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Community Profile: Ocean County, NJ

Introduction

Ocean County, NJ is located in the Atlantic Coastal Plain in central New Jersey and is part of the Edison, NJ metropolitan division (MD). This MD is part of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA metropolitan statistical area (MSA).

Ocean County is the second-largest county in the state in geographic terms and is one of four New Jersey counties that border the Atlantic Ocean. The county lies between the greater New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. Toms River, in Dover Township, serves as the county seat. Ocean County borders the counties of Monmouth, Atlantic, and Burlington.

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• Historical Information
• Demographics and Economic Data
• Financial Institutions and Market Share Data
• Community Organizations
• Funding Sources

Maps

The maps provided below illustrate the location of Ocean County, NJ. In addition, there are maps that indicate income levels by census tract and areas of concentrated poverty.

• Location of Ocean County, NJ relative to other areas in the Northeast section of the United States (PDF, 274 KB)
• Location of Ocean County, NJ within the Third Federal Reserve District (PDF, 110 KB)
• Overview of 2007 income levels by census tract for Ocean County, NJ (PDF, 434 KB)
• Overview of 2007 income levels by census tract for the Toms River CDP (PDF, 271 KB)
• Overview of 2000 poverty levels for Ocean County, NJ (PDF, 665 KB)

• Last updated: Monday, October 29, 2007