978,641 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.6% since 2020)
233 square miles of land · 4,204 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
22 active community water systems list Bergen County in the area they serve, reporting 1,145,253 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK surface water · private · NJ0238001 | 792,713 served |
| RIDGEWOOD WATER buys surface water · local government · NJ0251001 | 61,700 served |
| FAIR LAWN WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · NJ0217001 | 35,564 served |
| GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · NJ0221001 | 30,487 served |
| MAHWAH WATER DEPARTMENT surface water · local government · NJ0233001 | 26,777 served |
| PASSAIC VALLEY WC LODI WD buys surface water · local government · NJ0231001 | 24,136 served |
| LYNDHURST WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · NJ0232001 | 22,000 served |
| ELMWOOD PARK WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · NJ0211001 | 20,374 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 396 people were held in Bergen County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 64 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 745.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
74 school districts have their office in Bergen County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $147.8 million — $138.8 million to run schools, about $24,972 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $117.1 million local (mostly property tax), $35.9 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $30.9 million.
Spent $146.3 million — $132.2 million to run schools, about $23,906 per student, plus $6.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $104.2 million local (mostly property tax), $45.9 million state, $7.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $41 million.
Spent $186.1 million — $165.8 million to run schools, about $31,450 per student, plus $11.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $94 million local (mostly property tax), $70 million state, $17.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.3 million.
Spent $158.1 million — $142.7 million to run schools, about $29,806 per student, plus $11.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $36.6 million local (mostly property tax), $100.6 million state, $8.8 million federal.
Spent $106.4 million — $95.5 million to run schools, about $23,677 per student, plus $7.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $78.8 million local (mostly property tax), $24.3 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $52.7 million.
Spent $148.5 million — $134.6 million to run schools, about $35,030 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $100.9 million local (mostly property tax), $36.5 million state, $12.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.7 million.
Spent $100.1 million — $94.9 million to run schools, about $25,973 per student, plus $2.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $56.1 million local (mostly property tax), $37.7 million state, $7.3 million federal.
Spent $128.3 million — $114.2 million to run schools, about $31,390 per student, plus $6.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $97.9 million local (mostly property tax), $27 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.1 million.
And 66 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bergen County about $321.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
577 bridges in Bergen County: 112 in good condition, 438 fair, and 27 poor (4.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| NJ 17 over NYS & W RR SPUR · built 1932 | 113,043 vehicles a day |
| NJ 17 over NYS & W RR · built 1931 | 113,043 vehicles a day |
| NJ 17 over WEST CENTRAL AVENUE · built 1931 | 113,005 vehicles a day |
| NJ 4 over TEANECK ROAD · built 1931 | 93,416 vehicles a day |
| NJ 4 over HACKENSACK RIVR & ROAD · built 1931 | 92,076 vehicles a day |
| NJ 4 over PALSD AV WNDSR RD&CSX RR · built 1931 | 90,670 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $432.4 million of work in Bergen County in fiscal 2025, about $452 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for New Jersey are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Bergen County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Bergen County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Passaic County (13 mi) · Rockland County, NY (14 mi) · New York County, NY (14 mi) · Bronx County, NY (14 mi) · Essex County (15 mi) · Hudson County (16 mi).