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Mercer County
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county in New Jersey, United States
Mercer County is a county located in New Jersey that includes cities like Trenton, the state capital. It serves as an important urban and economic center in the region, with a significant population and historical importance to New Jersey.
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- Named after
- Hugh Mercer
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New Jersey
- Contains
- Pennington
- Capital
- Trenton
- Population
- 387340
- Area
- 593
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Millstone River
- Shares border with
- Hunterdon County
- Official website
- www.mercercounty.org
- Image
- 2014-08-30 11 07 51 View of Mercer County Court House in Trenton, New Jersey from the east.JPG
- Households
- 131440
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Mercer County, New Jersey
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- Template:Mercer County, New Jersey
- Commons category
- Mercer County, New Jersey
- topic's main category
- Category:Mercer County, New Jersey
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Mercer County, New Jersey
- inception
- 1838-00-00
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Mercer County, New Jersey
- different from
- Mercer County
- water as percent of area
- 1.89
- native label
- Mercer County
- per capita income
- 44532
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Encyclopedic overview
Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, also the state capital, prompting its nickname The Capital County. Mercer County alone constitutes the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan statistical area and is considered part of the New York combined statistical area by the U.S. Census Bureau, but also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is included within the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Media Market Area. The county is part of the Central Jersey region of the state.
As of the 2020 United States census, the county retained its position as the state's 12th-most-populous county, with a population of 387,340, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 20,827 (+5.7%) from the 366,513 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn had reflected an increase of 15,752 (+4.5%) from the 350,761 enumerated at the 2000 census The United States Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program estimated a 2025 population of 399,289, an increase of 11,949 (+3.1%) from the 2020 decennial census. The most populous municipality in Mercer County at the 2020 census was Hamilton Township, with 92,297 residents, while Hopewell Township was the largest in area.
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