junction">Secaucus Junction</a>. Connections are also available at Hoboken Terminal to the <a href="/wiki/Hudson-Bergen_Light_Rail" class="mw-redirect" title="Hudson-Bergen Light Rail">Hudson-Bergen Light Rail</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Waterways" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Waterways">New York Waterways</a> ferry service to the <a href="/wiki/Brookfield_Place_(New_York_City)" title="Brookfield Place (New York City)">World Financial Center</a> and other destinations. Despite the name, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail does not yet run into Bergen County, although a northward extension from Hudson County to <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Hospital_and_Medical_Center" title="Englewood Hospital and Medical Center">Englewood Hospital and Medical Center</a>, known as the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Branch_Corridor_Project" title="Northern Branch Corridor Project">Northern Branch Corridor Project</a>, has been advanced to the draft <a href="/wiki/Environmental_impact_statement" title="Environmental impact statement">environmental impact statement</a> stage by NJ Transit.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposed <a href="/wiki/Passaic-Bergen_Rail_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Passaic-Bergen Rail Line">Passaic-Bergen Rail Line</a>, with two station stops in Hackensack, has not advanced since its 2008 announcement. The <a href="/wiki/Access_to_the_Region%27s_Core" title="Access to the Region's Core">Access to the Region's Core</a> rail tunnel project would have allowed many Bergen County railway commuters a one-seat ride into <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> but was canceled in October 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local and express bus service is available from <a href="/wiki/NJ_Transit" title="NJ Transit">NJ Transit</a> and private companies such as <a href="/wiki/Academy_Bus_Lines" title="Academy Bus Lines">Academy Bus Lines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Coach_USA" title="Coach USA">Coach USA</a>, offering transport within Bergen County, elsewhere in New Jersey, and to the <a href="/wiki/Port_Authority_Bus_Terminal" title="Port Authority Bus Terminal">Port Authority Bus Terminal</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge_Bus_Station" title="George Washington Bridge Bus Station">George Washington Bridge Bus Station</a> in New York City. In studies conducted to determine the best possible routes for the <a href="/wiki/Bergen_BRT" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergen BRT">Bergen BRT</a> (bus rapid transit) system, it has been determined the many malls and other "activity generators" in the vicinity of the intersection of routes 4 and 17 would constitute the core of any system.<sup id="cite_ref-17BRT_194-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17BRT-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NNJMMS_195-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NNJMMS-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While no funding has for construction of the project has been identified, a study begun in 2012 will define the optimal routes.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TSTC_199-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSTC-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Airports</b> </p><p>There is one airport in the county, <a href="/wiki/Teterboro_Airport" title="Teterboro Airport">Teterboro Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Teterboro,_New_Jersey" title="Teterboro, New Jersey">Teterboro</a>, which is operated by the <a href="/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey" title="Port Authority of New York and New Jersey">Port Authority of New York and New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three busiest commercial airports in the New York City metropolitan area, namely <a href="/wiki/JFK_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="JFK International Airport">JFK International Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newark_Liberty_International_Airport" title="Newark Liberty International Airport">Newark Liberty International Airport</a>, and <a href="/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport" title="LaGuardia Airport">LaGuardia Airport</a>, are all located within 25 miles of Bergen County. </p><p>For the main surface-street routes through the county, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_county_routes_in_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="List of county routes in Bergen County, New Jersey">List of county routes in Bergen County, New Jersey</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tertiary_education">Tertiary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Tertiary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Peter%27s_University_Englewood_Cliffs_campus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St._Peter%27s_University_Englewood_Cliffs_campus.jpg/220px-St._Peter%27s_University_Englewood_Cliffs_campus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St._Peter%27s_University_Englewood_Cliffs_campus.jpg/330px-St._Peter%27s_University_Englewood_Cliffs_campus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St._Peter%27s_University_Englewood_Cliffs_campus.jpg/440px-St._Peter%27s_University_Englewood_Cliffs_campus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2488" data-file-height="1362" /></a><figcaption>The former <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a> campus of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_University" title="Saint Peter's University">Saint Peter's University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs_College" title="Englewood Cliffs College">Englewood Cliffs College</a>, as seen from Manhattan</figcaption></figure> <p>Bergen County is home to several colleges and universities: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Community_College" title="Bergen Community College">Bergen Community College</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>, with other centers in <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst,_New_Jersey" title="Lyndhurst, New Jersey">Lyndhurst</a><sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Eastwick College – <a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_New_Jersey" title="Ramsey, New Jersey">Ramsey</a> and Hackensack<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairleigh_Dickinson_University" title="Fairleigh Dickinson University">Fairleigh Dickinson University</a> – <a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a> and Hackensack<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felician_University" title="Felician University">Felician University</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="Rutherford, New Jersey">Rutherford</a><sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramapo_College" title="Ramapo College">Ramapo College</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a><sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_University" title="Saint Peter's University">Saint Peter's University</a> formerly operated a campus in <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a>. This campus, on the site of the former <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs_College" title="Englewood Cliffs College">Englewood Cliffs College</a>, was active from 1975 until its official closure in August 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_College" title="Berkeley College">Berkeley College</a> formerly operated a campus in Paramus but announced the closure of this campus in spring 2022, thereafter consolidating it with the college's campus in <a href="/wiki/Woodland_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Woodland Park, New Jersey">Woodland Park</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic County, New Jersey">Passaic County</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_districts">School districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: School districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county has the following school districts:<sup id="cite_ref-NJDOE_208-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJDOE-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CensusSDMap2020_210-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusSDMap2020-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>K-12</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergenfield_Public_School_District" title="Bergenfield Public School District">Bergenfield Public School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogota_Public_Schools" title="Bogota Public Schools">Bogota Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffside_Park_School_District" title="Cliffside Park School District">Cliffside Park School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cresskill_Public_Schools" title="Cresskill Public Schools">Cresskill Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumont_Public_Schools" title="Dumont Public Schools">Dumont Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewater_Public_Schools" title="Edgewater Public Schools">Edgewater Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Park_Public_Schools" title="Elmwood Park Public Schools">Elmwood Park Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerson_School_District" title="Emerson School District">Emerson School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Public_School_District" title="Englewood Public School District">Englewood Public School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn_Public_Schools" title="Fair Lawn Public Schools">Fair Lawn Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee_School_District" title="Fort Lee School District">Fort Lee School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield_Public_Schools" title="Garfield Public Schools">Garfield Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock_Public_Schools" title="Glen Rock Public Schools">Glen Rock Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackensack_Public_Schools" title="Hackensack Public Schools">Hackensack Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasbrouck_Heights_School_District" title="Hasbrouck Heights School District">Hasbrouck Heights School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonia_Public_Schools" title="Leonia Public Schools">Leonia Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodi_Public_Schools" title="Lodi Public Schools">Lodi Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst_School_District" title="Lyndhurst School District">Lyndhurst School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahwah_Township_Public_Schools" title="Mahwah Township Public Schools">Mahwah Township Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Park_School_District" title="Midland Park School District">Midland Park School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Milford_School_District" title="New Milford School District">New Milford School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Arlington_School_District" title="North Arlington School District">North Arlington School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Park_Public_School_District" title="Palisades Park Public School District">Palisades Park Public School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramus_Public_Schools" title="Paramus Public Schools">Paramus Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_Ridge_Public_Schools" title="Park Ridge Public Schools">Park Ridge Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_Public_School_District" title="Ramsey Public School District">Ramsey Public School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield_Park_Public_Schools" title="Ridgefield Park Public Schools">Ridgefield Park Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield_School_District_(New_Jersey)" title="Ridgefield School District (New Jersey)">Ridgefield School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgewood_Public_Schools" title="Ridgewood Public Schools">Ridgewood Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_School_District" title="Rutherford School District">Rutherford School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddle_Brook_Public_Schools" title="Saddle Brook Public Schools">Saddle Brook Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teaneck_Public_Schools" title="Teaneck Public Schools">Teaneck Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenafly_Public_Schools" title="Tenafly Public Schools">Tenafly Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldwick_Public_School_District" title="Waldwick Public School District">Waldwick Public School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallington_Public_Schools" title="Wallington Public Schools">Wallington Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westwood_Regional_School_District" title="Westwood Regional School District">Westwood Regional School District</a> – Regional</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood-Ridge_School_District" title="Wood-Ridge School District">Wood-Ridge School District</a></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Secondary (9-12, except as noted)</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Technical_Schools" title="Bergen County Technical Schools">Bergen County Technical Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlstadt-East_Rutherford_Regional_School_District" title="Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District">Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Highlands_Regional_High_School" title="Northern Highlands Regional High School">Northern Highlands Regional High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Valley_Regional_High_School_District" title="Northern Valley Regional High School District">Northern Valley Regional High School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascack_Valley_Regional_High_School_District" title="Pascack Valley Regional High School District">Pascack Valley Regional High School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramapo_Indian_Hills_Regional_High_School_District" title="Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District">Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Dell_Regional_School_District" title="River Dell Regional School District">River Dell Regional School District</a> – (7–12)</li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Elementary (K-8, except as noted)</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allendale_School_District" title="Allendale School District">Allendale School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpine_Public_School_District" title="Alpine Public School District">Alpine Public School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlstadt_Public_Schools" title="Carlstadt Public Schools">Carlstadt Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closter_Public_Schools" title="Closter Public Schools">Closter Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demarest_Public_Schools" title="Demarest Public Schools">Demarest Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford_School_District" title="East Rutherford School District">East Rutherford School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs_Public_Schools" title="Englewood Cliffs Public Schools">Englewood Cliffs Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview_Public_Schools" title="Fairview Public Schools">Fairview Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Lakes_Public_Schools" title="Franklin Lakes Public Schools">Franklin Lakes Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_Park_School_District" title="Harrington Park School District">Harrington Park School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haworth_Public_Schools" title="Haworth Public Schools">Haworth Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsdale_Public_Schools" title="Hillsdale Public Schools">Hillsdale Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ho-Ho-Kus_School_District" title="Ho-Ho-Kus School District">Ho-Ho-Kus School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Ferry_Public_Schools" title="Little Ferry Public Schools">Little Ferry Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maywood_Public_Schools" title="Maywood Public Schools">Maywood Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montvale_Public_Schools" title="Montvale Public Schools">Montvale Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonachie_School_District" title="Moonachie School District">Moonachie School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northvale_Public_Schools" title="Northvale Public Schools">Northvale Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood_Public_School_District" title="Norwood Public School District">Norwood Public School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Public_Schools" title="Oakland Public Schools">Oakland Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Tappan_Public_Schools" title="Old Tappan Public Schools">Old Tappan Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oradell_Public_School_District" title="Oradell Public School District">Oradell Public School District</a> (K–6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Edge_Elementary_School_District" title="River Edge Elementary School District">River Edge Elementary School District</a> (K–6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Vale_Public_Schools" title="River Vale Public Schools">River Vale Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochelle_Park_School_District" title="Rochelle Park School District">Rochelle Park School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddle_River_School_District" title="Saddle River School District">Saddle River School District</a> (K–5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hackensack_School_District" title="South Hackensack School District">South Hackensack School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Saddle_River_School_District" title="Upper Saddle River School District">Upper Saddle River School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodcliff_Lake_Public_Schools" title="Woodcliff Lake Public Schools">Woodcliff Lake Public Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyckoff_School_District" title="Wyckoff School District">Wyckoff School District</a></li></ul> </div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rockleigh_Borough_School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockleigh Borough School District">Rockleigh Borough School District</a> is a non-operating school district.<sup id="cite_ref-NJDOE_208-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJDOE-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Teterboro_Borough_School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Teterboro Borough School District">Teterboro Borough School District</a> was a non-operating school district; it is now in the Hasbrouck Heights district.<sup id="cite_ref-CensusSDMap2020_210-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusSDMap2020-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>County-wide school districts include <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Technical_Schools" title="Bergen County Technical Schools">Bergen County Technical Schools</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Special_Services_School_District" title="Bergen County Special Services School District">Bergen County Special Services School District</a>. <a href="/wiki/South_Bergen_Jointure_Commission" title="South Bergen Jointure Commission">South Bergen Jointure Commission</a> also has special education services for the south of the county. </p><p>Bergen has some 45 <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(government_funded)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (government funded)">public</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_New_Jersey#Bergen_County" title="List of high schools in New Jersey">high schools</a> and at least 23 <a href="/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_New_Jersey#Bergen_County_2" title="List of high schools in New Jersey">private high schools</a>. Three of the top ten municipal high schools out of 339 schools in New Jersey were located in Bergen County, according to a 2014 ranking by <i><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Monthly" title="New Jersey Monthly">New Jersey Monthly</a></i> magazine, including <a href="/wiki/Northern_Highlands_Regional_High_School" title="Northern Highlands Regional High School">Northern Highlands Regional High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Allendale,_New_Jersey" title="Allendale, New Jersey">Allendale</a> (#3), <a href="/wiki/Pascack_Hills_High_School" title="Pascack Hills High School">Pascack Hills High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montvale,_New_Jersey" title="Montvale, New Jersey">Montvale</a> (#7), and <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock_High_School" title="Glen Rock High School">Glen Rock High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Rock, New Jersey">Glen Rock</a> (#8).<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The magazine's list did not include the <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Academies" title="Bergen County Academies">Bergen County Academies</a>, which as the county's public <a href="/wiki/Magnet_school" title="Magnet school">magnet</a> high school in <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a> has continued to be recognized by various rankings as one of the best high schools in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, BCA had an average <a href="/wiki/High_School_Proficiency_Assessment" title="High School Proficiency Assessment">HSPA</a> score of 294 out of 300 and an average <a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> score of 2103 out of 2400.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a <a href="/wiki/Nihonjin_gakk%C5%8D" title="Nihonjin gakkō">school for Japanese citizen students</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Japanese_School" title="New Jersey Japanese School">New Jersey Japanese School</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_New_Jersey" title="Oakland, New Jersey">Oakland</a>, in the northwestern portion of Bergen County. In 1987, there were five <a href="/wiki/Juku" title="Juku">juku</a> (Japanese-style cram schools) in the county, with two of them in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldmanpupilsprep_215-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldmanpupilsprep-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bergen_Performing_Arts_Center" title="Bergen Performing Arts Center">Bergen Performing Arts Center</a> (PAC) is based in <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a>, while numerous museums are located throughout the county. In September 2014, the Englewood-based Northern New Jersey Community Foundation announced an initiative known as ArtsBergen, a centralizing body with the goal of connecting artists and arts organizations with one another in Bergen County.<sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educational_and_cultural">Educational and cultural</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Educational and cultural"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meadowlands_Lyndhurst.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Meadowlands_Lyndhurst.jpg/220px-Meadowlands_Lyndhurst.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Meadowlands_Lyndhurst.jpg/330px-Meadowlands_Lyndhurst.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Meadowlands_Lyndhurst.jpg/440px-Meadowlands_Lyndhurst.jpg 2x" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="526" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Meadowlands" title="New Jersey Meadowlands">New Jersey Meadowlands</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst,_New_Jersey" title="Lyndhurst, New Jersey">Lyndhurst</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Meadowlands_Stadium_Mezz_Corner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/New_Meadowlands_Stadium_Mezz_Corner.jpg/220px-New_Meadowlands_Stadium_Mezz_Corner.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/New_Meadowlands_Stadium_Mezz_Corner.jpg/330px-New_Meadowlands_Stadium_Mezz_Corner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/New_Meadowlands_Stadium_Mezz_Corner.jpg/440px-New_Meadowlands_Stadium_Mezz_Corner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3892" data-file-height="2586" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/MetLife_Stadium" title="MetLife Stadium">MetLife Stadium</a>, in <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>, was the most expensive stadium ever built,<sup id="cite_ref-Esteban_217-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Esteban-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at approximately $1.6 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-belson1_218-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belson1-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg/220px-Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg/330px-Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg/440px-Palisades_Sill_from_Palisades_Parkway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="565" /></a><figcaption>Northward view of the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> from the cliffs of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Palisades" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Palisades">New Jersey Palisades</a> in <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Interstate_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Palisades Interstate Park">Palisades Interstate Park</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Tappan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lake_Tappan.jpg/220px-Lake_Tappan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lake_Tappan.jpg/330px-Lake_Tappan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Lake_Tappan.jpg/440px-Lake_Tappan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Lake_Tappan" title="Lake Tappan">Lake Tappan</a> <a href="/wiki/Reservoir" title="Reservoir">reservoir</a> straddles the Bergen County municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Old_Tappan,_New_Jersey" title="Old Tappan, New Jersey">Old Tappan</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Vale,_New_Jersey" title="River Vale, New Jersey">River Vale</a>, as well as a smaller portion within adjacent <a href="/wiki/Rockland_County,_New_York" title="Rockland County, New York">Rockland County, New York</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scarlet_Oak_Pond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Scarlet_Oak_Pond.jpg/220px-Scarlet_Oak_Pond.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Scarlet_Oak_Pond.jpg/330px-Scarlet_Oak_Pond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Scarlet_Oak_Pond.jpg/440px-Scarlet_Oak_Pond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Scarlet Oak Pond, <a href="/wiki/Ramapo_Valley_County_Reservation" title="Ramapo Valley County Reservation">Ramapo Valley County Reservation</a>, Mahwah.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HudsonWaterfrontGWBtoJC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/HudsonWaterfrontGWBtoJC.JPG/220px-HudsonWaterfrontGWBtoJC.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/HudsonWaterfrontGWBtoJC.JPG/330px-HudsonWaterfrontGWBtoJC.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/HudsonWaterfrontGWBtoJC.JPG/440px-HudsonWaterfrontGWBtoJC.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Southward view of the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Waterfront" title="Hudson Waterfront">Hudson Waterfront</a> from the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a> in the foreground, and the skyline of <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Jersey_City" title="Downtown Jersey City">Downtown Jersey City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson County</a> in the background.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Naval_Museum" title="New Jersey Naval Museum">New Jersey Naval Museum</a>, Hackensack. At the museum, the <a href="/wiki/USS_Ling" title="USS Ling">USS <i>Ling</i></a> is moored in the <a href="/wiki/Hackensack_River" title="Hackensack River">Hackensack River</a> and is available for tours as a <a href="/wiki/Museum_ship" title="Museum ship">museum ship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aviation_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum_of_New_Jersey" title="Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey">Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey</a>, located at <a href="/wiki/Teterboro_Airport" title="Teterboro Airport">Teterboro Airport</a> in Teterboro.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Museum_of_Art_%26_Science" title="Bergen Museum of Art & Science">Bergen Museum of Art & Science</a>, Hackensack.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Buehler Challenger & Science Center, Paramus – located on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Bergen_Community_College" title="Bergen Community College">Bergen Community College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlands_Environment_Center" title="Meadowlands Environment Center">Meadowlands Environment Center</a>, Lyndhurst.<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenafly_Nature_Center" title="Tenafly Nature Center">Tenafly Nature Center</a>, Tenafly<sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puffin_Foundation" title="Puffin Foundation">Puffin Foundation</a>, Teaneck<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maywood_Station_Museum" title="Maywood Station Museum">Maywood Station Museum</a>, Maywood<sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Performing_Arts_Center" title="Bergen Performing Arts Center">Bergen Performing Arts Center</a>, Englewood<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercial_and_entertainment">Commercial and entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Commercial and entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MetLife_Stadium" title="MetLife Stadium">MetLife Stadium</a>, which replaced <a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a>, in East Rutherford, is the home of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>. At a construction cost of approximately $1.6 billion,<sup id="cite_ref-belson1_218-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belson1-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was the most expensive stadium ever built until being passed by <a href="/wiki/SoFi_Stadium" title="SoFi Stadium">SoFi Stadium</a> in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Esteban_217-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Esteban-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlands_Arena" title="Meadowlands Arena">Meadowlands Arena</a>, East Rutherford (formerly known as the Izod Center, the Continental Airlines Arena and the Brendan Byrne Arena). Opened in 1981, it was formerly home to the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Seton_Hall_University" title="Seton Hall University">Seton Hall University</a> Pirates men's basketball team. The arena closed on April 3, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlands_Racetrack" title="Meadowlands Racetrack">Meadowlands Racetrack</a>, East Rutherford</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Plaza" title="Garden State Plaza">Garden State Plaza</a>, Paramus, is one of the largest and highest revenue-producing <a href="/wiki/Shopping_mall" title="Shopping mall">shopping malls</a> in the United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Shops_at_Riverside" title="The Shops at Riverside">The Shops at Riverside</a>, shopping mall, Hackensack (formerly known as Riverside Square Mall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramus_Park" title="Paramus Park">Paramus Park</a>, shopping mall, Paramus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Outlets_at_Bergen_Town_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="The Outlets at Bergen Town Center">The Outlets at Bergen Town Center</a>, shopping mall, Paramus (formerly known as the Bergen Mall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fashion_Center" title="Fashion Center">Fashion Center</a>, shopping mall, Paramus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H_Mart" title="H Mart">H Mart</a>, Asian shopping plaza and supermarket, Ridgefield</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsuwa_Marketplace" title="Mitsuwa Marketplace">Mitsuwa Marketplace</a>, Japanese shopping plaza and supermarket, Edgewater</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Dream_Meadowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="American Dream Meadowlands">American Dream Meadowlands</a>, retail and entertainment complex that opened on October 25, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-NJ.com5.20.19_230-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJ.com5.20.19-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_government">County government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: County government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bergen_County_Court_House.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bergen_County_Court_House.jpg/220px-Bergen_County_Court_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bergen_County_Court_House.jpg/330px-Bergen_County_Court_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bergen_County_Court_House.jpg/440px-Bergen_County_Court_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5837" data-file-height="3892" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Court_House" title="Bergen County Court House">Bergen County Courthouse</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a>, the county seat. The courthouse was constructed in the <a href="/wiki/American_Renaissance" title="American Renaissance">American Renaissance</a> style and opened in 1912.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bergen has had a <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Executive" title="Bergen County Executive">county executive</a> form of government since voters chose the first executive in 1986,<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> joining <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Atlantic County, New Jersey">Atlantic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Essex County, New Jersey">Essex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer</a> counties as one of the 5 of 21 New Jersey counties with an elected executive.<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The executive oversees the county's business, while the seven-member <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Board_of_Commissioners" title="Bergen County Board of Commissioners">Bergen County Board of Commissioners</a> has a legislative and oversight role. The Commissioners are elected at-large to three-year terms in office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each November in a three-year cycle. All members of the governing body are elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> on a partisan basis as part of the November general elections.<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyDirectory_233-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyDirectory-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Commissioners_234-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commissioners-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, Commissioners were paid $28,312 and the Commissioner chairman was paid an annual salary of $29,312.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Day-to-day oversight of the operation of the county and its departments is delegated to the County Administrator, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Duch" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Duch">Thomas J. Duch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duch took the position in June 2021, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Julien_X._Neals" class="mw-redirect" title="Julien X. Neals">Julien X. Neals</a> who was appointed as a federal judge.<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Executive" title="Bergen County Executive">Bergen County Executive</a> is James J. Tedesco III (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergen County's Commissioners are (with terms for Chair and Vice Chair ending every December 31):<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyDirectory_233-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyDirectory-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Template2022_241-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Template2022-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Template2021_242-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Template2021-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Template2020_243-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Template2020-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Template2019_244-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Template2019-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Commissioner </th> <th>Party, Residence, Term </th></tr> <tr> <td>Chair Germaine M. Ortiz </td> <td>D, <a href="/wiki/Emerson,_New_Jersey" title="Emerson, New Jersey">Emerson</a>, 2025<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vice Chair Mary J. Amoroso </td> <td>D, <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a>, 2025<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rafael Marte </td> <td>D, <a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a>, 2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. </td> <td>D, <a href="/wiki/Montvale,_New_Jersey" title="Montvale, New Jersey">Montvale</a>, 2025<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steven A. Tanelli </td> <td>D, <a href="/wiki/North_Arlington,_New_Jersey" title="North Arlington, New Jersey">North Arlington</a>, 2024<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_Voss" title="Joan Voss">Joan Voss</a> </td> <td>D, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a>, 2026<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tracy Silna Zur </td> <td>D, <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Lakes, New Jersey">Franklin Lakes</a>, 2024<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Pursuant to Article VII Section II of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_State_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey State Constitution">New Jersey State Constitution</a>, each county in New Jersey is required to have three elected administrative officials known as "constitutional officers." These officers are the <a href="/wiki/County_Clerk" class="mw-redirect" title="County Clerk">County Clerk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Probate_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Probate Court">County Surrogate</a> (both elected for five-year terms of office) and the <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">County Sheriff</a> (elected for a three-year term).<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergen County's constitutional officials are:<sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyDirectory_233-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyDirectory-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Title </th> <th>Representative </th></tr> <tr> <td>County Clerk </td> <td>John S. Hogan (D, <a href="/wiki/Northvale,_New_Jersey" title="Northvale, New Jersey">Northvale</a>, 2026),<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-254" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sheriff </td> <td>Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood, 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Surrogate </td> <td>Michael R. Dressler (D, <a href="/wiki/Cresskill,_New_Jersey" title="Cresskill, New Jersey">Cresskill</a>, 2026).<sup id="cite_ref-257" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BergenCountyDirectory_233-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BergenCountyDirectory-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Bergen County Prosecutor is Mark Musella.<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Musella succeeded acting prosecutor Dennis Calo, who was sworn into office in January 2018 after <a href="/wiki/Gurbir_Grewal" title="Gurbir Grewal">Gurbir Grewal</a> of <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Rock, New Jersey">Glen Rock</a> left office to become <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Attorney General">New Jersey Attorney General</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bergen County constitutes Vicinage 2 of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Superior_Court" title="New Jersey Superior Court">New Jersey Superior Court</a>, which is seated at the Bergen County Justice Center in Hackensack; the Assignment Judge for Vicinage 2 is Bonnie J. Mizdol.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2023, Rafael Marte was selected to fill the seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by Ramon Hache until he resigned from office earlier that month.<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, Freeholder James Tedesco challenged incumbent <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Donovan" title="Kathleen Donovan">Kathleen Donovan</a> on a platform that highlighted his own plan to merge the Bergen County Police Department with the sheriff's office, as well as Donovan's connections to recent scandals in the New Jersey state government, including the nationally reported <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal" title="Fort Lee lane closure scandal">"Bridgegate" scandal</a> and alleged campaign finance abuse among her staff.<sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Election results showed Tedesco with 54.2% of the vote (107,958), ahead of Donovan with 45.8% (91,299),<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a race in which Tedesco's campaign spending nearly $1 million, outspending Donovan by a 2–1 margin; that sweep mirrored that by neighboring Passaic County Democrats, who also defeated the three Republicans elected there in 2010, in the election in 2013, although voters in Passaic County would elect their first Republican candidate since 2013 to the then-renamed Board of County Commissioners in 2021. No Republican has won county-wide office in Bergen County since 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2010, Republican County Clerk Kathleen Donovan won the race for County Executive, defeating <a href="/wiki/Dennis_McNerney" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis McNerney">Dennis McNerney</a> in his bid for a third term. Three incumbent Freeholders, Chairman James Carroll, Freeholder Elizabeth Calabrese, and Freeholder John Hogan were all defeated by Republican challengers Franklin Lakes Mayor Maura DeNicola, former River Edge Councilman John Felice, and Cliffside Park resident John Mitchell. Incumbent Bergen County Sheriff Leo McGuire also failed in his bid for a third term as Emerson Police Chief Mike Saudino defeated him. As a result of the 2010 elections, Republicans controlled Bergen County government for the first time in nearly a decade, with County Executive Kathleen Donovan and a 5–2 majority on the Board of Chosen Freeholders.<sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saudino would later face backlash over his remarks disparaging <a href="/wiki/Black_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Americans">Black Americans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a>—including remarks about Gurbir Grewal, who was the Bergen County prosecutor at the time—and resigned his position in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Negotiations to merge the Bergen County Police Department with the Sheriff's Office began in 2015, and were finally completed in 2021. The county Police Department was created in 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bergen County court system consists of a number of municipal courts handling <a href="/wiki/Traffic_court" title="Traffic court">traffic court</a> and other minor matters, plus the Bergen County Superior Court which handles more serious offenses. Law enforcement at the county level includes the Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Bergen County's first female <a href="/wiki/Police_chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Police chief">police chief</a> took office in September 2015, as police chief of Bergenfield.<sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2015, a <a href="/wiki/Brand" title="Brand">branding</a> campaign was launched to highlight county government services, with its centerpiece being the official <a href="/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" title="Seal (emblem)">seal</a> of Bergen County, depicting a <a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch</a> settler shaking hands with a <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>. The county's contemporaneous executive James Tedesco made an approximately $5,000 private donation to initiate the effort in the form of a nine-foot rendering of this seal woven into the carpet of the county executive's office.<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highlands_protection">Highlands protection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:NJhighlands&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Highlands protection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey Legislature</a> passed the <a href="/wiki/Highlands_Water_Protection_and_Planning_Act" title="Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act">Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act</a>, which regulates the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Highlands" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Highlands">New Jersey Highlands</a> region. A portion of the northwestern area of the county, comprising the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_New_Jersey" title="Oakland, New Jersey">Oakland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a>, was included in the highlands preservation area and is subject to the rules of the act and the <a href="/wiki/Highlands_Water_Protection_and_Planning_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council">Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council</a>, a division of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Environmental_Protection" title="New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection">New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the territory in the protected region is classified as being in the highlands preservation area, and thus subject to additional rules.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_representatives">Federal representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Federal representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is part of two <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_districts#New_Jersey" title="List of United States congressional districts">Congressional Districts</a>: the 5th District covering the northern portion of the county and the 9th most of the south.<sup id="cite_ref-275" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th United States Congress</a>, <span data-sort-value="New Jersey05 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 5th congressional district">New Jersey's 5th congressional district</a></span> is represented by <a href="/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer" title="Josh Gottheimer">Josh Gottheimer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wyckoff,_New_Jersey" title="Wyckoff, New Jersey">Wyckoff</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th United States Congress</a>, <span data-sort-value="New Jersey09 !"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 9th congressional district">New Jersey's 9th congressional district</a></span> was represented by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Pascrell" title="Bill Pascrell">Bill Pascrell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a>) until his death in August 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-278" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_representatives">State representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: State representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 70 municipalities of Bergen County are represented by six separate <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">state legislative districts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-281" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><b>District</b> </th> <th><b>Senator</b><sup id="cite_ref-Roster_282-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roster-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><b>Assembly</b><sup id="cite_ref-Roster_282-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roster-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><b>Municipalities</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_35th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 35th legislative district">35th</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Pou" title="Nellie Pou">Nellie Pou</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>) </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Shavonda_E._Sumter" title="Shavonda E. Sumter">Shavonda E. Sumter</a> (D)<br /><a href="/wiki/Benjie_E._Wimberly" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjie E. Wimberly">Benjie E. Wimberly</a> (D) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Elmwood Park, New Jersey">Elmwood Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a>. The remainder of the district covers portions of <a href="/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic County, New Jersey">Passaic County</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_36th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 36th legislative district">36th</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Paul_Sarlo" title="Paul Sarlo">Paul Sarlo</a> (D) </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Calabrese" title="Clinton Calabrese">Clinton Calabrese</a> (D)<br /><a href="/wiki/Gary_Schaer" title="Gary Schaer">Gary Schaer</a> (D) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlstadt,_New_Jersey" title="Carlstadt, New Jersey">Carlstadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cliffside_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Cliffside Park, New Jersey">Cliffside Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairview,_New_Jersey" title="Fairview, New Jersey">Fairview</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst,_New_Jersey" title="Lyndhurst, New Jersey">Lyndhurst</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Arlington,_New_Jersey" title="North Arlington, New Jersey">North Arlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ridgefield,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield, New Jersey">Ridgefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="Rutherford, New Jersey">Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wallington,_New_Jersey" title="Wallington, New Jersey">Wallington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wood-Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Wood-Ridge, New Jersey">Wood-Ridge</a>. The remainder of the district covers portions of Passaic County. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_37th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 37th legislative district">37th</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Gordon_M._Johnson" title="Gordon M. Johnson">Gordon M. Johnson</a> (D) </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Park" title="Ellen Park">Ellen Park</a> (D) <p><a href="/wiki/Shama_Haider" title="Shama Haider">Shama Haider</a> (D) </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bogota,_New_Jersey" title="Bogota, New Jersey">Bogota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leonia,_New_Jersey" title="Leonia, New Jersey">Leonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Palisades Park, New Jersey">Palisades Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ridgefield_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield Park, New Jersey">Ridgefield Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tenafly,_New_Jersey" title="Tenafly, New Jersey">Tenafly</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_38th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 38th legislative district">38th</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lagana" title="Joseph Lagana">Joseph Lagana</a> (D) </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Chris_Tully" title="Chris Tully">Chris Tully</a> (D)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Swain" title="Lisa Swain">Lisa Swain</a> (D) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Rock, New Jersey">Glen Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hasbrouck_Heights,_New_Jersey" title="Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey">Hasbrouck Heights</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Ferry,_New_Jersey" title="Little Ferry, New Jersey">Little Ferry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maywood,_New_Jersey" title="Maywood, New Jersey">Maywood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moonachie,_New_Jersey" title="Moonachie, New Jersey">Moonachie</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Milford,_New_Jersey" title="New Milford, New Jersey">New Milford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oradell,_New_Jersey" title="Oradell, New Jersey">Oradell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Edge,_New_Jersey" title="River Edge, New Jersey">River Edge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochelle_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Rochelle Park, New Jersey">Rochelle Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saddle_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Saddle Brook, New Jersey">Saddle Brook</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="South Hackensack, New Jersey">South Hackensack</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Teterboro,_New_Jersey" title="Teterboro, New Jersey">Teterboro</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_39th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 39th legislative district">39th</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Holly_Schepisi" title="Holly Schepisi">Holly Schepisi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (New Jersey)">R</a>) </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Robert_Auth" title="Robert Auth">Robert Auth</a> (R)<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Azzariti" class="mw-redirect" title="John Azzariti">John Azzariti</a> (R) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allendale,_New_Jersey" title="Allendale, New Jersey">Allendale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alpine,_New_Jersey" title="Alpine, New Jersey">Alpine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Closter,_New_Jersey" title="Closter, New Jersey">Closter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cresskill,_New_Jersey" title="Cresskill, New Jersey">Cresskill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Demarest,_New_Jersey" title="Demarest, New Jersey">Demarest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dumont,_New_Jersey" title="Dumont, New Jersey">Dumont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emerson,_New_Jersey" title="Emerson, New Jersey">Emerson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrington_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Harrington Park, New Jersey">Harrington Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haworth,_New_Jersey" title="Haworth, New Jersey">Haworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillsdale,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsdale, New Jersey">Hillsdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ho-Ho-Kus,_New_Jersey" title="Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey">Ho-Ho-Kus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midland_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Midland Park, New Jersey">Midland Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montvale,_New_Jersey" title="Montvale, New Jersey">Montvale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northvale,_New_Jersey" title="Northvale, New Jersey">Northvale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwood,_New_Jersey" title="Norwood, New Jersey">Norwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_New_Jersey" title="Oakland, New Jersey">Oakland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Tappan,_New_Jersey" title="Old Tappan, New Jersey">Old Tappan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Park_Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Park Ridge, New Jersey">Park Ridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_New_Jersey" title="Ramsey, New Jersey">Ramsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Vale,_New_Jersey" title="River Vale, New Jersey">River Vale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockleigh,_New_Jersey" title="Rockleigh, New Jersey">Rockleigh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saddle_River,_New_Jersey" title="Saddle River, New Jersey">Saddle River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Saddle_River,_New_Jersey" title="Upper Saddle River, New Jersey">Upper Saddle River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waldwick,_New_Jersey" title="Waldwick, New Jersey">Waldwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Township,_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey">Washington Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westwood,_New_Jersey" title="Westwood, New Jersey">Westwood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Woodcliff_Lake,_New_Jersey" title="Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey">Woodcliff Lake</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_40th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 40th legislative district">40th</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Kristin_Corrado" title="Kristin Corrado">Kristin Corrado</a> (R) </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Christopher_DePhillips" title="Christopher DePhillips">Christopher DePhillips</a> (R)<br /><a href="/wiki/Al_Barlas" title="Al Barlas">Al Barlas</a> (R) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Lakes, New Jersey">Franklin Lakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgewood, New Jersey">Ridgewood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wyckoff,_New_Jersey" title="Wyckoff, New Jersey">Wyckoff</a>. The remainder of the district covers portions of <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Essex County, New Jersey">Essex County</a> and Passaic County. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is characterized by a divide between mostly <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (New Jersey)">Republican</a> communities in the north and northwest of the county, and mostly <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (New Jersey)">Democratic</a> communities in its center and southeast. That dichotomy largely remained in place for quite a while, until <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020</a>. Mirroring the national "suburban revolt" against President Donald Trump, Democratic candidate <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> made significant gains in the northern portion of the county, winning in many affluent and typically Republican voting communities, such as River Vale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Ramsey, Allendale, Hillsdale, and Montvale, winning in Upper Saddle River by a mere 2 vote margin. He also won somewhat less affluent suburban towns such as Mahwah, Waldwick, and Midland Park, along with surpassing the margins of victory obtained by Hillary Clinton in municipalities like Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Ridgewood, and wealthier southern Bergen towns like Rutherford (although the results in most of the rest of southern Bergen largely stayed the same compared to 2016 - either Biden or Trump barely won the more blue-collar towns of Carlstadt (Trump, by 57 votes)/East Rutherford (Biden, 485)/Lyndhurst (Trump, 68)/Moonachie (Biden, 48)/North Arlington (Trump, just 5)/South Hackensack (Biden, 88), while Trump's margins of defeat shrank in Garfield/Lodi, and his margin of victory grew in Wallington, all compared to 2016).<sup id="cite_ref-283" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-283"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-284" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-284"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-285" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-285"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-286" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-286"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 688,213 registered voters in Bergen County, of whom 265,251 (38.5%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (New Jersey)">Democrats</a>, 150,812 (21.9%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (New Jersey)">Republicans</a>, and 265,186 (38.5%) were registered as <a href="/wiki/Unaffiliated_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unaffiliated (New Jersey)">unaffiliated</a>. There were 6,965 voters (1.0%) registered to other parties.<sup id="cite_ref-287" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the county's 2010 Census population, 61.4% were registered to vote, including 77.4% of those ages 18 and over.<sup id="cite_ref-VoterRegistration_288-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoterRegistration-288"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-289" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-289"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> won the county by the largest margin for a Democrat since <a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election" title="1964 United States presidential election">1964</a>, and marked the first time the county voted to the left of the state since 1904. In the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> received 231,211 votes here (54.8%), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> with 175,529 votes (41.6%) and other candidates with 19,827 votes (4.6%), among the 426,567 ballots cast by the county's 588,362 registered voters, for a turnout of 73%.<sup id="cite_ref-290" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-290"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 presidential election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> received 212,754 votes here (54.8%), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> with 169,070 votes (43.5%) and other candidates with 3,583 votes (0.9%), among the 388,425 ballots cast by the county's 551,745 registered voters, for a turnout of 70.4%).<sup id="cite_ref-291" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-292" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-292"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 presidential election</a>, Barack Obama received 225,367 votes here (53.9%), ahead of Republican <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> with 186,118 votes (44.5%) and other candidates with 3,248 votes (0.8%), among the 418,459 ballots cast by the county's 544,730 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Bergen County, New Jersey<sup id="cite_ref-294" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-294"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">217,096 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.12% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">232,660 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.50%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10,965 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2020 United States presidential election in New Jersey">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">204,417 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.06% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">285,967 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.44%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,454 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.50% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2016 United States presidential election in New Jersey">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">175,529 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.57% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">231,211 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.76%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15,473 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2012 United States presidential election in New Jersey">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">169,070 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.80% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">212,754 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.12%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,166 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">186,118 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.75% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">225,367 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.19%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,424 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2004 United States presidential election in New Jersey">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">189,833 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">207,666 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.88%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,745 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2000 United States presidential election in New Jersey">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">152,731 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.65% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">202,682 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.27%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11,308 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1996 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">141,164 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.90% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">191,085 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.66%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">30,638 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">178,223 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>44.21%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">171,104 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.44% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">53,810 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1988 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">226,885 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.19%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">160,655 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.20% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,393 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">268,507 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.22%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">155,039 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.50% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,172 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1980 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">232,043 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">139,474 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">43,640 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1976 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">237,331 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.86%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">180,738 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.54% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,784 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1972 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">285,458 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.34%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">147,155 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.68% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,281 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1968 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">224,911 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.45%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">162,182 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25,944 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1964 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">157,899 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.13% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">234,849 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.69%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">717 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1960 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">224,969 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.92%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">156,165 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.90% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">674 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1956 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">254,334 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>75.22%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">82,169 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24.30% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,610 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1952 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">212,842 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.22%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">93,373 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.37% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,287 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">142,657 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.70%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">69,132 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,342 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1944 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">142,836 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.00%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">76,350 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.74% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">566 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1940 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">131,588 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.01%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">76,541 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.65% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">694 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1936 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">89,628 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">49.28% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">91,107 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.09%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,143 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.63% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1932 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">86,885 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.42%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">73,921 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,937 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1928 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">89,105 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">50,373 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.96% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">589 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1924 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">60,803 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.41%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,844 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19.23% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9,951 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1920 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47,512 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>76.26%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">12,396 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19.90% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,397 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1916 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18,494 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.05%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,530 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.44% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">773 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1912 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,087 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20.46% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,978 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>40.12%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9,803 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">39.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1908 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14,043 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.51%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,629 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.42% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,158 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1904 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,957 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.65%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,301 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.08% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">960 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1900 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,086 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.91%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,458 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.45% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">422 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="1896 United States presidential election in New Jersey">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,545 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.07%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,531 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.91% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">690 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.01% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2009_New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election" title="2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election">2009 gubernatorial election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jon_Corzine" title="Jon Corzine">Jon Corzine</a> received 127,386 ballots cast (48.0%) in the county, ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 121,446 votes (45.8%), Independent <a href="/wiki/Chris_Daggett" title="Chris Daggett">Chris Daggett</a> with 12,452 votes (4.7%), and other candidates with 1,262 votes (0.5%), among the 265,223 ballots cast by the county's 530,460 registered voters, yielding a 50.0% turnout.<sup id="cite_ref-295" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-295"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2013_New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election" title="2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election">2013 gubernatorial election</a>, Republican <a href="/wiki/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie">Chris Christie</a> received 136,178 ballots cast (60.2%), ahead of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Buono" title="Barbara Buono">Barbara Buono</a> with 87,376 votes (38.7%) and other candidates with 2,515 votes (1.1%), among the 226,069 ballots cast for governor by the county's 527,491 registered voters, yielding a 42.9% turnout. This is the only time Bergen County voted for a Republican in a gubernatorial election in the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-296" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2017_New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election" title="2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election">2017 gubernatorial election</a>, Democrat Phil Murphy received 56.7% of the vote (129,265 votes) to Republican Kim Guadagno's 41.6% (94,904 votes); the county's third-largest pro-Democratic margin ever, behind both 1989 (<a href="/wiki/James_Florio" title="James Florio">Jim Florio's</a> first run; 165,104 - 59.2%), and 1973 (<a href="/wiki/Brendan_Byrne" title="Brendan Byrne">Brendan Byrne's</a> first run; 196,661 - 64%).<sup id="cite_ref-297" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-297"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2021_New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election" title="2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election">2021 gubernatorial election</a>, Democratic Governor Phil Murphy received 52.5% of the vote (145,150 votes) to Republican Jack Ciattarelli's 46.9% (129,644 votes). </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#ccccff;">Gubernatorial election results</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table align="center" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="float:right; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" id="cite_ref-uselectionatlas.org_298-0" class="cite-bracket"> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th>Year </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (New Jersey)">Republican</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (New Jersey)">Democratic</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2021" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021">2021</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.9% <i>129,644</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.5%</b> <i>145,150</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017">2017</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.6% <i>94,904</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.7%</b> <i>129,265</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013">2013</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.2%</b> <i>136,178</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.6% <i>87,376</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009">2009</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.2% <i>121,446</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48.5%</b> <i>127,386</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005">2005</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.2% <i>108,017</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.6%</b> <i>142,319</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2001">2001</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.5% <i>111,221</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.1%</b> <i>140,215</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1997">1997</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.3%</b> <i>148,934</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.5% <i>118,834</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_1993" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1993">1993</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.8%</b> <i>157,710</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.4% <i>147,387</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_1989" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1989">1989</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.2% <i>109,184</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.2%</b> <i>165,104</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_1985" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1985">1985</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>71.5%</b> <i>181,238</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.8% <i>70,525</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_1981" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1981">1981</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.1%</b> <i>169,556</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.0% <i>141,018</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_1977" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1977">1977</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.6% <i>111,858</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.8%</b> <i>153,434</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election,_1973" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1973">1973</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.0% <i>106,904</i> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.6%</b> <i>196,661</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bergen_County,_NJ_municipalities_labeled.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Bergen_County%2C_NJ_municipalities_labeled.svg/325px-Bergen_County%2C_NJ_municipalities_labeled.svg.png" decoding="async" width="325" height="456" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Bergen_County%2C_NJ_municipalities_labeled.svg/488px-Bergen_County%2C_NJ_municipalities_labeled.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Bergen_County%2C_NJ_municipalities_labeled.svg/650px-Bergen_County%2C_NJ_municipalities_labeled.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1052" /></a><figcaption>Labeled outline map of Bergen County municipalities.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Constitution_Park_Fort_Lee_New_Jersey.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Constitution_Park_Fort_Lee_New_Jersey.JPG/220px-Constitution_Park_Fort_Lee_New_Jersey.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Constitution_Park_Fort_Lee_New_Jersey.JPG/330px-Constitution_Park_Fort_Lee_New_Jersey.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Constitution_Park_Fort_Lee_New_Jersey.JPG/440px-Constitution_Park_Fort_Lee_New_Jersey.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1472" data-file-height="1105" /></a><figcaption>Constitution Park in Fort Lee. <a href="/wiki/High-rise" class="mw-redirect" title="High-rise">High-rise</a> residential complexes are a prominent feature of this <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">borough</a>, with <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Fort_Lee" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest buildings in Fort Lee">several over 300 feet tall</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="400" data-zoom="10" data-lat="40.9589" data-lon="-74.0643" data-overlays="["_2bfbf429e6c722aacb1320db033b852af7daa9e3"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/10/40.9589/-74.0643/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,40.9589,-74.0643,300x400.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey&groups=_2bfbf429e6c722aacb1320db033b852af7daa9e3" width="300" height="400" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,40.9589,-74.0643,300x400@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey&groups=_2bfbf429e6c722aacb1320db033b852af7daa9e3 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of municipalities in Bergen 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class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Skyline" title="Skyline">skyline</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> as viewed from <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a>, Bergen County's northernmost borough (above); and across the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> from <a href="/wiki/Cliffside_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Cliffside Park, New Jersey">Cliffside Park</a>, near the county's southeast border (below).</div></div></div></div></div> <p>In the last decades of the 19th century, Bergen County, to a far greater extent than any other county in the state, began dividing its townships up into incorporated <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">boroughs</a>; this was chiefly due to the "<a href="/wiki/Boroughitis" title="Boroughitis">boroughitis</a>" phenomenon, triggered by a number of loopholes in state laws that allowed boroughs to levy lower taxes and send more members to the county's board of freeholders. There was a 10-year period in which many of Bergen County's townships disappeared into the patchwork of boroughs that exist today, before the state laws governing municipal incorporation were changed.<sup id="cite_ref-Boroughitis_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boroughitis-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county has 70 municipalities, the highest number of any county in the state, with 56 of them being boroughs.<sup id="cite_ref-299" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-299"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 70 municipalities in Bergen County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units and area) are:<sup id="cite_ref-300" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-300"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Municipality<br />(with map key) </th> <th>Municipal<br />type </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Housing<br />Units </th> <th>Total<br />Area </th> <th>Water<br />Area </th> <th>Land<br />Area </th> <th>Pop.<br />Density </th> <th>Housing<br />Density </th> <th>Communities<sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Allendale,_New_Jersey" title="Allendale, New Jersey">Allendale</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>6,505</td> <td>2,388</td> <td>3.12</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>3.10</td> <td>2,100.7</td> <td>771.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine,_New_Jersey" title="Alpine, New Jersey">Alpine</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>1,849</td> <td>670</td> <td>9.23</td> <td>2.82</td> <td>6.41</td> <td>288.4</td> <td>104.5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>26,764</td> <td>9,200</td> <td>2.89</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>2.88</td> <td>9,306.5</td> <td>3,199.1</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bogota,_New_Jersey" title="Bogota, New Jersey">Bogota</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>8,187</td> <td>2,888</td> <td>0.81</td> <td>0.05</td> <td>0.76</td> <td>10,702.5</td> <td>3,775.4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlstadt,_New_Jersey" title="Carlstadt, New Jersey">Carlstadt</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>6,127</td> <td>2,495</td> <td>4.24</td> <td>0.24</td> <td>4.00</td> <td>1,532.1</td> <td>623.9</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cliffside_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Cliffside Park, New Jersey">Cliffside Park</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>23,594</td> <td>10,665</td> <td>0.96</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>0.96</td> <td>24,508.7</td> <td>11,078.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grantwood,_New_Jersey" title="Grantwood, New Jersey">Grantwood</a> (part) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Closter,_New_Jersey" title="Closter, New Jersey">Closter</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>8,373</td> <td>2,860</td> <td>3.30</td> <td>0.13</td> <td>3.16</td> <td>2,646.0</td> <td>903.8</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cresskill,_New_Jersey" title="Cresskill, New Jersey">Cresskill</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>8,573</td> <td>3,114</td> <td>2.07</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>2.06</td> <td>4,154.5</td> <td>1,509.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Demarest,_New_Jersey" title="Demarest, New Jersey">Demarest</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>4,881</td> <td>1,659</td> <td>2.08</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>2.07</td> <td>2,361.8</td> <td>802.7</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dumont,_New_Jersey" title="Dumont, New Jersey">Dumont</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>17,479</td> <td>6,542</td> <td>1.99</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>1.98</td> <td>8,814.7</td> <td>3,299.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>8,913</td> <td>4,018</td> <td>4.05</td> <td>0.34</td> <td>3.71</td> <td>2,403.2</td> <td>1,083.4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>11,513</td> <td>6,282</td> <td>2.42</td> <td>1.49</td> <td>0.94</td> <td>12,312.0</td> <td>6,718.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Elmwood Park, New Jersey">Elmwood Park</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>19,403</td> <td>7,385</td> <td>2.76</td> <td>0.11</td> <td>2.65</td> <td>7,327.9</td> <td>2,789.1</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emerson,_New_Jersey" title="Emerson, New Jersey">Emerson</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>7,401</td> <td>2,552</td> <td>2.40</td> <td>0.20</td> <td>2.20</td> <td>3,358.9</td> <td>1,158.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a></td> <td>city</td> <td>27,147</td> <td>10,695</td> <td>4.94</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>4.91</td> <td>5,524.6</td> <td>2,176.5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>5,281</td> <td>1,924</td> <td>3.33</td> <td>1.24</td> <td>2.09</td> <td>2,528.1</td> <td>921.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>32,457</td> <td>12,266</td> <td>5.20</td> <td>0.06</td> <td>5.14</td> <td>6,315.4</td> <td>2,386.7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Radburn,_New_Jersey" title="Radburn, New Jersey">Radburn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairview,_New_Jersey" title="Fairview, New Jersey">Fairview</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>13,835</td> <td>5,150</td> <td>0.84</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>0.84</td> <td>16,421.8</td> <td>6,112.9</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>35,345</td> <td>17,818</td> <td>2.89</td> <td>0.35</td> <td>2.54</td> <td>13,910.9</td> <td>7,012.7</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Lakes, New Jersey">Franklin Lakes</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>10,590</td> <td>3,692</td> <td>9.85</td> <td>0.47</td> <td>9.38</td> <td>1,129.1</td> <td>393.6</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a></td> <td>city</td> <td>30,487</td> <td>11,788</td> <td>2.16</td> <td>0.06</td> <td>2.10</td> <td>14,524.8</td> <td>5,616.1</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Rock, New Jersey">Glen Rock</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>11,601</td> <td>4,016</td> <td>2.74</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>2.71</td> <td>4,275.2</td> <td>1,480.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a></td> <td>city</td> <td>43,010</td> <td>19,375</td> <td>4.35</td> <td>0.17</td> <td>4.18</td> <td>10,290.0</td> <td>4,635.4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrington_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Harrington Park, New Jersey">Harrington Park</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>4,664</td> <td>1,624</td> <td>2.06</td> <td>0.23</td> <td>1.83</td> <td>2,545.9</td> <td>886.5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hasbrouck_Heights,_New_Jersey" title="Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey">Hasbrouck Heights</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>11,842</td> <td>4,627</td> <td>1.51</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>1.51</td> <td>7,865.4</td> <td>3,073.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haworth,_New_Jersey" title="Haworth, New Jersey">Haworth</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>3,382</td> <td>1,136</td> <td>2.36</td> <td>0.41</td> <td>1.94</td> <td>1,739.2</td> <td>584.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hillsdale,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsdale, New Jersey">Hillsdale</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>10,219</td> <td>3,567</td> <td>2.96</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>2.95</td> <td>3,464.8</td> <td>1,209.4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ho-Ho-Kus,_New_Jersey" title="Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey">Ho-Ho-Kus</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>4,078</td> <td>1,462</td> <td>1.75</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>1.74</td> <td>2,350.3</td> <td>842.6</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonia,_New_Jersey" title="Leonia, New Jersey">Leonia</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>8,937</td> <td>3,428</td> <td>1.63</td> <td>0.10</td> <td>1.54</td> <td>5,819.5</td> <td>2,232.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Little_Ferry,_New_Jersey" title="Little Ferry, New Jersey">Little Ferry</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>10,626</td> <td>4,439</td> <td>1.70</td> <td>0.23</td> <td>1.48</td> <td>7,200.1</td> <td>3,007.8</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>24,136</td> <td>10,127</td> <td>2.29</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>2.26</td> <td>10,657.6</td> <td>4,471.7</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst,_New_Jersey" title="Lyndhurst, New Jersey">Lyndhurst</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>20,554</td> <td>8,787</td> <td>4.89</td> <td>0.34</td> <td>4.56</td> <td>4,509.3</td> <td>1,927.7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingsland,_New_Jersey" title="Kingsland, New Jersey">Kingsland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>25,890</td> <td>9,868</td> <td>26.19</td> <td>0.50</td> <td>25.69</td> <td>1,007.7</td> <td>384.1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cragmere_Park,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Cragmere Park, New Jersey">Cragmere Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darlington,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlington, New Jersey">Darlington</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Fardale,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Fardale, New Jersey">Fardale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masonicus,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Masonicus, New Jersey">Masonicus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pulis_Mills,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulis Mills, New Jersey">Pulis Mills</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maywood,_New_Jersey" title="Maywood, New Jersey">Maywood</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>9,555</td> <td>3,769</td> <td>1.29</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>1.29</td> <td>7,428.0</td> <td>2,930.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midland_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Midland Park, New Jersey">Midland Park</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>7,128</td> <td>2,861</td> <td>1.56</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>1.56</td> <td>4,583.2</td> <td>1,839.6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wortendyke,_New_Jersey" title="Wortendyke, New Jersey">Wortendyke</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montvale,_New_Jersey" title="Montvale, New Jersey">Montvale</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>7,844</td> <td>2,872</td> <td>4.01</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>4.00</td> <td>1,961.2</td> <td>718.1</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Moonachie,_New_Jersey" title="Moonachie, New Jersey">Moonachie</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>2,708</td> <td>1,053</td> <td>1.68</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>1.66</td> <td>1,626.5</td> <td>632.5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Milford,_New_Jersey" title="New Milford, New Jersey">New Milford</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>16,341</td> <td>6,362</td> <td>2.31</td> <td>0.03</td> <td>2.27</td> <td>7,186.0</td> <td>2,797.7</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Arlington,_New_Jersey" title="North Arlington, New Jersey">North Arlington</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>15,392</td> <td>6,573</td> <td>2.62</td> <td>0.06</td> <td>2.56</td> <td>6,010.3</td> <td>2,566.6</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northvale,_New_Jersey" title="Northvale, New Jersey">Northvale</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>4,640</td> <td>1,635</td> <td>1.30</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>1.30</td> <td>3,582.3</td> <td>1,262.3</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_New_Jersey" title="Norwood, New Jersey">Norwood</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>5,711</td> <td>2,007</td> <td>2.73</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>2.73</td> <td>2,093.5</td> <td>735.7</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_New_Jersey" title="Oakland, New Jersey">Oakland</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>12,754</td> <td>4,470</td> <td>8.73</td> <td>0.27</td> <td>8.45</td> <td>1,508.6</td> <td>528.7</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Tappan,_New_Jersey" title="Old Tappan, New Jersey">Old Tappan</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>5,750</td> <td>1,995</td> <td>4.20</td> <td>0.87</td> <td>3.33</td> <td>1,725.8</td> <td>598.8</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oradell,_New_Jersey" title="Oradell, New Jersey">Oradell</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>7,978</td> <td>2,831</td> <td>2.58</td> <td>0.15</td> <td>2.42</td> <td>3,291.5</td> <td>1,168.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Palisades Park, New Jersey">Palisades Park</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>19,622</td> <td>7,362</td> <td>1.28</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>1.25</td> <td>15,681.6</td> <td>5,883.6</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>26,342</td> <td>8,915</td> <td>10.52</td> <td>0.05</td> <td>10.47</td> <td>2,516.0</td> <td>851.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arcola,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcola, New Jersey">Arcola</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Park_Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Park Ridge, New Jersey">Park Ridge</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>8,645</td> <td>3,428</td> <td>2.60</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>2.58</td> <td>3,348.6</td> <td>1,327.8</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_New_Jersey" title="Ramsey, New Jersey">Ramsey</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>14,473</td> <td>5,550</td> <td>5.59</td> <td>0.07</td> <td>5.52</td> <td>2,621.9</td> <td>1,005.4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield, New Jersey">Ridgefield</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>11,032</td> <td>4,145</td> <td>2.85</td> <td>0.30</td> <td>2.55</td> <td>4,323.7</td> <td>1,624.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grantwood,_New_Jersey" title="Grantwood, New Jersey">Grantwood</a> (part) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield Park, New Jersey">Ridgefield Park</a></td> <td>village</td> <td>12,729</td> <td>5,164</td> <td>1.92</td> <td>0.20</td> <td>1.72</td> <td>7,385.6</td> <td>2,996.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgewood, New Jersey">Ridgewood</a></td> <td>village</td> <td>24,958</td> <td>8,743</td> <td>5.82</td> <td>0.07</td> <td>5.75</td> <td>4,339.0</td> <td>1,520.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/River_Edge,_New_Jersey" title="River Edge, New Jersey">River Edge</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>11,340</td> <td>4,261</td> <td>1.90</td> <td>0.04</td> <td>1.85</td> <td>6,116.3</td> <td>2,298.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/River_Vale,_New_Jersey" title="River Vale, New Jersey">River Vale</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>9,659</td> <td>3,521</td> <td>4.28</td> <td>0.26</td> <td>4.01</td> <td>2,408.1</td> <td>877.8</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochelle_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Rochelle Park, New Jersey">Rochelle Park</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>5,530</td> <td>2,170</td> <td>1.06</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>1.04</td> <td>5,313.8</td> <td>2,085.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockleigh,_New_Jersey" title="Rockleigh, New Jersey">Rockleigh</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>531</td> <td>86</td> <td>0.98</td> <td>0.01</td> <td>0.97</td> <td>548.1</td> <td>88.8</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="Rutherford, New Jersey">Rutherford</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>18,061</td> <td>7,278</td> <td>2.94</td> <td>0.14</td> <td>2.81</td> <td>6,437.4</td> <td>2,594.1</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saddle_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Saddle Brook, New Jersey">Saddle Brook</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>13,659</td> <td>5,485</td> <td>2.72</td> <td>0.03</td> <td>2.69</td> <td>5,080.2</td> <td>2,040.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saddle_River,_New_Jersey" title="Saddle River, New Jersey">Saddle River</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>3,152</td> <td>1,341</td> <td>4.98</td> <td>0.06</td> <td>4.92</td> <td>640.2</td> <td>272.4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="South Hackensack, New Jersey">South Hackensack</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>2,378</td> <td>879</td> <td>0.74</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>0.72</td> <td>3,311.7</td> <td>1,224.1</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>39,776</td> <td>14,024</td> <td>6.23</td> <td>0.22</td> <td>6.01</td> <td>6,622.2</td> <td>2,334.8</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tenafly,_New_Jersey" title="Tenafly, New Jersey">Tenafly</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>14,488</td> <td>4,980</td> <td>5.18</td> <td>0.58</td> <td>4.60</td> <td>3,148.6</td> <td>1,082.3</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Teterboro,_New_Jersey" title="Teterboro, New Jersey">Teterboro</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>67</td> <td>27</td> <td>1.16</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>1.16</td> <td>57.9</td> <td>23.3</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Upper_Saddle_River,_New_Jersey" title="Upper Saddle River, New Jersey">Upper Saddle River</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>8,208</td> <td>2,776</td> <td>5.28</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>5.26</td> <td>1,560.0</td> <td>527.6</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waldwick,_New_Jersey" title="Waldwick, New Jersey">Waldwick</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>9,625</td> <td>3,537</td> <td>2.09</td> <td>0.02</td> <td>2.07</td> <td>4,656.8</td> <td>1,711.3</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallington,_New_Jersey" title="Wallington, New Jersey">Wallington</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>11,335</td> <td>4,946</td> <td>1.03</td> <td>0.05</td> <td>0.98</td> <td>11,528.6</td> <td>5,030.5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Township,_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey">Washington Township</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>9,102</td> <td>3,341</td> <td>2.96</td> <td>0.05</td> <td>2.91</td> <td>3,128.8</td> <td>1,148.5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Westwood,_New_Jersey" title="Westwood, New Jersey">Westwood</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>10,908</td> <td>4,636</td> <td>2.31</td> <td>0.05</td> <td>2.27</td> <td>4,814.5</td> <td>2,046.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Woodcliff_Lake,_New_Jersey" title="Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey">Woodcliff Lake</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>5,730</td> <td>1,980</td> <td>3.61</td> <td>0.20</td> <td>3.41</td> <td>1,682.7</td> <td>581.5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wood-Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Wood-Ridge, New Jersey">Wood-Ridge</a></td> <td>borough</td> <td>7,626</td> <td>3,051</td> <td>1.10</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>1.10</td> <td>6,951.6</td> <td>2,781.2</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyckoff,_New_Jersey" title="Wyckoff, New Jersey">Wyckoff</a></td> <td>township</td> <td>16,696</td> <td>5,827</td> <td>6.61</td> <td>0.06</td> <td>6.55</td> <td>2,550.1</td> <td>890.0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Bergen County</b></td> <td>county</td> <td>905,116</td> <td>352,388</td> <td>246.67</td> <td>13.66</td> <td>233.01</td> <td>3,884.5</td> <td>1,512.3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_municipalities">Historical municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Historical municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the history of the county, there have been various municipality secessions, annexations and renamings. The following is a partial list of former municipalities, ordered by year of incorporation.<sup id="cite_ref-Story_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Story-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Township,_New_Jersey_(1661%E2%80%931862)" title="Bergen Township, New Jersey (1661–1862)">Bergen Township</a>, 1683–1862</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackensack_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack Township, New Jersey">Hackensack Township</a>, 1693</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Barbadoes_Township,_New_Jersey" title="New Barbadoes Township, New Jersey">New Barbadoes Township</a>, 1710–1921</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddle_River_Township,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Saddle River Township, New Jersey">Saddle River Township</a>, 1716–1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Bergen County, New Jersey">Franklin Township</a>, 1771–1926</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Harrington Township, New Jersey">Harrington Township</a>, 1775–1916</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodi_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi Township, New Jersey">Lodi Township</a>, 1825–1935</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohokus_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hohokus Township, New Jersey">Hohokus Township</a>, 1849</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Township,_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Township, Bergen County, New Jersey">Union Township</a>, 1852</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Midland Township, New Jersey">Midland Township</a>, 1871</li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Township, New Jersey">Englewood Township</a>, 1871–1899</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Palisades Township, New Jersey">Palisades Township</a>, 1871–1922</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield Township, New Jersey">Ridgefield Township</a>, 1871</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgewood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgewood Township, New Jersey">Ridgewood Township</a>, 1876</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orvil_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Orvil Township, New Jersey">Orvil Township</a>, 1886–1919</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boiling_Springs_Township,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Boiling Springs Township, New Jersey">Boiling Springs Township</a>, 1885</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Township,_New_Jersey_(1893%E2%80%931902)" title="Bergen Township, New Jersey (1893–1902)">Bergen Township</a>, 1893–1902</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood,_New_Jersey" title="Eastwood, New Jersey">Eastwood Borough</a>, 1894–1896</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overpeck_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Overpeck Township, New Jersey">Overpeck Township</a>, 1897–1938</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tree_Map_of_Employment_by_Industries_in_Bergen_County,_Nj_(2015).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Tree_Map_of_Employment_by_Industries_in_Bergen_County%2C_Nj_%282015%29.svg/310px-Tree_Map_of_Employment_by_Industries_in_Bergen_County%2C_Nj_%282015%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="310" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Tree_Map_of_Employment_by_Industries_in_Bergen_County%2C_Nj_%282015%29.svg/465px-Tree_Map_of_Employment_by_Industries_in_Bergen_County%2C_Nj_%282015%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Tree_Map_of_Employment_by_Industries_in_Bergen_County%2C_Nj_%282015%29.svg/620px-Tree_Map_of_Employment_by_Industries_in_Bergen_County%2C_Nj_%282015%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="905" data-file-height="490" /></a><figcaption>Employment by industries</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Humc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Humc.jpg/260px-Humc.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Humc.jpg/390px-Humc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Humc.jpg/520px-Humc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="406" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hackensack_University_Medical_Center" title="Hackensack University Medical Center">Hackensack University Medical Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a> is the largest employer in Bergen County.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Economic_Analysis" title="Bureau of Economic Analysis">Bureau of Economic Analysis</a> calculated that the county's <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a> was $81.5 billion in 2022, which was ranked first in the state and was a 1.2% increase from the prior year.<sup id="cite_ref-302" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-302"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_employers">Largest employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Largest employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Bergen County Economic Development Corporation, the largest employers in Bergen County as of November 2012, as ranked with at least 1,000 employees in the county, were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hackensack_University_Medical_Center" title="Hackensack University Medical Center">Hackensack University Medical Center</a>, Hackensack, 8,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Health_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley Health System">Valley Health System</a>, Ridgewood, 4,660</li> <li>Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc., Elmwood Park, 2,900</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medco_Health_Solutions" title="Medco Health Solutions">Medco Health Solutions</a>, Franklin Lakes, 2,800 (no longer an independent company)</li> <li>County of Bergen, Hackensack, 2,390</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quest_Diagnostics" title="Quest Diagnostics">Quest Diagnostics</a>, Teterboro/Lyndhurst, 2,200</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPMG" title="KPMG">KPMG</a>, Montvale, 2,100</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Hospital_and_Medical_Center" title="Englewood Hospital and Medical Center">Englewood Hospital and Medical Center</a>, Englewood, 2,002</li> <li>Englewood Hospital Home Health Care Services, Englewood, 1,985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unilever_Bestfoods" class="mw-redirect" title="Unilever Bestfoods">Unilever Bestfoods</a>, Englewood Cliffs, 1,900</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stryker_Corporation" title="Stryker Corporation">Stryker Corporation</a>, Allendale/Mahwah, 1,812</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Regional_Medical_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergen Regional Medical Center">Bergen Regional Medical Center</a>, Paramus, 1,746</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Name_Medical_Center" title="Holy Name Medical Center">Holy Name Medical Center</a>, Teaneck, 1,695</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becton_Dickinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Becton Dickinson">Becton Dickinson</a>, Franklin Lakes, 1,500</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crestron_Electronics" title="Crestron Electronics">Crestron Electronics</a>, Rockleigh/Cresskill, 1,500</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BMW" title="BMW">BMW</a> of North America, Woodcliff Lake, 1,000</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ridgewood_NJ_Downtown.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ridgewood_NJ_Downtown.JPG/250px-Ridgewood_NJ_Downtown.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ridgewood_NJ_Downtown.JPG/375px-Ridgewood_NJ_Downtown.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ridgewood_NJ_Downtown.JPG/500px-Ridgewood_NJ_Downtown.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Downtown <a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgewood, New Jersey">Ridgewood</a>, one of many <a href="/wiki/Walkability" title="Walkability">pedestrian-oriented</a> municipal commercial centers in Bergen County</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2015, <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz" title="Mercedes-Benz">Mercedes-Benz</a> USA announced that it would be moving its headquarters from the borough of Montvale in Bergen County to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, area as of July. The company had been based in northern New Jersey since 1972 and has had 1,000 employees on a 37-acre (15 ha) campus in Montvale. Despite incentive offers from the State of New Jersey to remain in Bergen County, Mercedes-Benz cited proximity to its <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> manufacturing facility and a growing customer base in the southeastern United States, in addition to as much as $50 million in tax incentives from Georgia governmental agencies, in explaining its decision to move. However, Mercedes-Benz USA also stated its intent to maintain its Northeast regional headquarters in Montvale and to build a "state-of-the-art" assemblage training center in the borough as well.<sup id="cite_ref-304" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-304"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Building_permits">Building permits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Building permits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, Bergen County issued 1,903 new building permits for residential construction, the largest number in New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-305" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-305"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Retail">Retail</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Retail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Retail_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Retail industry">retail industry</a>, anchored in <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>, is a mainstay of the Bergen County economy, with a combined payroll of $1.7 billion as of 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest retail entities are described below in further detail: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Garden_State_Plaza">Garden State Plaza</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Garden State Plaza"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi.JPG/250px-9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi.JPG/375px-9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi.JPG/500px-9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Interior of the <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Plaza" title="Garden State Plaza">Garden State Plaza</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>, whose 07652 <a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> produces over $5 billion in <a href="/wiki/Retail" title="Retail">retail</a> sales annually, the top in the United States<sup id="cite_ref-Retail1_307-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retail1-307"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Retail2_308-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retail2-308"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Plaza" title="Garden State Plaza">Garden State Plaza</a> megamall is located in <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a>. The mall is owned and managed by <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>-based real estate management company <a href="/wiki/Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield" title="Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield">Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield</a>, and located at the intersection of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_4" title="New Jersey Route 4">Route 4</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_17" title="New Jersey Route 17">Route 17</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Parkway" title="Garden State Parkway">Garden State Parkway</a>, about 15 miles (24 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NJ.com_309-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJ.com-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opened in 1957 as the first suburban shopping mall in New Jersey,<sup id="cite_ref-NorthJersey_310-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorthJersey-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT1959_311-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT1959-311"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it contains 2,118,718 sq ft (196,835.3 m<sup>2</sup>) of leasable space,<sup id="cite_ref-GSP_312-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSP-312"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-313" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and housing over 300 stores,<sup id="cite_ref-NJ.com_309-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJ.com-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is the second-largest mall in New Jersey, the third-largest mall in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York metropolitan area</a>, and one of the highest-revenue producing malls in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-314" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-314"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Dream_Meadowlands">American Dream Meadowlands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: American Dream Meadowlands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AmericanDreamExterior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/AmericanDreamExterior.jpg/250px-AmericanDreamExterior.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/AmericanDreamExterior.jpg/375px-AmericanDreamExterior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/AmericanDreamExterior.jpg/500px-AmericanDreamExterior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1285" data-file-height="823" /></a><figcaption>The exterior of the <a href="/wiki/American_Dream_Meadowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="American Dream Meadowlands">American Dream Meadowlands</a> megamall in <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/American_Dream_Meadowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="American Dream Meadowlands">American Dream</a>, located 8 miles (13 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Plaza" title="Garden State Plaza">Garden State Plaza</a>, is another large retail and entertainment complex, situated in the <a href="/wiki/Meadowlands_Sports_Complex" title="Meadowlands Sports Complex">Meadowlands Sports Complex</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes10.2.15_315-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes10.2.15-315"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first and second of four opening stages occurred on October 25, 2019, and on December 5, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-NorthJersey7.3.19_316-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorthJersey7.3.19-316"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-317" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-317"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining opening stages occurred on October 1, 2020, and thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of January 2023, the megamall hosts over 200 stores and other commercial establishments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blue_laws">Blue laws</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Blue laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bergen County enforces one of the last remaining U.S. <a href="/wiki/Blue_laws_in_the_United_States#New_Jersey" title="Blue laws in the United States">blue laws</a> that cover most retail sales, other than food and gasoline (among other limited items). The law enforced in the county is actually a state law that each county could reject by voter <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a>, with 20 of the state's 21 counties having voted to reject the legal option to enforce the law.<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus one of the largest and most popular commercial shopping cores of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York metropolitan area</a><sup id="cite_ref-320" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-320"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is almost completely closed on Sunday. Grocery stores, convenience stores, gas stations, hotels, restaurants, pharmacies, entertainment venues, and any other exempted establishments that do not sell clothing, shoes, furniture, electronics, hardware, and home appliances are among the businesses allowed to operate. Furthermore, Bergen County has significant populations of <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jewish</a> (2000 estimate of 83,700) and <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> (2000 estimate of 6,473) residents whose observant members would not be celebrating the <a href="/wiki/Sunday_Sabbath" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Sabbath">Sunday Sabbath</a> with most of their <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> neighbors.<sup id="cite_ref-321" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-321"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The substantial <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Jew">Orthodox Jewish</a> minority is placed in the position of being unable to shop either on Sunday (due to the blue laws) or on Saturday (due to religious observance).<sup id="cite_ref-322" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-322"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, repeated attempts by voters to repeal the law have failed. A large part of the reason for maintaining the laws has been a desire by many Bergen County residents for relative tranquility and less traffic on one day of the week.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTBlue_324-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTBlue-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This desire for relative peace is most apparent in Paramus, where most of the county's largest <a href="/wiki/Shopping_mall" title="Shopping mall">shopping malls</a> are located, along the intersecting highways of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_4" title="New Jersey Route 4">Route 4</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_17" title="New Jersey Route 17">Route 17</a>, which are jam-packed on many Saturdays. Paramus has enacted blue laws of its own that are even more restrictive than those enforced by Bergen County,<sup id="cite_ref-325" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-325"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> banning all forms of "worldly employment" on Sundays, including white collar workers in office buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTBlue_324-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTBlue-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite these strict blue laws, Paramus (07652) has become the top retail <a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> in the United States, with the municipality generating over US$6 billion in annual retail sales.<sup id="cite_ref-ParamusNumberOneRetailZipCode_326-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ParamusNumberOneRetailZipCode-326"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local blue laws in Paramus were first proposed in 1957, while the Bergen Mall (since renamed as <a href="/wiki/The_Outlets_at_Bergen_Town_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="The Outlets at Bergen Town Center">The Outlets at Bergen Town Center</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Plaza" title="Garden State Plaza">Garden State Plaza</a> were under construction. The legislation was motivated by fears that the two new malls would aggravate the already severe highway congestion caused by local retail businesses along the borough's highways seven days a week and to preserve one day on which the roads were less congested.<sup id="cite_ref-327" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-327"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2012, Governor Chris Christie issued an executive order to temporarily suspend the blue law due to the effects of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy" title="Hurricane Sandy">Hurricane Sandy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-328" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-328"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The blue law was suspended on November 11 but was back in effect one week later.<sup id="cite_ref-329" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-329"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minimum_wage">Minimum wage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Minimum wage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2017, County Executive James Tedesco raised the <a href="/wiki/Minimum_wage" title="Minimum wage">minimum wage</a> for full-time Bergen County workers to $15 per hour gradually increasing over a 6-year period, an increase from the prevailing state minimum wage at the time of $8.44 hourly. The raise constituted the first such hike in the minimum wage paid to employees of any New Jersey county.<sup id="cite_ref-330" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-330"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_parks">State parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: State parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramapo_Mountain_State_Forest" title="Ramapo Mountain State Forest">Ramapo Mountain State Forest</a>, Mahwah</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Interstate_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Palisades Interstate Park">Palisades Interstate Park</a>, Fort Lee, Englewood Cliffs, Tenafly, Alpine</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State-owned_historical_sites">State-owned historical sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: State-owned historical sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Bridge_Landing" title="New Bridge Landing">New Bridge Landing</a>, River Edge, Teaneck and New Milford<sup id="cite_ref-331" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-331"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hermitage_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hermitage (New Jersey)">The Hermitage</a>, Ho-Ho-Kus<sup id="cite_ref-332" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-332"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steuben_House" title="Steuben House">Steuben House</a>, River Edge (at New Bridge Landing)<sup id="cite_ref-333" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-333"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_parks">County parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: County parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:712px;max-width:712px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:302px;max-width:302px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Overpeckhobel1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Overpeckhobel1.JPG/300px-Overpeckhobel1.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Overpeckhobel1.JPG/450px-Overpeckhobel1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Overpeckhobel1.JPG/600px-Overpeckhobel1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="412" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Overpeck County Park has several fields for various sports a turf football stadium with a track, a boat launch, and an amphitheater.<sup id="cite_ref-334" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-334"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Van_Saun_Park_Carousel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Van_Saun_Park_Carousel.jpg/200px-Van_Saun_Park_Carousel.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Van_Saun_Park_Carousel.jpg/300px-Van_Saun_Park_Carousel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Van_Saun_Park_Carousel.jpg/400px-Van_Saun_Park_Carousel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Van_Saun_County_Park" title="Van Saun County Park">Van Saun County Park</a> in Paramus features attractions including a train ride, a <a href="/wiki/Carousel" title="Carousel">carousel</a>, and a playground, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Zoological_park" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoological park">zoological park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-335" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-335"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saddle_River_County_Park_Duck_Pond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Saddle_River_County_Park_Duck_Pond.jpg/200px-Saddle_River_County_Park_Duck_Pond.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Saddle_River_County_Park_Duck_Pond.jpg/300px-Saddle_River_County_Park_Duck_Pond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Saddle_River_County_Park_Duck_Pond.jpg/400px-Saddle_River_County_Park_Duck_Pond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Saddle River County Park has a duck pond as well as many picnic areas, playgrounds, and many sports fields and courts.<sup id="cite_ref-336" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-336"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div></div></div> <ul><li>Bergen Equestrian Center, Leonia<sup id="cite_ref-337" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-337"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belmont_Hill_County_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belmont Hill County Park (page does not exist)">Belmont Hill County Park</a>, Garfield<sup id="cite_ref-338" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-338"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campgaw_Mountain_Reservation" title="Campgaw Mountain Reservation">Campgaw Mountain Reservation</a>, Mahwah, offers activities including skiing, snowboarding and hiking in an area covering 1,373 acres (556 ha)<sup id="cite_ref-339" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-339"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dahnert%27s_Lake_County_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dahnert's Lake County Park (page does not exist)">Dahnert's Lake County Park</a>, Garfield</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_County_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Darlington County Park (page does not exist)">Darlington County Park</a>, Mahwah</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=McFaul_Environmental_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McFaul Environmental Center (page does not exist)">McFaul Environmental Center</a>, Wyckoff</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramapo_Valley_County_Reservation" title="Ramapo Valley County Reservation">Ramapo Valley County Reservation</a>, Mahwah</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overpeck_County_Park" title="Overpeck County Park">Overpeck County Park</a>, Leonia, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riverside_County_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riverside County Park (page does not exist)">Riverside County Park</a>, Lyndhurst, North Arlington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascack_Brook_County_Park" title="Pascack Brook County Park">Pascack Brook County Park</a>, Westwood</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saddle_Ridge_Riding_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saddle Ridge Riding Area (page does not exist)">Saddle Ridge Riding Area</a>, Franklin Lakes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddle_River_County_Park" title="Saddle River County Park">Saddle River County Park</a>, Paramus, Glen Rock, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, Ridgewood</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Nelkin_County_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel Nelkin County Park (page does not exist)">Samuel Nelkin County Park</a>, Wallington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Saun_County_Park" title="Van Saun County Park">Van Saun County Park</a>, Paramus, including the Bergen County <a href="/wiki/Zoological_park" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoological park">Zoological Park</a>, the county's only zoo. The zoo was slated for an expansion as of 2016 which would nearly double its size from 12 to 23 acres and significantly diversify its population of animal <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-340" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-340"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wood_Dale_County_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wood Dale County Park (page does not exist)">Wood Dale County Park</a>, Woodcliff Lake</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County-owned_historical_sites">County-owned historical sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: County-owned historical sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baylor_Massacre" title="Baylor Massacre">Baylor Massacre</a> site, River Vale – location of a surprise attack on September 27, 1778, against the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons under the command of <a href="/wiki/George_Baylor" title="George Baylor">Colonel George Baylor</a> during the American Revolutionary War.<sup id="cite_ref-341" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-341"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Merritt_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Merritt (New Jersey)">Camp Merritt</a>, Cresskill<sup id="cite_ref-342" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-342"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell-Christie_House" title="Campbell-Christie House">Campbell-Christie House</a>, River Edge – a historic Dutch sandstone home that was moved from <a href="/wiki/New_Milford,_New_Jersey" title="New Milford, New Jersey">New Milford</a> to preserve the home from destruction.<sup id="cite_ref-343" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-343"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>343<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton_Tower" title="Easton Tower">Easton Tower</a>, Paramus<sup id="cite_ref-344" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-344"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garretson_Farm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Garretson Farm (page does not exist)">Garretson Farm</a>, Fair Lawn – a stone home dating to the 1720s that is one of the county's oldest surviving structures.<sup id="cite_ref-345" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-345"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gethsemane_Cemetery" title="Gethsemane Cemetery">Gethsemane Cemetery</a>, Little Ferry<sup id="cite_ref-346" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-346"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>346<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Washington Spring Garden, located in <a href="/wiki/Van_Saun_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Van Saun Park">Van Saun Park</a>, Paramus<sup id="cite_ref-347" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-347"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>347<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wortendyke_Barn" title="Wortendyke Barn">Wortendyke Barn</a>, Park Ridge<sup id="cite_ref-348" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-348"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>348<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Registered_Historic_Places_in_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Registered Historic Places in Bergen County, New Jersey">List of Registered Historic Places in Bergen County, New Jersey</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;justify-content:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-unbordered{padding:0 1.7em;margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{margin:0 1em 0 0.5em;flex:0 0 auto;min-height:24px}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content{display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap;flex:0 1 auto;padding:0.15em 0;column-gap:1em;align-items:baseline;margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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As it was twenty-six boroughs were created in the county from January 23, 1894, to December 18, of the same year."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1917/01/12/archives/exploding-shells-rain-four-hours-5000000-loss-last-of-great.html">"Exploding Shells Rain Four Hours – $5,000,000 Loss – Last of Great Consignment to Russia Blows Up in Kingsland, N.J. – 1,400 Workers Escape – Projectiles Bombard the Countryside and Hundreds Flee in Terror to Frozen Marshes – No Hint of a Plot – Fire Believed to Have Started from a Spark – Falling Shell Wrecks an Auto."</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, January 12, 1917. 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Accessed January 24, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Kevin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/campmerritt.html">"Camp Merritt"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101229160558/http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/campmerritt.html">Archived</a> December 29, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County Historical Society. Accessed January 24, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/gwb-80.html">"George Washington Bridge 80th Anniversary; The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey celebrates the 80th anniversary of the October 25, 1931 opening of the George Washington Bridge."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121228215800/http://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/gwb-80.html">Archived</a> December 28, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey" title="Port Authority of New York and New Jersey">Port Authority of New York and New Jersey</a>. 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Accessed January 24, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/700087/touches.html">Areas touching Bergen County</a>, MapIt. Accessed May 11, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13320">New Jersey County High Points</a>, Peakbagger.com. 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Accessed October 2, 2013. "Mr. McGreevey proposed Category 1 status today for Lake Tappan, a 3.5-billion-gallon reservoir created in 1967; for Woodcliff Lake, a 100-year-old, one-billion-gallon reservoir about 10 miles west of here; and for about 30 streams that flow into the two reservoirs. About 750,000 people in Bergen and Hudson Counties get water from them."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-weather-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-weather_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-weather_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USNJ0190">"Monthly Averages for Hackensack, New Jersey"</a>. The Weather Channel<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Accessed June 16, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ACS2013-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ACS2013_58-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ACS2013_58-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ACS2013_58-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP02/0500000US34003">DP02: Selected Social Characteristics in the United States from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Bergen County, New Jersey</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20200213022604/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP02/0500000US34003">Archived</a> February 13, 2020, at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. Accessed May 7, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Italian.html">Italian Ancestry</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070512200911/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Italian.html">Archived</a> May 12, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epodunk" class="mw-redirect" title="Epodunk">Epodunk</a>. Accessed September 3, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18650">Lodi, NJ Ancestry & Family History.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071111202931/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18650">Archived</a> November 11, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/EPodunk" title="EPodunk">EPodunk</a>. Accessed April 6, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18743">Franklin Lakes, NJ Ancestry & Family History.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071111234005/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18743">Archived</a> November 11, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Accessed April 6, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18761">Ramsey, NJ Ancestry & Family History.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071111194208/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18761">Archived</a> November 11, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/EPodunk" title="EPodunk">EPodunk</a>. Accessed April 6, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18756">Montvale, NJ Ancestry & Family History.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071112001510/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18756">Archived</a> November 12, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/EPodunk" title="EPodunk">EPodunk</a>. Accessed April 6, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18745">Woodcliff Lake, NJ Ancestry & Family History.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071111184350/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18745">Archived</a> November 11, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/EPodunk" title="EPodunk">EPodunk</a>. Accessed April 6, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US3422560&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=fairview&_cityTown=fairview&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=&reg=&_keyword=&_industry=">Census data for Fairview borough</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20200212050352/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US3422560&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=fairview&_cityTown=fairview&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=&reg=&_keyword=&_industry=">Archived</a> February 12, 2020, at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, Accessed March 29, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html">Colombian Ancestry by City.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011163422/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html">Archived</a> October 11, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/EPodunk" title="EPodunk">EPodunk</a>. 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Iranians celebrate Persian New Year with music, dance in Englewood"</a>. <i>northjersey.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northjersey.com/news/n-j-iranians-celebrate-persian-new-year-with-music-dance-in-englewood-1.747010">the original</a> on March 22, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Accessed April 9, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-176"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-176">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=504&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A504&_keyword=&_industry=">Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Arab</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071206103710/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=504&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A504&_keyword=&_industry=">Archived</a> December 6, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. 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Accessed May 11, 2015. "The intersection of Routes 4 and 17 in Paramus is one of the busiest in the world. Consider this: about 210,000 cars squeeze through the intersection every day on their way to a variety of destinations, including the adjacent Garden State Plaza shopping mall and the George Washington Bridge."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-182"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_182-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_182-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/mileage_Hudson.pdf">Hudson County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Department_of_Transportation" title="New Jersey Department of Transportation">New Jersey Department of Transportation</a>, March 2019. 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Here's a first look inside"</a>. <a href="/wiki/NJ.com" title="NJ.com">NJ.com</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.com/bergen/2019/12/indoor-ski-slope-at-american-dream-is-open-heres-a-first-look-inside.html">the original</a> on July 16, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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What to know about stores, parking, water park"</a>. <a href="/wiki/NJ.com" title="NJ.com">NJ.com</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201001223232/https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/10/american-dream-mega-mall-reopens-thursday-what-to-know-about-stores-parking-water-park.html">Archived</a> from the original on October 1, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 1,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=American+Dream+mega-mall+reopens+Thursday.+What+to+know+about+stores%2C+parking%2C+water+park.&rft.pub=NJ.com&rft.date=2020-10-01&rft.au=Pries%2C+Allison&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nj.com%2Fcoronavirus%2F2020%2F10%2Famerican-dream-mega-mall-reopens-thursday-what-to-know-about-stores-parking-water-park.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABergen+County%2C+New+Jersey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-319"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-319">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hanley, Robert. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/27/nyregion/bergen-stores-try-to-repeal-blue-laws.html">"Bergen Stores Try to Repeal Blue Laws"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, August 27, 1993. Accessed December 29, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-320"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-320">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globest.com/retail/advisor/1_54/advisor/16788-1.html">Paramus 07652</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517172031/http://www.globest.com/retail/advisor/1_54/advisor/16788-1.html">Archived</a> May 17, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, GlobeSt. Retail, October 3, 2005.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-321"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-321">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/34003_2000.asp">Bergen County, New Jersey: Religious Affiliations, 2000</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091504/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/34003_2000.asp">Archived</a> September 29, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Religion_Data_Archives" title="Association of Religion Data Archives">Association of Religion Data Archives</a>. Accessed December 14, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-322"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-322">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jstandard.com/articles/1441/1/Teaneck-considers-a-blue-move">"Teaneck considers a blue move"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Standard" title="Jewish Standard">Jewish Standard</a></i>, August 17, 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-323"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-323">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aberback, Brian. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140610181451/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-127654995.html">"Teaneck drops blue laws effort"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Record_(North_Jersey)" title="The Record (North Jersey)">The Record</a></i>, August 19, 2006. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Teaneck — Legal concerns have sunk the Township Council's plan to ask voters whether the town should be exempted from the Sunday blue laws."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTBlue-324"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYTBlue_324-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYTBlue_324-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_DePalma_(author)" title="Anthony DePalma (author)">DePalma, Anthony</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/04/realestate/in-new-jersey-paramus-blue-laws-crimp-office-leasing.html">"In New Jersey — Paramus Blue Laws Crimp Office Leasing"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, November 4, 1984. Accessed July 25, 2018. "Officials tried to regulate the effects of the tremendous growth on the borough by insisting that at least one day a week, Paramus be allowed to enjoy some of its former peace and quiet. In 1957, a law was passed banning all <i>worldly employment</i> on Sundays, forcing all the new stores and malls built in the celery fields to close for the day."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-325"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-325">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Firschein, Merry. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140610175944/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-130555415.html">Paramus mayor faces challenge</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Record_(North_Jersey)" title="The Record (North Jersey)">The Record</a></i>, October 31, 2006. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Both candidates said they would stand strong against any weakening of the blue laws, which keep most stores closed on Sunday, and would work to keep Paramus' laws the most restrictive in the state."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ParamusNumberOneRetailZipCode-326"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ParamusNumberOneRetailZipCode_326-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAllison_Pries2019" class="citation web cs1">Allison Pries (March 10, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.com/bergen/2019/03/more-shopping-money-is-spent-in-this-nj-town-than-on-rodeo-drive-take-that-cali.html">"Inside the N.J. town where retail spending beats Hollywood and tourism rivals Disney"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2019</span>. <q>The former farming community already sees more retail sales than any other zip code in the country...More than $6 billion in retail sales happen in Paramus each year.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Inside+the+N.J.+town+where+retail+spending+beats+Hollywood+and+tourism+rivals+Disney&rft.date=2019-03-10&rft.au=Allison+Pries&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nj.com%2Fbergen%2F2019%2F03%2Fmore-shopping-money-is-spent-in-this-nj-town-than-on-rodeo-drive-take-that-cali.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABergen+County%2C+New+Jersey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-327"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-327">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tompkins, John. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/02/archives/sunday-selling-plaguing-jersey-local-businesses-pushing-fight.html">"Sunday Selling Plaguing Jersey – Local Businesses Pushing Fight Against Activities of Stores on Highways – Other Group Active Local Option Opposed"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, June 2, 1957, p. 165. Accessed August 9, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-328"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-328">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Verdon, Joan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northjersey.com/news/178121571_Judge_sides_with_governor__county_over_blue_laws.html">"Judge sides with county executive over Bergen blue laws"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214146/http://www.northjersey.com/news/178121571_Judge_sides_with_governor__county_over_blue_laws.html">Archived</a> October 4, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Record_(North_Jersey)" title="The Record (North Jersey)">The Record</a></i>, November 9, 2012. Accessed October 7, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-329"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-329">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sullivan, S. P. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2012/11/bergen_county_execs_office_makes_clear_blue_laws_back_this_weekend.html">"Bergen County exec makes clear: Blue laws are back this weekend"</a>, <a href="/wiki/NJ.com" title="NJ.com">NJ.com</a>, November 16, 2012. Accessed October 7, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-330"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-330">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cowen, Richard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/11/21/minimum-wage-bergen-county-workers-now-15-hour/885116001/">"Minimum wage for Bergen County workers is now $15 an hour"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Record_(North_Jersey)" title="The Record (North Jersey)">The Record</a></i>, November 21, 2017. Accessed July 25, 2018. "Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco gave thanks for county workers on Tuesday when he signed an executive order that raises the minimum wage for full-time employees to $15 an hour. Tedesco, riding the progressive wave that swept Phil Murphy into office earlier this month, did his part to help the governor-elect deliver on one of his key campaign promises: to nearly double the minimum wage all around the state, which now stands at $8.44."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-331"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-331">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newbridgelanding.org/">Welcome</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160427223541/http://www.newbridgelanding.org/">Archived</a> April 27, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Bridge_Landing" title="New Bridge Landing">New Bridge Landing</a>. Accessed May 29, 2016. "New Bridge Landing was the site of a pivotal bridge crossing the Hackensack River, where General George Washington led his troops in retreat from British forces. Thearea is now a New Jersey historic site in portions of New Milford, River Edge and Teaneck in Bergen County, New Jersey."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-332"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-332">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehermitage.org/history/history_brief.html">A Brief History of The Hermitage</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160517022203/http://www.thehermitage.org/history/history_brief.html">Archived</a> May 17, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, The Hermitage Museum. Accessed May 29, 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-333"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-333">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Kevin W. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/steubenhsehistory.html">Steuben House History</a>, Bergen County Historical Society. Accessed May 29, 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-334"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-334">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/overpeck-county-park">Overpeck County Park</a>, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed July 28, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-335"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-335">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/van-saun-county-park">Van Saun County Park</a>, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed July 28, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-336"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-336">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/saddle-river-county-park">Saddle River County Park</a>, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed July 28, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-337"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-337">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bergenequestrian.com">Home Page</a>, Bergen Equestrian Center. Accessed July 28, 2022. "The Bergen Equestrian Center established in 1974 is a multi service horse facility on 22 acres of landscaped grounds providing a home for over 75 horses at Overpeck County Park in Leonia, New Jersey, (minutes away from the GWB.)"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-338"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-338">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/belmont-hill-county-park">Belmont Hill County Park</a>, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed July 28, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-339"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-339">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/campgaw-mountain-reservation">Campgaw Mountain Reservation</a>, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed July 28, 2022. "Campgaw Mountain Reservation offers unique opportunities such as archery, disc golf, skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing in a wooded setting. Hiking is available along the marked trails in this 1,373-acre wooded park."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-340"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-340">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTodd_South2016" class="citation web cs1">Todd South (June 9, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northjersey.com/news/plan-would-double-size-of-bergen-county-zoo-over-next-15-years-1.1612519">"Plan would double size of Bergen County Zoo over next 15 years"</a>. <i>northjersey.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 10,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=northjersey.com&rft.atitle=Plan+would+double+size+of+Bergen+County+Zoo+over+next+15+years&rft.date=2016-06-09&rft.au=Todd+South&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northjersey.com%2Fnews%2Fplan-would-double-size-of-bergen-county-zoo-over-next-15-years-1.1612519&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABergen+County%2C+New+Jersey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-341"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-341">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Baylor-Massacre-Burial-Site-6">Baylor Massacre Burial Site</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160406/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Baylor-Massacre-Burial-Site-6">Archived</a> December 30, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County. Accessed December 29, 2016. "On September 28, 1778 during America's Revolutionary War, there was a brutal surprise attack by British forces on the Third Continental Light Dragoons. It is known today as the Baylor Massacre. Now a County-owned historic park and burial ground, the Baylor Massacre Site is located in River Vale in northern Bergen County."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-342"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-342">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Camp-Merritt-Memorial-Monument-8">Camp Merritt Memorial Monument</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160254/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Camp-Merritt-Memorial-Monument-8">Archived</a> December 30, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County. Accessed December 29, 2016. "Camp Merritt Memorial Monument marks the center of an important World War I embarkation camp, where more than one million U.S. soldiers passed through on their way to and from the battlefields of Europe. In August 1919, Bergen County purchased land for the monument at the intersection of Madison Ave. and Knickerbocker Road in Cresskill."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-343"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-343">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/CampbellChristie-House-7">Campbell-Christie House</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160252/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/CampbellChristie-House-7">Archived</a> December 30, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County. Accessed December 29, 2016. "The Campbell-Christie House, an 18th century sandstone structure, is located in Historic New Bridge Landing Park, River Edge. This historic building originally stood at the intersection of Henley Ave. & River Rd. in New Milford. In 1977 in order to save it from demolition Bergen County purchased and financed its move and restoration."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-344"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-344">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Easton-Tower-9">Easton Tower</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170828062643/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Easton-Tower-9">Archived</a> August 28, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County. Accessed December 29, 2016. "Easton Tower is a unique site in Bergen County. This picturesque stone and wood frame structure was built along the Saddle River in 1900 as part of a landscaped park in the Arcola area of Paramus."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-345"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-345">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Garretson-Farm-10">Garretson Farm</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160256/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Garretson-Farm-10">Archived</a> December 30, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County. Accessed December 29, 2016. "Garretson Farm, near the Passaic River in Fair Lawn, is one of the oldest homesteads in Bergen County. The stone house and farm were occupied by six generations of the Garretson family, from 1720 through the middle of the 20th century. The house is one of the oldest buildings in Bergen County reflecting approximately 300 years of architectural changes."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-346"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-346">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Gethsamene-Cemetery-12">Gethsamene Cemetery</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160401/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Gethsamene-Cemetery-12">Archived</a> December 30, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County. Accessed December 29, 2016. "Gethsemane Cemetery, located west of the Hackensack River in southwest Bergen County, NJ, was founded in 1860 as a 'burial ground for the colored population of the Village of Hackensack.'"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-347"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-347">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/index.aspx?NID=1341">Washington Spring</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170108222111/http://co.bergen.nj.us/index.aspx?nid=1341">Archived</a> January 8, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County. Accessed December 29, 2016. " Washington Spring, located in Van Saun County Park, is associated with General George Washington and the movement of his Continental Army through Bergen County during the Revolutionary War."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-348"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-348">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/facilities/facility/details/Wortendyke-Barn-17">Wortendyke Barn</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160404/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/facilities/facility/details/Wortendyke-Barn-17">Archived</a> December 30, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bergen County. Accessed December 29, 2016. "Resting like a jewel is suburban New Jersey is the Wortendyke Barn Museum, a National Register landmark that is all that remains of the original 460-acre Wortendyke Farm."</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bogert, Frederick W. <i>Bergen County, New Jersey, History and Heritage, Volume II, The Colonial Days, 1630–1775</i>, Bergen County, N.J., The Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1983.</li> <li>Cornelius Burnham Harvey (ed.), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00harv"><i>Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen counties, New Jersey.</i></a> New York: New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Co., 1900.</li> <li>W. Woodford Clayton with William Nelson, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofbergen00clay"><i>History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men.</i></a> Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1882.</li> <li>James M. Van Valen, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historybergenco00valegoog"><i>History of Bergen County, New Jersey.</i></a> New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900.</li> <li>Westervelt, Frances A. <i>History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630–1923.</i> New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1923.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bergen_County,_New_Jersey&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output 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class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey"><span>Hackensack</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City_(New_Jersey)" title="City (New Jersey)">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of New Jersey highlighting Bergen County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg/80px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg/120px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg/160px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Bergen_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="1080" /></span><figcaption>Map of New Jersey highlighting Bergen County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_Jersey)" title="Borough (New Jersey)">Boroughs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allendale,_New_Jersey" title="Allendale, New Jersey">Allendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpine,_New_Jersey" title="Alpine, New Jersey">Alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogota,_New_Jersey" title="Bogota, New Jersey">Bogota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlstadt,_New_Jersey" title="Carlstadt, New Jersey">Carlstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffside_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Cliffside Park, New Jersey">Cliffside Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closter,_New_Jersey" title="Closter, New Jersey">Closter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cresskill,_New_Jersey" title="Cresskill, New Jersey">Cresskill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demarest,_New_Jersey" title="Demarest, New Jersey">Demarest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumont,_New_Jersey" title="Dumont, New Jersey">Dumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Elmwood Park, New Jersey">Elmwood Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerson,_New_Jersey" title="Emerson, New Jersey">Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Cliffs,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey">Englewood Cliffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairview,_New_Jersey" title="Fairview, New Jersey">Fairview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Lakes, New Jersey">Franklin Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Rock, New Jersey">Glen Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Harrington Park, New Jersey">Harrington Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasbrouck_Heights,_New_Jersey" title="Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey">Hasbrouck Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haworth,_New_Jersey" title="Haworth, New Jersey">Haworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsdale,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsdale, New Jersey">Hillsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ho-Ho-Kus,_New_Jersey" title="Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey">Ho-Ho-Kus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonia,_New_Jersey" title="Leonia, New Jersey">Leonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Ferry,_New_Jersey" title="Little Ferry, New Jersey">Little Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maywood,_New_Jersey" title="Maywood, New Jersey">Maywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Midland Park, New Jersey">Midland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montvale,_New_Jersey" title="Montvale, New Jersey">Montvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonachie,_New_Jersey" title="Moonachie, New Jersey">Moonachie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Milford,_New_Jersey" title="New Milford, New Jersey">New Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Arlington,_New_Jersey" title="North Arlington, New Jersey">North Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northvale,_New_Jersey" title="Northvale, New Jersey">Northvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_New_Jersey" title="Norwood, New Jersey">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_New_Jersey" title="Oakland, New Jersey">Oakland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Tappan,_New_Jersey" title="Old Tappan, New Jersey">Old Tappan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oradell,_New_Jersey" title="Oradell, New Jersey">Oradell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Palisades Park, New Jersey">Palisades Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Park Ridge, New Jersey">Park Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsey,_New_Jersey" title="Ramsey, New Jersey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield, New Jersey">Ridgefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Edge,_New_Jersey" title="River Edge, New Jersey">River Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockleigh,_New_Jersey" title="Rockleigh, New Jersey">Rockleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="Rutherford, New Jersey">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddle_River,_New_Jersey" title="Saddle River, New Jersey">Saddle River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenafly,_New_Jersey" title="Tenafly, New Jersey">Tenafly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teterboro,_New_Jersey" title="Teterboro, New Jersey">Teterboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Saddle_River,_New_Jersey" title="Upper Saddle River, New Jersey">Upper Saddle River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldwick,_New_Jersey" title="Waldwick, New Jersey">Waldwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallington,_New_Jersey" title="Wallington, New Jersey">Wallington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westwood,_New_Jersey" title="Westwood, New Jersey">Westwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood-Ridge,_New_Jersey" title="Wood-Ridge, New Jersey">Wood-Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodcliff_Lake,_New_Jersey" title="Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey">Woodcliff Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Township_(New_Jersey)" title="Township (New Jersey)">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst,_New_Jersey" title="Lyndhurst, New Jersey">Lyndhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Vale,_New_Jersey" title="River Vale, New Jersey">River Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochelle_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Rochelle Park, New Jersey">Rochelle Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddle_Brook,_New_Jersey" title="Saddle Brook, New Jersey">Saddle Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="South Hackensack, New Jersey">South Hackensack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey" title="Teaneck, New Jersey">Teaneck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Township,_Bergen_County,_New_Jersey" title="Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyckoff,_New_Jersey" title="Wyckoff, New Jersey">Wyckoff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Village_(New_Jersey)" title="Village (New Jersey)">Villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield Park, New Jersey">Ridgefield Park</a></li> 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title="Grantwood, New Jersey">Grantwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsland,_New_Jersey" title="Kingsland, New Jersey">Kingsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morsemere,_New_Jersey" title="Morsemere, New Jersey">Morsemere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radburn,_New_Jersey" title="Radburn, New Jersey">Radburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="West Englewood, New Jersey">West Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wortendyke,_New_Jersey" title="Wortendyke, New Jersey">Wortendyke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:New_Jersey_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:New Jersey (state)"><span>New Jersey portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Burlington_County,_New_Jersey" title="Burlington County, New Jersey">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_New_Jersey" title="Camden County, New Jersey">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_May_County,_New_Jersey" title="Cape May County, New Jersey">Cape May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_New_Jersey" title="Cumberland County, New Jersey">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Essex County, New Jersey">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Gloucester County, New Jersey">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monmouth County, New Jersey">Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_New_Jersey" title="Morris County, New Jersey">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_County,_New_Jersey" title="Ocean County, New Jersey">Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic County, New Jersey">Passaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem_County,_New_Jersey" title="Salem County, New Jersey">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Sussex County, New Jersey">Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union County, New Jersey">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_New_Jersey" title="Warren County, New Jersey">Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey">Franklin Township (Somerset)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Hamilton Township (Mercer)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoboken,_New_Jersey" title="Hoboken, New Jersey">Hoboken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lakewood Township, New Jersey">Lakewood Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_City,_New_Jersey" title="Ocean City, New Jersey">Ocean City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="Perth Amboy, New Jersey">Perth Amboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toms_River,_New_Jersey" title="Toms River, New Jersey">Toms River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_City,_New_Jersey" title="Union City, New Jersey">Union City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vineland,_New_Jersey" title="Vineland, New Jersey">Vineland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Woodbridge Township, New Jersey">Woodbridge Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" 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href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_County,_Connecticut" title="Litchfield County, Connecticut">Litchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monmouth County, New Jersey">Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroe County, Pennsylvania">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_New_Jersey" title="Morris County, New Jersey">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nassau_County,_New_York" title="Nassau County, New York">Nassau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_County,_Connecticut" title="New Haven County, Connecticut">New Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_County,_New_Jersey" title="Ocean County, New Jersey">Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_New_York" title="Orange County, New York">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passaic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic County, New Jersey">Passaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Pike County, Pennsylvania">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_New_York" title="Putnam County, New York">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockland_County,_New_York" title="Rockland County, New York">Rockland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_New_York" title="Suffolk County, New York">Suffolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Sussex County, New Jersey">Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_County,_New_York" title="Ulster County, New York">Ulster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union County, New Jersey">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Freiheitsstatue_NYC_full.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Freiheitsstatue_NYC_full.jpg/125px-Freiheitsstatue_NYC_full.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Freiheitsstatue_NYC_full.jpg/188px-Freiheitsstatue_NYC_full.jpg 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/>over 100,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Babylon,_New_York" title="Babylon, New York">Babylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut" title="Bridgeport, Connecticut">Bridgeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_New_York" title="Brookhaven, New York">Brookhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey" title="Edison, New Jersey">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hempstead,_New_York" title="Hempstead, New York">Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_New_York" title="Huntington, New York">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islip,_New_York" title="Islip, New York">Islip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Lakewood Township, New Jersey">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Hempstead,_New_York" title="North Hempstead, New York">North Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyster_Bay,_New_York" title="Oyster Bay, New York">Oyster Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithtown,_New_York" title="Smithtown, New York">Smithtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterbury,_Connecticut" title="Waterbury, Connecticut">Waterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodbridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Woodbridge Township, New Jersey">Woodbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003884; color: #FF6600;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />over 25,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayonne,_New_Jersey" title="Bayonne, New Jersey">Bayonne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey" title="Bergenfield, New Jersey">Bergenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernards_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bernards Township, New Jersey">Bernards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branford,_Connecticut" title="Branford, Connecticut">Branford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brick_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Brick Township, New Jersey">Brick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgewater Township, New Jersey">Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmel,_New_York" title="Carmel, New York">Carmel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut" title="Cheshire, Connecticut">Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton,_New_Jersey" title="Clifton, New Jersey">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortlandt,_New_York" title="Cortlandt, New York">Cortlandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danbury,_Connecticut" title="Danbury, Connecticut">Danbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastchester,_New_York" title="Eastchester, New York">Eastchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="East Brunswick, New Jersey">East Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Haven,_Connecticut" title="East Haven, Connecticut">East Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Orange,_New_Jersey" title="East Orange, New Jersey">East Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Windsor,_New_Jersey" title="East Windsor, New Jersey">East Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey" title="Englewood, New Jersey">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewing_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Ewing Township, New Jersey">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Connecticut" title="Fairfield, Connecticut">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Township,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey">Franklin Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freehold_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Freehold Township, New Jersey">Freehold Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenburgh,_New_York" title="Greenburgh, New York">Greenburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut" title="Greenwich, Connecticut">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamden,_Connecticut" title="Hamden, Connecticut">Hamden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Hillsborough Township, New Jersey">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoboken,_New_Jersey" title="Hoboken, New Jersey">Hoboken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howell_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Howell Township, New Jersey">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Jackson Township, New Jersey">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearny,_New_Jersey" title="Kearny, New Jersey">Kearny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston,_New_Jersey" title="Livingston, New Jersey">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_New_York" title="Long Beach, New York">Long Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Branch,_New_Jersey" title="Long Branch, New Jersey">Long Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamaroneck,_New_York" title="Mamaroneck, New York">Mamaroneck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manalapan_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Manalapan Township, New Jersey">Manalapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maplewood,_New_Jersey" title="Maplewood, New Jersey">Maplewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Marlboro Township, New Jersey">Marlboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meriden,_Connecticut" title="Meriden, Connecticut">Meriden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Middletown Township, New Jersey">Middletown, NJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Orange_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Middletown, Orange County, New York">Middletown, NY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_Connecticut" title="Milford, Connecticut">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_Township,_Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montclair,_New_Jersey" title="Montclair, New Jersey">Montclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olive_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Mount Olive Township, New Jersey">Mount Olive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_New_York" title="Mount Vernon, New York">Mount Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naugatuck,_Connecticut" title="Naugatuck, Connecticut">Naugatuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Milford,_Connecticut" title="New Milford, Connecticut">New Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Rochelle,_New_York" title="New Rochelle, New York">New Rochelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York" title="Newburgh, New York">Newburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtown,_Connecticut" title="Newtown, Connecticut">Newtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="North Brunswick, New Jersey">North Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut" title="Norwalk, Connecticut">Norwalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Bridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Old Bridge Township, New Jersey">Old Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange,_New_Jersey" title="Orange, New Jersey">Orange, NJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossining_(town),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Ossining (town), New York">Ossining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Tree,_New_York" title="Palm Tree, New York">Palm Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsippany%E2%80%93Troy_Hills,_New_Jersey" title="Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey">Parsippany–Troy Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passaic,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic, New Jersey">Passaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Amboy,_New_Jersey" title="Perth Amboy, New Jersey">Perth Amboy</a></li> <li><a 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