Gloucester County

Also known as Gloucester County, New Jersey, Gloucester County, NJ

county in New Jersey, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Named after: Gloucester / Gloucestershire , England
Seat: Woodbury
Largest municipality: Washington Township (population), Franklin Township (area)
Commission director: Frank J. DiMarco ( D , Deptford Township )
Total: 336.77 sq mi (872.2 km )
Land: 322.00 sq mi (834.0 km )
Water: 14.77 sq mi (38.3 km ) 4.4%
Estimate 2025: 312,638
Density: 938.8/sq mi (362.5/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional districts: 1st , 2nd
Website: https://gloucestercountynj.gov/

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Wikidata facts

Population: 302294
Area: 873
Official website: www.co.gloucester.nj.us
Image: GLOUCESTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WOODBURY, NJ.jpg
Households: 106376

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Commons category: Gloucester County, New Jersey
inception: 1686-01-01
water as percent of area: 4.5
native label: Gloucester County
per capita income: 40557

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Gloucester County (/ˈɡlɒstər/ GLOST-ər) is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 14th-most populous county with a population of 302,294, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 14,006 (+4.9%) from the 288,288 counted in the 2010 census, which in turn represented an increase of 33,615 (+13.2%) from the 2000 census population of 254,673. The United States Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program estimated a 2025 population of 312,638, an increase of 10,344 (+3.4%) from the 2020 decennial census. Its county seat is Woodbury. The county is part of the South Jersey region of the state.

The county's largest municipality by population in 2020 was Washington Township, with a population of 48,677, while the largest municipality by area was Franklin Township, which covered 56.39 square miles (146.0 km).