Real IRS tax-return address changes, not a Census population estimate -- people who
actually filed from a different county the following year. Positive means more people
left than arrived; negative means the reverse. See the
reporting-vs-reality read of this same data
for how this compares against the Census's own population-change numbers.
2019→2020: 38,381 out, 32,844 in, net +5,537
2020→2021: 38,370 out, 31,568 in, net +6,802
2021→2022: 35,999 out, 30,016 in, net +5,983
2022→2023: 34,842 out, 29,200 in, net +5,642
Where Essex County, NJ's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from Essex County, NJ to that one
county, in this one year -- not that county's own total gain from every source. Select it
in the picker above to see its own totals.
Union County (NJ)5,043
Hudson County (NJ)2,673
Morris County (NJ)2,640
Middlesex County (NJ)2,008
Bergen County (NJ)1,989
Passaic County (NJ)1,939
Kings County (NY)1,175
New York County (NY)1,122
Somerset County (NJ)854
Bronx County (NY)721
Where Essex County, NJ's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to Essex County, NJ,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.