Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County is a county in the U.S. State of New Jersey. It is rich and has more people living in it than other counties in New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, it had 955,732 people. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. The county is the one of the last remaining counties in the nation where shops are closed on Sundays because of "blue laws." In compliance to the blue laws, nearly all retail stores in Bergen County are closed on Sundays.

Bergen County
County
Atop the Hudson Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, overlooking the Hudson River, the George Washington Bridge, and the skyscrapers of Midtown Manhattan
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Location within the U.S. state of New Jersey
New Jersey's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40.96°N 74.07°W / 40.96; -74.07
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Founded	1683
Named for	Bergen, Norway or Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Seat	Hackensack
Largest municipality	Hackensack (population) Mahwah (area)
Area
• Total	246.45 sq mi (638.3 km2)
• Land	232.79 sq mi (602.9 km2)
• Water	13.66 sq mi (35.4 km2)  5.5%
Population  (2020)
• Total	955,732
• Density	3,900/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Demonym	Bergenite
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	5th, 9th
Website	www.co.bergen.nj.us
Range in altitude: Highest elevation: 1,152 ft (351 m) (Bald Mountain, in the Ramapo Mountains, in Mahwah). Lowest elevation: 0 ft (0 m) (sea level), at the Hudson River in Edgewater.