523,053 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.9% since 2020)
461 square miles of land · 1,135 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.
64 active community water systems list Morris County in the area they serve, reporting 631,732 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - SHORT HILLS surface water · private · NJ0712001 | 217,230 served |
| SOUTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY MUA surface water · local government · NJ1424001 | 62,349 served |
| PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · NJ1429001 | 50,400 served |
| DOVER WATER COMMISSION groundwater · local government · NJ1409001 | 27,806 served |
| MONTVILLE TWP MUA buys surface water · local government · NJ1421003 | 22,000 served |
| DENVILLE TWP WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · NJ1408001 | 15,881 served |
| MADISON WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · NJ1417001 | 15,820 served |
| RANDOLPH TWP PUBLIC WORKS DEPT buys groundwater · local government · NJ1432003 | 14,820 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 237 people were held in Morris County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 71 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 219.
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.
39 school districts have their office in Morris County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $209.1 million — $194.9 million to run schools, about $27,575 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $156.8 million local (mostly property tax), $47.8 million state, $7.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $21 million.
Spent $169.7 million — $147.6 million to run schools, about $25,978 per student, plus $10.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $109.9 million local (mostly property tax), $47.6 million state, $7.1 million federal.
Spent $128.8 million — $122.4 million to run schools, about $25,749 per student, plus $4.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $80.3 million local (mostly property tax), $50.8 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.2 million.
Spent $118.6 million — $110.6 million to run schools, about $26,218 per student, plus $4.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $88.8 million local (mostly property tax), $31.3 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.9 million.
Spent $98.4 million — $91.8 million to run schools, about $25,247 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $76.5 million local (mostly property tax), $24.1 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.6 million.
Spent $96.5 million — $85 million to run schools, about $23,594 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.2 million local (mostly property tax), $64.5 million state, $11.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.6 million.
Spent $110.9 million — $103.2 million to run schools, about $29,756 per student, plus $5.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $81.9 million local (mostly property tax), $27.6 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.5 million.
Spent $101.6 million — $94.9 million to run schools, about $27,499 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $70 million local (mostly property tax), $27.5 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $550,000.
And 31 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Morris County about $208.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
509 bridges in Morris County: 99 in good condition, 383 fair, and 27 poor (5.3%). “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 23 over PEQU RIV RR HMBG TPK SB · built 1934 | 63,188 vehicles a day |
| I-80 EASTBOUND over HOWARD BLVD. (CR 615) · built 1959 | 53,919 vehicles a day |
| I-80 WB over HOWARD BOULEVARD (615) · built 1959 | 53,919 vehicles a day |
| NJ 15 SB over ROCKWAY RIVER · built 1900 | 37,033 vehicles a day |
| NJ 15 NB over ABAND MT HOPE MINERAL RR · built 1958 | 25,996 vehicles a day |
| HANOVER AVE(CR650) over I-287 · built 1973 | 24,300 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $204.4 million of work in Morris County in fiscal 2025, about $401 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 Morris 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 Morris County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Essex County (16 mi) · Passaic County (18 mi) · Union County (19 mi) · Somerset County (21 mi) · Sussex County (21 mi) · Warren County (24 mi).