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Morris County, New Jersey

Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km) west of New York City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 470,212, and grew to 487,548 as of the Census Bureau's 2008 estimate. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown. Morris County was the sixth-wealthiest county in the United States by median household income, and ranked tenth by per capita income. It is the ninth-wealthiest county in the United States by personal per-capita income, the highest rank in New Jersey. The county ranked third in the New York Metropolitan area in terms of median income.

The area of Morris County was inhabited by the Lenape prior to the coming of the Europeans. Although trading with the Lenape had occurred consistently while the area was part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, European settlements only began in the early 1700s while it was the English Province of New Jersey. Morris County was created on March 15, 1739, from portions of Hunterdon County. The county was named for the Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Colonel Lewis Morris. In later years Sussex County (on June 8, 1753) and, after the revolution, Warren County (on November 20, 1824, from portions of Sussex County) were carved out of what had been the original area of Morris County under English rule. The county was the site of two winter encampments by the Continental Army, including the worst the army ever spent, 1779-1780.

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As of the census of 2000, there were 470,212 people, 169,711 households, and 124,907 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,003 people per square mile. There were 174,379 housing units at an average density of 372 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 87.20% White, 2.80% Black or African American, 0.12% Native American, 6.26% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.01% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. 7.79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 21.5% were of Italian, 14.5% Irish, 10.6% German, 5.5% Polish and 5.5% English ancestry according to Census 2000. In 2005 78.5% of Morris County's population was non-Hispanic whites. African Americans constituted 3.1% of the population. 8.0% of the population was Asian. 1.0% of the population reported two or more races. These figures did not include any people in the category "Some other race". Latinos were 9.7% of the population, all except 0.5% of whom classified as white. In 2000 There were 169,711 households out of which 35.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.80% were married couples living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.40% were non-families. 21.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.18. In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 6.40% from 18 to 24, 31.90% from 25 to 44, 25.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

Hispanics constituted a majority of the population in Dover and over a quarter of the people in Morristown; over 18% of Americans in Parsippany-Troy Hills are Asian Americans. There are fairly equal numbers of Irish American and German American residents. The Jewish American community is strong in specific areas, such as Randolph, Rockaway, and Morristown. Lincoln Park (26.7%), Montville (26.8%), East Hanover (41.8%), Pequannock Township (29.2%), and Riverdale (33.5%) have significant Italian American populations, along with other northern and eastern communities, while the rest of the county is more mixed with populations of Irish and German ancestries. Wharton (20.8%), Denville (25.1%), and Mine Hill (23.5%) are Irish American. In 2009, Forbes magazine ranked the county sixth best place in the nation to raise a family. This was the best of any county in the state. The ranking was mainly due to the high graduation rate of 98>4%, employment possibilities from area industry.

The County College of Morris is a two-year public community college serving students from Morris County. The school's campus is in Randolph and was founded in 1965. Another two-year college, the private Roman Catholic women's college Assumption College for Sisters, is in Mendham.

The Florham Park-Madison-Convent Station area is also the home of three universities. The College at Florham, a campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, is located on the border of these three towns. Drew University is a small, private university in Madison. The College of Saint Elizabeth is a private Roman Catholic, four-year, liberal arts women's college located in Convent Station.

The following is a list of the municipalities in Morris County. Other, unincorporated areas in the county are listed below their parent municipality (or municipalities, as the case may be). Most of these areas are census-designated places that have been created by the United States Census Bureau for enumeration purposes within a township. Other communities and enclaves that exist within a municipality are marked with an asterisk (*) next to the name.

Boonton Town

Boonton Township

Butler

Chatham Borough

Chatham Township

Chester Borough

Chester Township

Denville Township

Indian Lake*

Union Hill*

Cedar Lake*

Estling Lake*

Dover

East Hanover Township

Florham Park

Hanover Township

Cedar Knolls*

Whippany*

Harding Township

Green Village*

New Vernon*

Jefferson Township

Picatinny Arsenal*

Kinnelon

Lincoln Park

Long Hill Township

Gillette*

Meyersville*

Millington*

Stirling*

Madison

Mendham Borough

Mendham Township

Brookside*

Ralston*

Pleasant Valley*

Mine Hill Township

Montville Township

Pine Brook*

Towaco*

Morris Plains

Morris Township

Collinsville*

Convent Station*

Washington Valley*

Morristown

Mount Arlington

Mount Olive Township

Budd Lake

Flanders*

Mountain Lakes

Netcong

Parsippany-Troy Hills Township

Greystone Park*

Lake Hiawatha*

Lake Parsippany*

Parsippany*

Troy Hills*

Pequannock Township

Pompton Plains*

Randolph Township

Mount Freedom*

Riverdale

Rockaway Borough

Rockaway Township

Hibernia*

Lake Telemark*

White Meadow Lake*

Green Pond*

Picatinny Arsenal*

Roxbury Township

Landing*

Ledgewood*

Port Morris*

Succasunna-Kenvil

Flanders*

Victory Gardens

Washington Township

Long Valley

Wharton

 

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