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Table 1.III |
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Land Area and Population per Square Mile in the New York - Northern New Jersey - Long Island (NY-NJ-PA) MSA 1990, 2000, 2006 |
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| Land Area | Population per square mile | |||||
| County | (Sq. miles) | 1990 | 2000 | Percentage change from 1990 to 2000 |
2006 | Percentage change from 2000 to 2006 |
| New York City | ||||||
| Bronx | 42.06 | 28,641 | 31,709 | 10.7 | 32,361 | 2.1 |
| Kings (Brooklyn) | 70.61 | 32,619 | 34,917 | 7.0 | 35,430, | 1.5 |
| New York | 22.96 | 52,419 | 66,940 | 27.7 | 70,739 | 5.7 |
| Queens | 109.24 | 17,839 | 20,409 | 14.4 | 20,790 | 1.9 |
| Richmond (Staten Island) | 58.48 | 6,467 | 7,588 | 17.3 | 8,185 | 7.9 |
| Weighted Average for NYC | 60.66 | 23,201 | 26,402 | 13.8 |
27,152 | 2.8 |
| New York State | ||||||
| Nassau | 286.69 | 4,489 | 4,655 | 3.7 | 4,659 | 0.1 |
| Putnam | 231.28 | 363 | 414 | 14.2 | 435 | 5.1 |
| Rockland | 174.22 | 1,524 | 1,646 | 8.0 | 1,693 | 2.9 |
| Suffolk | 912.2 | 1,451 | 1,556 | 7.3 | 1,612 | 3.6 |
| Westchester | 432.82 | 2,021 | 2,134 | 5.6 | 2,193 | 2.8 |
| Weighted Average for NY State | 407 | 1,882 |
1,993 |
5.9 |
2,038 | 2.2 |
| New Jersey/Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Bergen | 234.17 | 3,524 | 3,776 | 7.1 | 3,882 | 2.8 |
| Essex | 126.27 | 6,162 | 6,285 | 2.0 | 6,229 | -0.9 |
| Hudson | 46.69 | 11,855 | 13,044 | 10.0 | 13,010 | -0.3 |
| Hunterdon | 429.94 | 251 | 284 | 13.2 | 306 | 7.9 |
| Middlesex | 309.72 | 2,163 | 2,422 | 12.0 | 2,549 | 5.2 |
| Monmouth | 471.94 | 1,172 | 1,304 | 11.2 | 1,355 | 3.9 |
| Morris | 468.99 | 898 | 1,003 | 11.6 | 1,072 | 6.9 |
| Ocean | 636.28 | 681 | 803 | 17.9 | 894 | 11.3 |
| Passaic | 185.29 | 2,448 | 2,639 | 7.8 | 2,685 | 1.7 |
| Somerset | 304.69 | 789 | 976 | 23.8 | 1,074 | 10.0 |
| Sussex | 521.26 | 251 | 277 | 10.1 | 294 | 6.3 |
| Union | 103.29 | 4,781 | 5,059 | 5.8 | 5,148 | 1.8 |
| Pike, PA | 546.81 | 51 | 85 | 65.8 | 106 | 25.1 |
| Weighted Average for NJ/PA | 4,385.34 |
888 |
997 |
12.4 |
1,056 | 5.8 |
| Source: | ||||||
| U.S. Census Bureau; Land Area, Population and Density for States and Counties: 1980, 1990, 2000, 2006(estimates). | ||||||