Newark-Union, NJ-PA

1959‑1983:		Newark, NJ SMSA in New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SCSA
1983‑1992:		Newark, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
1992‑1993:		Not defined
1993‑2003:		Newark, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
2003‑2006:		Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Division in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area in New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Essex County, NJ	905,949	923,545	929,986	851,116	778,206	793,633	789,166

Hunterdon County, NJ	42,736	54,107	69,718	87,361	107,776	121,989	130,042

Morris County, NJ	164,371	261,620	383,454	407,630	421,353	470,212	490,084

Somerset County, NJ	99,052	143,913	198,372	203,129	240,279	297,490	319,830

Sussex County, NJ	34,423	49,255	77,528	116,119	130,943	144,166	152,726

Union County, NJ	398,138	504,255	543,116	504,094	493,819	522,541	530,710

Warren County, NJ	54,374	63,220	73,879	84,429	91,607	102,437	110,317

Pike County, PA	8,425	9,158	11,818	18,271	27,966	46,302	56,180



Total	-	1,689,420	1,856,556	1,965,969	1,824,321	2,032,989	2,148,908
Percent Change	-	-	9.9%	5.9%	-7.2%	11.4%	5.7%



Total (as currently defined)	1,554,042	1,801,940	2,015,620	1,984,591	1,960,063	2,098,843	2,148,908
Percent Change	-	16.0%	11.9%	-1.5%	-1.2%	7.1%	2.4%

Timeline

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Component

Essex County, NJ

Hunterdon County, NJ

Morris County, NJ

Somerset County, NJ

Sussex County, NJ

Union County, NJ

Warren County, NJ

Pike County, PA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Newark, NJ	438,776	405,220	*	382,417	*	329,248	*	275,221	*	273,546	*	280,666	*

Elizabeth, NJ	112,817	107,698		112,654		106,201		110,002	*	120,568		125,809

Union, NJ	38,004	51,499		53,077		50,184		50,024		54,405		55,326	*



Total	0	405,220		382,417		329,248		385,223		273,546		335,992
Metro	0	1,689,420		1,856,556		1,965,969		1,824,321		2,032,989		2,148,908
Percent		24.0%		20.6%		16.7%		21.1%		13.5%		15.6%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

City

Newark, NJ

Elizabeth, NJ

Union, NJ

Urban/Rural Population



1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,617,530	95.7%
		UA Population		1,614,765	95.6%
	Rural Population			71,890	4.3%

	Inside Central Cities			405,220	24.0%
	Outside Central Cities			1,284,200	76.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,689,420	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ		14,114,927	1,614,765	11.4%

	Total			1,614,765


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,940,775	94.4%
		UA Population		1,928,095	93.8%
	Rural Population			114,153	5.6%

	Inside Central Cities			382,417	18.6%
	Outside Central Cities			1,672,511	81.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,054,928	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ		16,206,841	1,928,095	11.9%

	Total			1,928,095


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,743,255	92.8%
		UA Population		1,716,898	91.4%
	Rural Population			135,704	7.2%

	Inside Central Cities			435,449	23.2%
	Outside Central Cities			1,443,510	76.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,878,959	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ		15,590,274	1,716,898	11.0%

	Total			1,716,898


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,731,492	90.4%
		UA Population		1,676,233	87.5%
	Rural Population			184,436	9.6%

	Inside Central Cities			275,221	14.4%
	Outside Central Cities			1,640,707	85.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,915,928	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ		410,436	24,817	6.0%
	New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ		16,044,012	1,651,416	10.3%

	Total			1,676,233


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,897,940	90.4%
		UA Population		1,839,665	87.7%
	Rural Population			200,903	9.6%

	Inside Principal Cities			327,951	15.6%
	Outside Principal Cities			1,770,892	84.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,098,843	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ		576,408	831	0.1%
	New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT		17,799,861	1,838,834	10.3%

	Total			1,839,665


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		Essex County, NJ included as original component of New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Morris County, NJ included as original component of New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Somerset County, NJ included as original component of New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Union County, NJ included as original component of New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Warren County, NJ included as original component of Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ SMA


Jun 1959



-		New SMSA: Newark, NJ SMSA
-		Essex County, NJ included as original SMSA component, transferred from New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Morris County, NJ included as original SMSA component, transferred from New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Somerset County, NJ included as original component of New York, NY SMSA, transferred from New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Union County, NJ included as original SMSA component, transferred from New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Newark, NJ designated as original central city of new SMSA


Nov 1959



-		Somerset County, NJ added to New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SCSA, transferred from New York, NY SMSA


Nov 1971



-		Somerset County, NJ deleted from New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SCSA, reverted to nonmetro status


Apr 1973



-		Somerset County, NJ added


Jun 1983



-		Newark, NJ SMSA in New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SCSA became Newark, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
-		Hunterdon County, NJ added to Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
-		Somerset County, NJ transferred to Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
-		Sussex County, NJ added
-		Elizabeth, NJ designated as central city of PMSA


Dec 1992



-		Newark, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA abolished
-		Essex County, NJ transferred to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Hunterdon County, NJ added to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA, transferred from Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
-		Morris County, NJ transferred to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Somerset County, NJ added to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA, transferred from Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
-		Sussex County, NJ transferred to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Union County, NJ transferred to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Warren County, NJ added to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA, transferred from Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA
-		Pike County, PA added to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Newark, NJ transferred to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA, designated as central city of PMSA
-		Elizabeth, NJ no longer designated as central city


Jun 1993



-		PMSA reestablished: Newark, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Essex County, NJ included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Hunterdon County, NJ included as original component of reestablished Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Morris County, NJ included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Somerset County, NJ included as original component of reestablished Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Sussex County, NJ included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Union County, NJ included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Warren County, NJ included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Pike County, PA added to Newburgh, NY-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Newark, NJ designated as original central city of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Title of Newark, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA changed to Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Division in New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area in New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
-		Hunterdon County, NJ added, transferred from Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Warren County, NJ transferred to Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area
-		Pike County, PA added, transferred from Newburgh, NY-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Union, NJ designated as principal city of Metro Division

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