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: 26,077 out, 24,935 in, net +1,142
2020→2021: 26,747 out, 24,054 in, net +2,693
2021→2022: 26,481 out, 22,969 in, net +3,512
2022→2023: 24,484 out, 22,978 in, net +1,506
Where Union County, NJ's Leavers Went, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from Union 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.
Middlesex County (NJ)4,376
Essex County (NJ)3,317
Somerset County (NJ)2,251
Hudson County (NJ)1,248
Morris County (NJ)1,154
Monmouth County (NJ)844
Ocean County (NJ)779
New York County (NY)645
Bergen County (NJ)638
Kings County (NY)463
Where Union County, NJ's Arrivals Came From, 2022→2023
Each number below is people who moved specifically from that one county to Union County, NJ,
in this one year -- not that county's own total loss to everywhere else.