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{{Short description|County in New Jersey, United States}}
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{{Infobox U.S. county
| county             = Hudson County
| state              = New Jersey
| type               = [[List of counties in New Jersey|County]]
| flag               = Flag_of_Hudson_County,_New_Jersey.gif
| ex image           = {{multiple image
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  | image1             = Jersey City Skyline September 2025 087 (cropped).jpg
  | caption1           = [[Downtown Jersey City]]
  | image2             = Journal Squared June 2024.jpg
  | caption2           = [[Journal Square]]
  | image3             = Hoboken November 2021 010.jpg
  | caption3           = [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]
  | image4             = Bayonne Bridge Collins Pk jeh-2.JPG
  | caption4           = [[Bayonne Bridge]]
  | image5             = Hudson County Courthouse Jersey City September 2020.jpg
  | caption5           = [[Hudson County Courthouse]]
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| seal               = Hudson County Seal.png
| founded year       = 1840
| founded date       =
| named for          = [[Henry Hudson]]
| leader_title       = [[Hudson County Executive|County executive]]
| leader_name        = Craig Guy ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], term ends December 31, 2027)
| seat               = [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]<ref name=CountyMap/>
| largest city       = Jersey City (population and area)
| area_total_sq_mi   = 62.35
| area_land_sq_mi    = 46.19
| area_water_sq_mi   = 16.15
| area percentage    =  25.9
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=CensusArea/>
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_total   = 724854
| population_density_sq_mi= 15691.5
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_footnotes = <ref name=Census2020/>
| pop_est_as_of      = 2024
| population_est     = 736185  {{increase}}
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst/>
| coordinates = {{coord|40.73|-74.08|display=inline,title|type:adm2nd_region:US-NJ_source:UScensus1990}}
| district = 8th
| district2 = 9th
| district3 = 10th
| web = https://www.hcnj.us/ |time zone=Eastern}}

'''Hudson County''' is a [[List of counties in New Jersey|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]], its smallest and most densely populated. Lying in the northeast of the state and on the west bank of the [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]], the county is part of the state's [[Gateway Region]] and the [[New York metropolitan area]]. Its [[county seat]] is [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]],<ref name=CountyMap>[https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/catctytable.html New Jersey County Map], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref> the county's largest city in terms of both population and area. Established in 1840, it is named for [[Henry Hudson]], the sea captain who explored the area in 1609.<ref>[[Joseph Nathan Kane|Kane, Joseph Nathan]]; and Aiken, Charles Curry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yC9vFvCuW84C&pg=PA140 ''The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000''], p. 140. [[Scarecrow Press]], 2005. {{ISBN|0810850362}}. Accessed January 21, 2013.</ref> The county is part of the [[North Jersey]] region of the state.<ref>Willis, David P. [https://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2023/02/20/central-jersey-debate-ocean-union-county-nj/69914996007/ "'This is how wars start': Does Central Jersey include both Ocean and Union counties?"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', February 20, 2023. Accessed March 31, 2024. "North Jersey is defined as Sussex, Warren, Morris, Passaic, Bergen, Essex and Hudson counties; South Jersey would be Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Salem, Cumberland and Cape May counties. But for Central, things get a little tricky. It would include Hunterdon, Somerset, Union, Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean counties."</ref> 

As of the [[2020 United States census]], the county was the state's [[List of counties in New Jersey|fourth-most-populous]] and fastest-growing county in the previous decade,<ref name=Largest2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_PL94_Summary/Table_1_2020.xlsx Table 1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> with a population of 724,854,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> its highest [[United States census|decennial count]] ever and an increase of 90,588 (+14.3%) from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] count of 634,266,<ref name=Census2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 25,291 (+4.2%) from the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] population of 608,975.<ref name=Census2000/><ref>Wu, Sen-Yuan. [https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/pub/lmv/LMV_1.pdf ''NJ Labor Market Views; Population Keeps Growing in the Most Densely Populated State''], [[United States Census Bureau]], March 15, 2011. Accessed December 26, 2022.</ref> The [[United States Census Bureau]]'s [[Population Estimates Program]] estimated a 2024 population of 736,185, an increase of 11,331 (+1.6%) from the 2020 decennial census.<ref name=PopEst/>

Home to {{Convert|15691.5|PD/sqmi}} in 2020<ref name=Census2020/> and covering {{Convert|46.19|sqmi}} of land, Hudson County is New Jersey's geographically smallest and most densely populated county.<ref name=Census2010>[https://archive.today/20200212102332/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US34017 DP1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Hudson County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 21, 2013.</ref> Hudson County shares extensive [[mass transit]] connections with [[Manhattan]], located across the Hudson River, as well as with most of [[North Jersey|Northern]] and [[Central Jersey|Central New Jersey]].

==Geography and climate==
===Climate===
The average temperature of Hudson County is 51.89&nbsp;°F, which is approximately the same as the state average of 51.93&nbsp;°F, and lower than the national average of 54.45&nbsp;°F.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.com/hudson-county-nj-weather.htm|title=Hudson County Weather|publisher=USA.com|language=en-US|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815030927/http://www.usa.com/hudson-county-nj-weather.htm}}</ref>

The county is located on the [[East Coast of the United States|U.S. East Coast]], approximately halfway between the Equator and the North Pole, which results in climate that is influenced by wet, dry, hot, and cold airstreams, and highly variable daily weather. Of New Jersey's five distinct climate regions, Hudson County is located in the Central region, which runs from [[New York Harbor]] and the Lower Hudson River to the great bend of the [[Delaware River]] near the state capital of [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]. The high number of urban areas in this region are characterized by a high volume of industry and vehicular traffic that produce large amounts of pollutants. These substances, along with the large amounts of asphalt, brick, and concrete that compose buildings in the area, retain more atmospheric heat, which make it a regularly warmer "[[heat island]]" than surrounding suburban and rural areas. The northern border of the Central Zone is often the boundary between freezing and non-freezing precipitation in the winter, and between comfortable and uncomfortable sleeping conditions in the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim_v1/njclimoverview.html|title=The Climate of New Jersey|publisher=[[Rutgers University]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702184703/http://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim_v1/njclimoverview.html}}</ref>

Hudson County experiences precipitation an average of 116 days a year, during which it receives an annual average of 48 inches of rain, compared to the national average of 38, and 26 inches of snow, compared to the national average of 28. The summer high temperature in July is about 86 degrees, and its winter low in January is 25. On average, there are 219 sunny days per year in the county, compared with the national average of 205.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/county/new_jersey/hudson|title=Climate in Hudson County, New Jersey|language=en-US|url-status=live|publisher=Best Places|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=January 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104191047/https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/county/new_jersey/hudson}}</ref>

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|29|42|3.21
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|45|61|4.50
|54|71|4.19
|64|79|4.41
|69|84|4.60
|68|83|4.44
|61|75|4.28
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|42|54|4.02
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|source=The Weather Channel<ref name="weather">{{cite web
|url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USNJ0234|title=Monthly Averages for Jersey City, New Jersey
|publisher=[[The Weather Channel]]|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=January 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104192844/https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/40.7933,-74.0263}}</ref>}}
Average temperatures in the county seat of Jersey City have ranged from a low of {{convert|27|F}} in January to a high of {{convert|84|F}} in July, although a record low of {{convert|-15|F}} was recorded in February 1934 and a record high of {{convert|106|F}} was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|3.21|in}} in February to {{convert|4.60|in}} in July.<ref name="weather"/>

===Landforms and borders===
[[File:Aster newyorkcity lrg.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Satellite image showing the core of the [[New York metropolitan area]]. Over 10 million people live in the area depicted. Much of Hudson County is located on the peninsula at left.]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], as of the 2020 Census, the county had a total area of {{convert|62.35|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|46.19|sqmi}} was land (74.1%) and {{convert|16.15|sqmi}} was water (25.9%).<ref name=CensusArea>[https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_34.txt 2020 Census Gazetteer File for Counties in New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 1, 2023.</ref> Based on land area, it is the smallest of New Jersey's 21 counties, less than half the size of the next smallest ([[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]])<ref name=CensusArea/> and the eighth-smallest of all [[County statistics of the United States|counties in the United States]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130930014430/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/download/DataSet.txt 2010 Census: State and County Quick Facts], [[United States Census Bureau]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of September 30, 2013. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref>

Hudson is located in the heart of [[New York metropolitan area]] in [[Gateway Region|northeastern New Jersey]].
It is bordered by the [[Hudson River]] and [[Upper New York Bay]] to the east; [[Kill Van Kull]] to the south; [[Newark Bay]] and the [[Hackensack River]] or the [[Passaic River]] to the west; its only land border is shared with [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]] to the north.<ref>{{Cite book
| publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc
| isbn = 978-0-88097-763-0
| title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map
| year = 2008
}}</ref>

The topography is marked by the [[The Palisades (Hudson River)|New Jersey Palisades]] in the north with cliffs overlooking the [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]] to the east and less severe [[cuesta]], or slope, to the west. They gradually level off to the southern peninsula, which is coastal and flat. The western region, around the Hackensack and Passaic is part of the [[New Jersey Meadowlands]]. Much of the land along the county's extensive shoreline and [[littoral zone]] was created by [[land reclamation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Fill of the Jersey City Quadrangle: Historic Fill Map HFM-53 |website=New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection |date=2004 |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/geodata/historicfill/jersey.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906133806/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/geodata/historicfill/jersey.pdf |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=August 31, 2014}}</ref>

[[Image:HudsonRiverJavitsCenter.agr.JPG|thumb|Hudson County and the [[Hudson Palisades|Palisades]], viewed across the [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]] from [[Manhattan]]. The glass building visible is the [[Javits Center]].]]

The highest point, at 260 feet (79 m) above sea level, is in West New York;<ref>[http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13320 New Jersey County High Points], Peakbagger.com. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=7139 |name=Hudson County High Point, New Jersey}}</ref> the lowest point is at sea level. [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]] is the city with the second most hills per square mile in the United States behind [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]].<ref name=Most>[http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1291&dept_id=523585&newsid=17118972&PAG=461&rfi=9 Most liquor licenses? Bumpiest town? Local municipalities hold unusual distinctions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523111437/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1291&dept_id=523585&newsid=17118972&PAG=461&rfi=9 |date=May 23, 2008 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', August 27, 2006</ref>

[[Ellis Island]] and [[Liberty Island]], opposite [[Liberty State Park]], lie entirely within Hudson County's waters, which extend to the [[New York (state)|New York]] state line. Liberty Island is part of New York. Largely created through land reclamation, Ellis Island covers a land area of {{convert|27.5|acre|ha}}, with the {{convert|2.74|acre|adj=on}} natural island and contiguous areas comprising a {{convert|3.3|acre}} [[exclave]] of New York.<ref name=ERIS>{{cite web|author=Richard G. Castagna |author2=Lawrence L. Thornton |author3=John M. Tyrawski |title=GIS and Coastal Boundary Disputes: Where is Ellis Island? |publisher=ESRI |quote=The New York portion of Ellis Island is landlocked, enclaved within New Jersey's territory. |url=http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc99/proceed/papers/pap138/p138.htm |access-date=September 10, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018003341/http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc99/proceed/papers/pap138/p138.htm}}</ref><ref name="ms sea grant">{{cite web |last=Shaw|first=Tammy L. |title=Supreme Court Decides Ownership of Historic Ellis Island|publisher=Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program |url=http://masglp.olemiss.edu/Water%20Log/WL18/ellis.htm|access-date=September 12, 2014}}</ref> [[Shooters Island]], in the [[Kill van Kull]], is also shared with New York. [[Robbins Reef Light, New Jersey|Robbins Reef Light]] sits atop a reef which runs parallel the Bayonne and Jersey City waterfront.

[[File:Midtown from Hoboken.jpg|thumb|right|[[Midtown Manhattan]], seen across the Hudson River from [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] at night]]

Much of the county lies between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers on a geographically long narrow peninsula, (sometimes called [[Bergen Neck]]), which is a contiguous urban area where it is often difficult to know when one's crossed a civic boundary. These boundaries and the topography-including many hills and inlets-create very distinct neighborhoods. [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] runs the entire length of the peninsula.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000501__-.pdf New Jersey County Route 501] [[straight-line diagram]] from the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]</ref> Numerous [[cut (earthmoving)|cuts]] for rail and vehicular traffic cross [[Bergen Hill]].

Given its proximity to Manhattan, it is sometimes referred to as [[Sixth borough|New York City's sixth borough]].<ref>Holusha, John. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/11/realestate/commercial-property-jersey-riverfront-hudson-s-west-bank-optimistic-developers.html "Commercial Property / The Jersey Riverfront; On the Hudson's West Bank, Optimistic Developers"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 11, 1998. Accessed September 30, 2013. "'That simply is out of the question in midtown,' he said, adding that some formerly fringe areas in Midtown South that had previously been available were filled up as well. Given that the buildings on the New Jersey waterfront are new and equipped with the latest technology and just a few stops on the PATH trains from Manhattan, they become an attractive alternative. 'It's the sixth borough,' he said."</ref><ref>Kannapell, Andrea. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/15/nyregion/on-the-waterfront.html "On the Waterfront"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 15, 1998. Accessed September 30, 2013.</ref><ref>Garbarine, Rachelle [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/19/realestate/commercial-property-north-bergen-nj-work-begins-on-a-350000-sq-ft-retail-center.html "Commercial Property/North Bergen, N.J.; Work Begins on a 350,000-Sq.-Ft. Retail Center"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 19, 1998. Accessed September 30, 2013.</ref>

==History==
===Etymology===
Hudson County is named after the explorer [[Henry Hudson]], who charted much of the region in 1609.

===The Lenape and New Netherland===
[[Image:Hudson Valley Map Detail Nova Belgica Et Anglia Nova c1634.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|A map of today's northern New Jersey and southern New York state, c. 1634 (with north oriented to the right, and [[Long Island]] at center left). Hudson County is called Oesters Eylandt, or Oyster Island.]]
{{New Netherland}}
{{main|Bergen, New Netherland}}

At the time of European contact in the 17th century, Hudson County was the territory of the [[Lenape]] (or [[Lenni-Lenape]]), namely the bands (or family groups) known as the [[Hackensack Indians|Hackensack]], the [[Tappan (Native Americans)|Tappan]], the [[Raritan (Native Americans)|Raritan]], and the [[Manhattan]]. They were a seasonally migrational people who practiced small-scale agriculture ([[companion planting]]) augmented by [[hunter-gatherer|hunting and gathering]] which likely, given the topography of the area, included much (shell) fishing and trapping. These groups had early and frequent trading contact with Europeans. Their [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian language]] can still be inferred in many local place names such as [[Communipaw]], [[Harsimus]], [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]], and [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Pamrapo]].

[[Henry Hudson]], for whom the county and river on which it sits are named, established a claim for the area in 1609 when anchoring his ship the ''[[Halve Maen]]'' (''Half Moon'') at [[Harsimus Cove]] and [[Weehawken Cove]].<ref>[http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15203651&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=551343&rfi=6 Hoboken's earliest days: Before becoming a city, 'Hobuck' went through several incarnations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927221018/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15203651&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=551343&rfi=6 |date=September 27, 2007 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', January 16, 2005. "On October 2, 1609, Henry Hudson anchored his ship, the Half Moon, in what is now Weehawken Cove. Robert Juet, Hudson's first mate, wrote in the ship's log, "[W]e saw a good piece of ground ... that looked of the color of white green." The rock of which Juet wrote makes up Castle Point in Hoboken; nowhere else along the Hudson River exists a white-green rock formation."</ref>
The west bank of the [[North River (Hudson River)|North River]] (as it was called) and the cliffs, hills, and marshlands abutting and beyond it, were settled by Europeans (Dutch, Flemish, Walloon, Huguenot) from the [[Low Countries|Lowlands]] around the same time as [[New Amsterdam]]. In 1630, [[Michiel Reyniersz Pauw|Michiel Pauw]] received a land patent, or [[patroon]]ship and purchased the land between the Hudson and Hackensack Rivers, giving it the Latinized form of his name, [[Pavonia, New Netherland|Pavonia]].<ref name="HCD">[http://www.hudsoncountynj.org/downloads/PDF/HudsonCounty%20Directory.pdf Hudson County Directory 2004–2005] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050724232933/http://www.hudsoncountynj.org/downloads/PDF/HudsonCounty%20Directory.pdf |date=July 24, 2005 }}</ref> He failed to settle the area and was forced to return his holdings to the [[Dutch West India Company]]. Homesteads were established at [[Communipaw]] (1633), [[Harsimus]] (1634), [[Paulus Hook, Jersey City|Paulus Hook]] (1638), and Hoebuck (1643). Relations were tenuous with the Lenape, and eventually led to [[Kieft's War]], which began as a slaughter by the Dutch at [[Communipaw]] and is considered to be one of the first genocides of Native Americans by Europeans. A series of raids and reprisals across the province lasted two years and ended in an uneasy truce. Other homesteads were established at [[Constable Hook, New Jersey|Constable Hook]] (1646), [[Weehawken|Awiehaken]] (1647), and other lands at [[Achter Col, New Netherland|Achter Col]] on [[Bergen Neck]]. In 1658, [[Director-General of New Netherland|Director-General]] [[Peter Stuyvesant]] of [[New Netherland]] negotiated a deal with the Lenape to re-purchase the area named [[Bergen, New Netherland|Bergen]], "by the great rock above Wiehacken," including the whole peninsula from [[Secaucus|Sikakes]] south to [[Bergen Point]]/[[Constable Hook]].<ref>Winfield, Charles H. [https://books.google.com/books?id=owpYaTSYmDMC&pg=PA62 ''History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time''], p. 62, Kennard & Hay Stationery Mfg. and Printing Co., 1874. Accessed September 30, 2013.</ref> In 1661, a charter was granted the new village/garrison at the site of present-day [[Bergen Square]], establishing what is considered to be the oldest self-governing [[municipality]] in New Jersey. The British gained control of the area in 1664, and the Dutch finally ceded formal control of the province to the English in 1674.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

===The British and early America===
[[Image:Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Alexander Hamilton]] fights his fatal [[duel]] with [[Aaron Burr]]. Illustration after painting "Ein Ehrenhandel" by Joseph Munsch (Austrian, 1832-1896) <ref>{{Cite book |last=Internationale Kunstausstellung (Munich |first=Germany) |url=http://archive.org/details/illustrierterkat00inte |title=Illustrierter Katalog der internationalen Kunstausstellung im königl. Glaspalaste in München |last2=Münchener Künstler-Genossenschaft |first2=organizer |last3=Verein Bildender Künstler Münchens "Secession" |first3=organizer |date=1883 |others=Getty Research Institute}}</ref>]]

By 1675, the [[Treaty of Westminster (1674)|Treaty of Westminster]] finalized the transfer and the area became part of the British colony of [[East Jersey]], in the administrative district of [[Bergen Township, New Jersey (pre-1862)|Bergen Township]]. The county's seat was transferred to [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] in 1709, after [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]] was expanded west. Small villages and farms supplied the burgeoning [[New York City|city of New York]], across the river, notably with oysters from the vast beds in the Upper New York Bay, and fresh produce, sold at [[Weehawken Street (Manhattan)|Weehawken Street]], in Manhattan. During the American Revolutionary War, the area was under British control which included garrisons at [[Bulls Ferry]] and the fort at [[Bergen Neck]]. Colonialist troops used the heights to observe enemy movements. The [[Battle of Paulus Hook]], a surprise raid on a British fortification in 1779, was seen as a victory and morale booster for revolutionary forces. Many downtown Jersey City streets bear the name of military figures [[Hugh Mercer|Mercer]], [[Nathanael Greene|Greene]], [[Anthony Wayne|Wayne]], and [[Richard Varick|Varick]] among them. [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] became notorious for duels, including the nation's most famous between [[Alexander Hamilton]] and [[Aaron Burr]] in 1804. Border conflicts for control of the waterfront with New York (which claimed jurisdiction to the high water line<ref>[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/nj01.htm charter text] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125100540/http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/nj01.htm |date=January 25, 2009 }}</ref> and the granting of ferry concessions) restricted development though some urbanization took place in at [[Paulus Hook]] and [[Hoboken]], which became a vacation spot for well-off New Yorkers. The [[Morris Canal]], early steam railroads, and the development of [[New York Harbor]] stimulated further growth. In September 1840, Hudson County was created by separation from [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]] and annexation of some [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]] lands, namely [[New Barbadoes Neck]]. During the 19th century, Hudson played an integral role in the [[Underground Railroad]], with four routes converging in Jersey City.<ref>[http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=14587630&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 "Jersey City's Underground Railroad history,"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070313105306/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=14587630&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 |date=March 13, 2007 }} ''[[Jersey City Magazine]]'', Spring & Summer 2005.</ref>

===Boundaries===
Most of Hudson County, apart from [[West Hudson, New Jersey|West Hudson]], was part of [[Bergen Township, New Jersey (1661–1862)|Bergen Township]], which dates back to 1661 and was formally created by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on February 21, 1798, as one of the first group of 104 townships formed in New Jersey, while the area was still a part of [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]].<ref name=Story/> As originally constituted, Bergen Township included the area between the [[Hudson River]] on the east, the [[Hackensack River]] to the west, south to [[Constable Hook]]/[[Bergen Point, New Jersey|Bergen Point]] and north to the present-day Hudson-Bergen border. For the next 127 years civic borders within the county took many forms, until they were finalized with the creation of Union City in 1925.

The City of Jersey was incorporated by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on January 28, 1820, from portions of Bergen Township. The city was reincorporated on January 23, 1829, and again on February 22, 1838, at which time it became completely independent of Bergen Township and was given its present name. On February 22, 1840, it became part of the newly created Hudson County.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 146. Accessed September 30, 2013.</ref> As Jersey City grew, several neighboring communities were annexed: [[Van Vorst, New Jersey|Van Vorst Township]] (March 18, 1851), [[Bergen City, New Jersey|Bergen City]] and [[Hudson City, New Jersey|Hudson City]] (both on May 2, 1870), and [[Greenville, Jersey City|Greenville Township]] (February 4, 1873).<ref name=Story/>

North Bergen was incorporated as a township on April 10, 1843, by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]], from [[Bergen Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical 1693)|Bergen Township]]. Portions of the township have been taken to form Hoboken Township (April 9, 1849, now the City of [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]), Hudson Town (April 12, 1852, later part of Hudson City), [[Hudson City, New Jersey|Hudson City]] (April 11, 1855, later annexed by [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]), [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]] (formed within the township on March 9, 1859, and set off as an independent municipality on April 1, 1878), [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] (March 15, 1859), [[Union Township, Hudson County, New Jersey (Historical)|Union Township]] and [[West Hoboken, New Jersey|West Hoboken Township]] (both created on February 28, 1861), [[Union Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Hill town]] (March 29, 1864), and [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] (March 12, 1900).<ref name=Story/>

Hoboken was established in 1804, and formed as a [[township (New Jersey)|township]] on April 9, 1849, from portions of [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen Township]] and incorporated as a full-fledged city, and in a referendum held on March 29, 1855, ratified an Act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] signed the previous day, and the City of Hoboken was born.<ref name=Story/><ref>"How Hoboken became a city," [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=15203872&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 Part I] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313132454/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=15203872&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 |date=March 13, 2007 }}, [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=15203874&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 Part II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313132559/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=15203874&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 |date=March 13, 2007 }}, [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=15203878&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 Part III] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070313132523/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=15203878&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 |date=March 13, 2007 }}, ''[[Hoboken Reporter]]'', March 27, April 3, and April 10, 2005.</ref>

Weehawken was formed as a township by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 15, 1859, from portions of [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] and [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]]. A portion of the township was ceded to Hoboken in 1874. Additional territory was annexed in 1879 from [[West Hoboken, New Jersey|West Hoboken]].<ref name=Story/>

West New York was incorporated as a town by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on July 8, 1898, replacing [[Union Township, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Township]], based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.<ref name=Story/>

Kearny was originally formed as a [[township (New Jersey)|township]] by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on April 8, 1867, from portions of [[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison Township]]. Portions of the township were taken on July 3, 1895, to form [[East Newark, New Jersey|East Newark]]. Kearny was incorporated as a town on January 19, 1899, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier.<ref name=Story/>

Bayonne was originally formed as a [[township (New Jersey)|township]] on April 1, 1861, from portions of [[Bergen Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical 1693)|Bergen Township]]. Bayonne was reincorporated as a city by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 10, 1869, replacing Bayonne Township, subject to the results of a referendum held nine days later.<ref name=Story/>

Soon after the Civil War the idea of uniting all of the towns of Hudson County in one municipality of Jersey City began to gain favor. In 1868 a bill for submitting the question of consolidation of all of Hudson County to the voters was presented to the Board of Chosen Freeholders (now known as the Board of County Commissioners). The bill did not include the western towns of Harrison and Kearny but included all towns east of the Hackensack River.<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1869/08/14/80233044.pdf "Consolidation in New Jersey; A Proposition to Consolidate Jersey City, Hoboken, Hudson City, Bergen, &c., into One City"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 14, 1869. Accessed September 30, 2013.</ref>

The bill was approved by the State legislature on April 2, 1869, and the special election was scheduled for October 5, 1869. An element of the bill provided that only contiguous towns could be consolidated. The results of the election were as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Municipality
! Votes for
! % for
! Votes against
! % against
|-
|[[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]]  ||100|| 28.57% || 250 || 71.43%
|-
|[[Bergen City, New Jersey|Bergen]] || 815 || 88.30% || 108 || 11.70%
|-
|[[Greenville, New Jersey|Greenville]] || 24 || 12.12% || 174 || 87.88%
|-
|[[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] || 176 || 16.46% || 893 || 83.54%
|-
|[[Hudson City, New Jersey|Hudson City]] || 1,320 || 85.71% || 220 || 14.29%
|-
|[[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]  || 2,220 || 70.90% || 911 || 29.10%
|-
|[[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]]  || 80 || 26.23% || 225 || 73.77%
|-
|[[Union Hill, New Jersey|Union Hill]] ||123|| 53.95% || 105 || 46.05%
|-
|[[Union Township, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Township]] || 140 || 68.29% || 65 || 31.71%
|-
|[[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]]  || 0 || 00.00% || 44 || 100.00%
|-
|[[West Hoboken, New Jersey|West Hoboken]] || 95 || 27.07% || 256 || 72.93%
|-
| '''Total''' || '''5,093''' || '''61.04%''' || '''3,251''' || '''38.96%'''
|}

While a majority of the voters approved the merger, only Jersey City, Hudson and Bergen could be consolidated since they were the only contiguous approving towns. Both the Town of Union and Union Township could not be included due to the dissenting vote of West Hoboken which lay between them and Hudson City. On March 17, 1870, Jersey City, Hudson City, and Bergen merged into Jersey City. Only three years later the present outline of Jersey City was completed when Greenville agreed to merge into the Greater Jersey City.

Union City was incorporated as a city by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on January 1, 1925, replacing both [[Union Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Hill]] and [[West Hoboken, New Jersey|West Hoboken Township]].<ref name=Story/>

===Urbanization and immigration===
[[Image:New York City Railroads ca 1900.png|[[Hudson Waterfront]], circa 1900|thumb]]

During the latter half of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries, Hudson experienced intense industrial, commercial and residential growth.<ref name="HCD" /><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1929/04/21/archives/industry-growing-in-hudson-county-more-than-25000000-being-spent-in.html "INDUSTRY GROWING IN HUDSON COUNTY; More Than $25,000,000 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=25000000|start_year=1929}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) Being Spent in Public and Corporate Improvements.INQUIRIES FOR GOOD SITES New Steamship Terminal Planned for North Bergen--Increase in Building. Improving Waterways. Expending $125,000,000"], (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=125000000|start_year=1929}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 21, 1929. Accessed September 30, 2013.</ref> Construction, first of ports, and later railroad terminals, in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], and [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] (which significantly altered the shoreline with [[landfill]]) fueled much of the development. European immigration, notably German-language speakers and Irish (many fleeing famine) initiated a population boom that would last for several decades.

Neighborhoods grew as farms, estates, and other holdings were sub-divided for housing, civic and religious architecture. Streets (some with trolley lines) were laid out. [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] and [[Saint Peter's College, New Jersey|Saint Peter's University]] were established.

Before the opening, in 1910, of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s [[North River Tunnels]] under the Hudson, trains terminated on the west bank of the river, requiring passengers and cargo to travel by ferry or barge to New York. Transfer to the [[Hudson and Manhattan Railroad]] tubes (now [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]]) became possible upon its opening in 1908. [[Hoboken Terminal]], a national historic landmark originally built in 1907 by the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] to replace the previous one, is the only one of five major rail/ferry terminals that once dotted the waterfront still in operation. [[West Shore Railroad]] Terminal in Weehawken, Erie Railroad's [[Pavonia Terminal]] and [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s Exchange Place in Jersey City were all razed.

[[Image:Ellis island 1902.jpg|thumb|Immigrants arriving at [[Ellis Island]], 1902]]

[[Central Railroad of New Jersey]]'s Communipaw Terminal, across a small strait from [[Ellis Island]] and the [[Statue of Liberty]], played a crucial role in the massive immigration of the period, with many newly arrived departing the station to embark on their lives in America. Many, though, decided to stay, taking jobs on the docks, the railroads, the factories, the refineries, and in the [[sweatshops]] and [[skyscrapers]] of Manhattan. Many manufacturers, whose names read as a "Who's Who" in American industry established a presence, including [[Colgate-Palmolive|Colgate]], [[Dixon Ticonderoga]], [[Maxwell House]], [[Standard Oil]], and [[Bethlehem Steel]].

[[File:BergenlineThen&NowByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|left|Bergenline Avenue in [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], then and now: Facing south toward 32nd Street, circa 1900 (left), and in 2010 (right)]]

[[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]], particularly Union City, became the [[Schiffli embroidery machine|schiffli]] "embroidery capital of America". The industry included businesses that provided embroidery machines and parts, fabrics, thread, embroidery designs, dying, chemical lace etching, and bleaching. There were hundreds of small shops, each with one or a few machines, producing a wide array of products. Finished embroidery supplied the garment and home goods industries.

Secaucus boasted numerous pig farms and rendering plants.
It was during this period that much of the housing stock, namely one and two family homes and low-rise apartment buildings, was built; municipal boundaries finalized, neighborhoods established. Commercial corridors such as [[Bergenline Avenue|Bergenline]], Central, Newark and Ocean Avenues came into prominence. [[Journal Square]] became a business, shopping, and entertainment mecca, home to ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', after which it is named, and movie palaces such as [[Loew's Jersey Theater]] and [[Stanley Theater (Jersey City)|The Stanley]].
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===World Wars and New Deal===
[[Image:Bayonne bridge sunset.jpg|thumb|[[Bayonne Bridge]] at sunset]]
[[Image:HollandTunnelNYNJboarder.JPG|thumb|New Jersey-New York border in the newly constructed [[Holland Tunnel]] in 1927]]
[[Image:Roosevelt Stadium 113175pu.jpg|thumb|[[Roosevelt Stadium]] entrance circa 1940]]

Upon entry into [[World War I]], the U.S. government took over control of the [[Hamburg-American Line]] piers in Hoboken under [[eminent domain]], and Hudson became the major point of embarkation for more than three million soldiers, known as "[[doughboy]]s". In 1916, an act of sabotage literally and figuratively shook the region when [[German Empire|German]] agents set off bombs at the munitions depot in New York Bay at [[Black Tom explosion|Black Tom]]. The forerunner of [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] was established on April 30, 1921. Huge transportation projects opened between the wars: The [[Holland Tunnel]] in 1927, The [[Bayonne Bridge]] in 1931, and The [[Lincoln Tunnel]] in 1937, allowing vehicular travel between New Jersey and New York City to bypass the waterfront. Hackensack River crossings, notably the [[Pulaski Skyway]], were also built. What was to become [[New Jersey City University]] opened. Major [[Works Progress Administration]] projects included the construction of stadiums in Jersey City and Union City. Both were named for President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], who attended the opening of the largest project of them all, The [[Jersey City Medical Center]], a massive complex built in the [[Art Deco]] Style. During this era, the "Hudson County Democratic Machine", known for its cronyism and corruption, with Jersey City mayor [[Frank Hague]] at its head was at its most powerful. Industries in Hudson were crucial to the war effort during WWII, including the manufacture [[PT boats]] by [[Electric Launch Company|Elco]] in Bayonne. [[Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne]] (MOTBY) was opened in 1942 as a U.S. military base and remained in operation until 1999.

===Post-war years===
After the war maritime and manufacturing industries still dominated the local economy,
and union membership provided guarantees of good pay packages. Though some returning servicemen took advantage of GI housing bills and moved to close by suburbs, many with strong ethnic and familial ties chose to stay. Baseball legend [[Jackie Robinson]] made his minor league debut at Roosevelt Stadium and "broke" the baseball color line. Much of Hudson County experienced the phenomenon of ethnic/economic groups leaving and being replaced by others, as was typical of most urban communities of the New York Bay region. When the big businesses decided to follow them or vice versa, Hudson County's socioeconomic differences became more profound. Old economic underpinnings disintegrated. Attempts were made to stabilize the population by demolishing so-called slums and build subsidized middle-income housing and the pockets of so-called "good neighborhoods" came in conflict with those that went into decline. Riots occurred in Jersey City in 1964.

Lower property values allowed the next wave of immigrants, many from Latin America, to rent or buy in the county. [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]], particularly Union City, saw many [[émigré]]s fleeing the Cuban revolution take up residence. Unlike other urban industrial areas of comparable size, age and density, [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] did not experience marked [[urban decay]] or a crime wave during the late 20th century, its population and economic base remaining basically stable, in part, because of its good housing stock, tightly knit neighborhoods and satisfactory schools systems.

===Pre/post-millennium===
The county since the mid-1990s has seen much real estate speculation and development and a population increase, as many new residents purchase existing housing stock as well as condominiums in high- and mid-rise developments, many along the waterfront. What had started as a [[gentrification]] in the 1980s became a full-blown "redevelopment" of the area as many suburbanites, transplanted Americans, internationals, and immigrants (most focused on opportunities in NY/NJ region and proximity to Manhattan) began to make the "Jersey" side of the Hudson their home, and the "real-estate boom" of the era encouraged many to seek investment opportunities. The exploitation of certain parts of the waterfront and other [[brownfields]] led to commercial development as well, especially along former rail yards. Hudson felt the short- and long-term impact of the destruction of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] intensely: its proximity to lower Manhattan made it a place to evacuate to, many residents who worked there lost their jobs (or their lives), and many companies sought office space across the river. Re-zoning, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, and New Jersey State land-use policy of [[transit villages]] have further spurred construction. Though very urban and with some of the highest residential densities in the United States, the Hudson communities have remained fragmented, due in part to New Jersey's long history of home rule in local government; geographical factors such as Hudson River inlets/canals, the cliffs of the [[New Jersey Palisades]] and rail lines; and ethnic/demographic differences in the population. As the county sees more development this traditional perception is challenged.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Demographics==
[[File:India Square JC jeh.JPG|thumb|left|[[India Square]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], known as "Bombaytown" or "Little [[Bombay]]",<ref name=Kiniry>{{cite book |last=Kiniry |first=Laura |series=Moon Handbooks |title=New Jersey |publisher=Avalon Travel Publishing |year=2006 |page=34 |isbn=1-56691-949-5}}</ref> is home to the highest concentration of [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region|Asian Indians]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref name=Wirstiuk>{{cite news |url=http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2014/04/neighborhood-spotlight-journal-square/ |title=Neighborhood Spotlight: Journal Square|author=Laryssa Wirstiuk |newspaper=Jersey City Independent|date=April 21, 2014|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630085618/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2014/04/neighborhood-spotlight-journal-square/|archive-date=June 30, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>]]

{{US Census population
|1840=  9483
|1850= 21822
|1860= 62717
|1870=129067
|1880=187944
|1890=275126
|1900=386048
|1910=537231
|1920=629154
|1930=690730
|1940=652040
|1950=647437
|1960=610734
|1970=607839
|1980=556972
|1990=553099
|2000=608975
|2010=634266
|2020=724854
| estyear=2024
| estimate=736185
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2024/counties/totals/co-est2024-pop-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024], [[United States Census Bureau]], released March 2025. Accessed March 15, 2025.</ref>
|footnote=Historical sources: 1790-1990<ref>Forstall, Richard L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sezaSI_LPA8C&pg=PA108 ''Population of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 from the Twenty-one Decennial Censuses''], pp. 108-109. [[United States Census Bureau]], March 1996. {{ISBN|9780934213486}}. Accessed October 3, 2013.</ref><br>1970-2010<ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf#page=32 ''New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts; 2010 Census of Population and Housing''], {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019110730/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf | date=October 19, 2012}} p. 6, CPH-2-32. [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed August 29, 2016.</ref> 2000<ref name=Census2000>[https://archive.today/20200212083350/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0500000US34017 DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000; Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Hudson County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 21, 2013.</ref><br>2010-2019<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=Census2010Press>[https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb11-cn15.html U.S. Census Bureau Delivers New Jersey's 2010 Census Population Totals], [[United States Census Bureau]], February 3, 2011. Accessed February 5, 2011.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/hudsoncountynewjersey/ QuickFacts Hudson County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 24, 2025.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2020-census-a-look-at-two-nj-counties-on-opposite-ends-of-the-population-growth/ar-AANwTk2|title=2020 Census: A look at two NJ counties on opposite ends of the population growth|author=Zimmer, David M.|publisher=[[NorthJersey.com]]|via=[[MSN News]]|date=August 20, 2021|accessdate=August 22, 2021|archive-date=August 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822222254/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2020-census-a-look-at-two-nj-counties-on-opposite-ends-of-the-population-growth/ar-AANwTk2}}</ref>
}}

Hudson County is the most densely populated county in New Jersey and the [[County statistics of the United States#Population density|sixth-most densely populated county]] in the United States,<ref>[https://www.census.gov/popclock/embed.php?component=populous U.S. and World Population Clock: Most Populous States, Counties and Cities], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 24, 2025.</ref> with {{Convert|15691.5|PD/sqmi}} as of the 2020 census.<ref name=Census2020/> The only city in Hudson County among the 100 most populous cities in the United States was [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], which was ranked 77th in the [[United States Census Bureau]]'s rankings based on the 2016 [[Population Estimates Program|population estimate]].<ref>[https://www.census.gov PEPANNRSIP Geography-United States: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places Over 50,000, Ranked by July 1, 2016 Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016 - United States -- Places Over 50,000 Population 2016 Population Estimates], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed October 26, 2017.</ref>

Of municipalities with over 50,000 people, [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] is the [[List of United States cities by population density|most densely populated in the United States]], while several Hudson County municipalities are among the most densely populated in the United States as well as [[List of the most densely populated cities|worldwide]].<ref name=StandUp>Sullivan, Al. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/5531402/article-Stand-up-and-be-counted-Census-2010-brings-its-road-show-to-Hudson-County "Stand up and be counted; Census 2010 brings its road show to Hudson County"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024042728/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/5531402/article-Stand-up-and-be-counted-Census-2010-brings-its-road-show-to-Hudson-County |date=October 24, 2017 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', January 13, 2010. Accessed August 31, 2014.</ref> [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenburg]] is the most densely populated municipality in the United States.<ref>[https://betterwaterfront.org/diversity-density-and-change-in-hoboken-and-other-hudson-county-municipalities/ "Diversity, density and change in Hoboken and other Hudson County municipalities"], Fund for a Better Waterfront. Accessed August 21, 2023. "Hudson is the most densely populated county in New Jersey, which is the most densely populated state in the country. Hudson County also contains the four most densely populated cities in the nation: Guttenberg, Union City, West New York and Hoboken."</ref><ref>Sheingold, Dave. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/hudson/guttenberg/2018/06/13/americas-most-crowded-place-guttenberg-hudson-county/645594002/ "America's most crowded place: Hudson County's town of Guttenberg"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 13, 2018. Accessed August 21, 2023. "Welcome to the town of Guttenberg, N.J., the most crowded municipality in the United States."</ref>

[[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] has the second-largest Cuban American population in the United States behind [[Miami, Florida|Miami]].<ref name=StandUp/> [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] is the 21st-most ethnically diverse city in the United States and the most ethnically diverse on the [[East Coast of the United States]].<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/top35.html Top 100 Most Racially Diverse Cities (pop. 5,000+)], accessed February 25, 2007</ref> Hudson has three communities on the list of the 100 cities (population 5,000 and up) with the highest percent of foreign-born residents: [[West New York]] (65.2%), [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] (58.7%), and [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]] (48.7%)<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/top11.html Top 100 Cities with Highest Percentage of Foreign-Born Residents (pop. 5000+)], [[City-Data]]. Accessed February 25, 2007.</ref> Hudson County has the smallest proportion of persons over age 65 in New Jersey.<ref name="CGS2012">[http://cenewscenter.rutgers.edu/articles/2013/03/2012-new-jersey-legislative-district-data-book-available-order "2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book Available for Order"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025184455/http://cenewscenter.rutgers.edu/articles/2013/03/2012-new-jersey-legislative-district-data-book-available-order |date=October 25, 2017 }}, Rutgers Continuing Education News Center. Accessed December 13, 2014.</ref>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Hudson County, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 1980<ref name=1980Census>{{Cite web|title=1980 Census of Population - General Social and Economic Characteristics - New Jersey- Table 16 - Total Persons and Spanish Origin Persons by Type of Spanish Origin and Race |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/new-jersey/1980a_njab-03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|page=32/26-32/34}}</ref>
!Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - New Jersey: Table 4, Table 5, Table 6 - Race and Hispanic Origin |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-32-1.pdf|access-date=|page=22-97}}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Hudson County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US34017&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Hudson County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US34017&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Hudson County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US34017&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 1980
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|325,584
|262,077
|215,216
|195,510
|style='background: #ffffe6; |206,530
|58.46%
|47.38%
|35.34%
|30.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28.49%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|66,368
|69,856
|74,040
|71,315
|style='background: #ffffe6; |71,385
|11.92%
|12.63%
|12.16%
|11.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.85%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|568
|960
|902
|935
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,069
|0.10%
|0.17%
|0.15%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|15,213
|35,046
|56,370
|83,825
|style='background: #ffffe6; |123,424
|2.73%
|6.34%
|9.26%
|13.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.03%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census</ref>
|x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census</ref>
|208
|176
|style='background: #ffffe6; |233
|x
|x
|0.03%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|4,076
|1,695
|3,658
|4,251
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,210
|0.73%
|0.31%
|0.60%
|0.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.27%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|x <ref>not an option in the 1980 Census</ref>
|x <ref>not an option in the 1990 Census</ref>
|16,458
|10,401
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19,984
|x
|x
|2.70%
|1.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.76%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|145,163
|183,465
|242,123
|267,853
|style='background: #ffffe6; |293,019
|26.06%
|33.17%
|39.76%
|42.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40.42%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''556,972'''
|'''553,099'''
|'''608,975'''
|'''634,266'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''724,854 '''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
 
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county had 724,854 people, 266,664 households, and 160,697 families. The [[population density]] was {{convert|15691.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 312,706 housing units at an average density of {{convert|6770|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The county's racial makeup was 28.49% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9.84% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 17.02% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 2.75% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 40.4% of the population.<ref name=Census2020/>

Of the 266,664 households, of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 30.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 21.3% had a male householder with no wife present and 39.73% were non-families. 68.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.11.

About 20.3% of the county's population was under age 18, 7.7% was from age 18 to 24, 47.6% was from age 15 to 44, and 12.2% was age 65 or older. The median age was 35.5 years. The gender makeup of the city was 49.76% male and 50.23% female. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males.

The county's median household income was $78,808, and the median family income was $76,019. About 13.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 17.4% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Hudson County {{!}} Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US34017|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

===2010 census===
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 634,266 people, 246,437 households, and 148,355 families in the county. The [[population density]] was 13,731.4 per square mile (5,301.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 270,335 housing units at an average density of 5,852.5 per square mile (2,259.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 54.05% (342,792) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 13.23% (83,925) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.64% (4,081) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 13.39% (84,924) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.05% (344) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 14.25% (90,373) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 4.39% (27,827) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] people of any race were 42.23% (267,853) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 246,437 households, 27.6% had children under the age of 18; 37.8% were married couples living together; 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 39.8% were non-families. Of all households, 29.9% were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.2.<ref name=Census2010/>

20.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 10% from 18 to 24, 36% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 97.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 95.9 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

===Community diversity===
Hudson County is a major [[port of entry]] for [[immigration to the United States]] and a major [[employment center]] at the approximate core of the New York City metropolitan region; and given its proximity to [[Manhattan]], Hudson County has evolved a globally [[cosmopolitanism|cosmopolitan]] ambience of its own, demonstrating a robust and growing demographic and cultural diversity with respect to metrics including nationality, religion, race, and [[domestic partnership|domiciliary partnership]]. [[Cuba]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Ecuador]], [[Philippines]], and [[India]] are the five most common nations of birth for [[foreign born|foreign-born]] Hudson County residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city-data.com/county/Hudson_County-NJ.html |title=Hudson County, New Jersey |publisher=[[City-Data]] |access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> Jersey City is one of the most [[ethnic diversity|ethnically diverse]] cities in the world.<ref name=DiverseJC1>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/02/jersey_city_named_most_ethnically_linguistically_d.html|title=Jersey City named most diverse city in America: report |author=Summer Dawn Hortillosa |newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=February 17, 2015|access-date=May 15, 2015|via=nj.com}}</ref><ref name=DiverseJC2>{{cite web|url=http://www.movoto.com/jersey-city-nj/jersey-city-facts/|title=53 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Jersey City|author=Spencer McKee|publisher=Movoto|access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref>

====Latin American====
There were an estimated 273,611 [[Hispanic American]]s in Hudson County, according to the 2013 [[American Community Survey]],<ref name=2013Est>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP05/0500000US34017|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Hudson County, New Jersey|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213014648/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP05/0500000US34017|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> representing a 2.1% increase from 267,853 Hispanic Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US34017|title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 - Demographic Profile Data - Hudson County, New Jersey|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212102332/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US34017|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Several municipalities in [[North Hudson, New Jersey|northern Hudson County]] are listed among those places in the United States with the [[List of United States cities by population density|highest population densities]], with several towns more dense overall than adjacent [[New York City]]. Numerous towns on the [[Hudson Palisades]] in northern Hudson County have populations where more than 50% of the residents are [[foreign born|foreign-born]], often with a [[List of U.S. communities with Hispanic majority populations#New Jersey|Hispanic majority]].<ref name = reshape>{{Citation   | last = Roberts   | first = Sam   | title = Region Reshaped as Immigrants Move to Suburbs   | newspaper = The New York Times   | date = December 14, 2010 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/nyregion/15nycensus.html?scp=1&sq=Region%20Is%20Reshaped%20as%20Minorities%20Go%20to%20Suburbs&st=cse   | access-date = May 14, 2015 }}</ref>

=====Puerto Rican American=====
{{main|Puerto Rican migration to New York City}}
There were an estimated 58,197 [[Puerto Rican American]]s in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 3.1% increase from 56,436 Puerto Rican Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/>

=====Cuban American=====
{{main|Havana on the Hudson}}
There were an estimated 28,900 [[Cuban American]]s in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 0.9% increase from 28,652 Cuban Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/> The Cuban Day Parade of New Jersey, since its inception at the millennium, has run along [[Bergenline Avenue]] and grown to be the centerpiece of large festivities which have taken place at [[Schuetzen Park (New Jersey)|Scheutzen Park]] or Celia Cruz Park.<ref>{{Cite journal
  | last = Schmidt
  | first = Margaret
  | title = Cuban Parade of New Jersey
  | journal = Jersey Journal
  | date = May 30, 2009
| url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/05/cuban_parade_of_new_jersey_in.html
  | access-date = May 14, 2015}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |last         = Rosero
 |first        = Jessica
 |title        = The parade marches on Eighth annual Cuban Day Parade of New Jersey keeps traditional route
 |newspaper    = Hudson Reporter
 |url          = http://www.hudsonreporter.com/printer_friendly/2412522
 |access-date   = May 14, 2015
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031827/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/printer_friendly/2412522
 |archive-date = September 24, 2015
|url-status     = dead
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref>

====European American====
There were an estimated 194,192 [[non-Hispanic whites]] in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 0.7% decrease from 195,501 non-Hispanic whites enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/>

=====Italian American=====
{{main|Italian Americans in New York City}}
[[Italian American]]s have historically played an important cultural role in Hudson County.

=====Western European American=====
Ever since the settling of [[New Netherland]] in the 1600s, comprising what is now the Gateway Region of northeastern New Jersey as well as portions of [[Downstate New York]] in the New York City metropolitan area, the [[Dutch people|Dutch]] and [[British people|British]], along with [[Germanic people|German]] and [[Irish American]]s, have established an integral role in the subsequent long-term development of Hudson County over the centuries.

=====Irish American=====
{{main|Irish Americans in New York City}}
[[Irish American]]s, specifically [[Irish Catholics]] played a significant role in the politics of Jersey City. Many of the city's mayors were of Irish descent. The [[Greenville, Jersey City]] neighborhood was the center of the city's Irish community until the 1950s and early 1960s.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

====Asian American====
There were an estimated 89,164 [[Asian American]]s in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 5.0% increase from 84,924 Asian Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/>

=====Indian American=====
{{main|India Square|Indians in the New York City metropolitan region}}
[[India Square]], also known as "[[Little India (location)|Little India]]" or "Little [[Bombay]]",<ref name=Kiniry/> home to the highest concentration of [[Asian Indian]]s in the [[Western Hemisphere]],<ref name=Wirstiuk/> is a rapidly growing [[Indian American]] [[ethnic enclave]] in Jersey City. This area has been home to the largest outdoor [[Navratri]] festivities in New Jersey as well as several [[Hindu temple]]s;<ref>[http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm "India Square"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015155533/http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm |date=October 15, 2013 }}, accessed July 26, 2006</ref> while an annual, color-filled spring [[Holi]] [[festival]] has taken place in Jersey City since 1992, centered upon India Square and attracting significant participation and international media attention.<ref>.{{cite news |last=Rogoza |first=Rafael |title=Thousands of colorful revelers partake in 21st Annual Phagwah Parade in Jersey City |newspaper=The Jersey Journal |date=March 30, 2013 |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/thousands_of_colorful_revelers.html#incart_river_default |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Colorful Holi Hai festival in Jersey City celebrates rites of spring|author=Matthew Speiser|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=March 29, 2015 |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/03/indian_festival_in_jersey_city_celebrates_diversit.html#incart_river|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> There were an estimated 39,477 Indian Americans in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 6.0% increase from 37,236 Indian Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/>

=====Filipino American=====
{{main|Filipinos in New Jersey|Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region}}
7% of Jersey City's population is [[Filipino people|Filipino]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The History of Filipino-Americans in Jersey City|url=https://www.filipinohome.com/timeline.html|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=www.filipinohome.com}}</ref> The [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]] district is home to a thriving Filipino community and Jersey City's [[Little Manila#New Jersey|Little Manila]], which is the second largest Asian American subgroup in the city. A variety of Filipino restaurants, shippers and freighters, doctors' officers, bakeries, stores, and an office of [[The Filipino Channel]] have made Newark Avenue their home. The largest Filipino-owned grocery store on the [[East Coast of the United States]], Phil-Am Food, has been there since 1973. An array of Filipino-owned businesses can also be found at the section of [[West Side, Jersey City|West Side]] of Jersey City, where many of its residents are of Filipino descent. In 2006, a [[Red Ribbon (Bakeshop)|Red Ribbon]] pastry shop, one of the Philippines' most famous food chains, opened its first branch on the East Coast in the Garden State.[http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business04_feb13_2006.] [[Manila Avenue (Hudson County)|Manila Avenue]] in [[Downtown Jersey City]] was named for the Philippine capital city because of the many Filipinos who built their homes on this street during the 1970s. A memorial, dedicated to the Filipino American veterans of the [[Vietnam War]], was built in a small square on Manila Avenue. A park and statue dedicated to [[Jose P. Rizal]], a national hero of the Philippines, exists in downtown Jersey City.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2013|title=rizal statue jersey city |url=http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=rizal%20statue%20jersey%20city|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=archive.ph|archive-date=January 25, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125112400/http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=rizal%20statue%20jersey%20city|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jersey City is the host of the annual [[Philippine-American Friendship Day]] Parade, an event that occurs yearly in June, on its last Sunday. The City Hall of Jersey City raises the Philippine flag in correlation to this event and as a tribute to the contributions of the Filipino community. The Santakrusan Procession along Manila Avenue has taken place since 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Journal|first=Kate Kowsh/The Jersey|date=May 30, 2011|title=Amid Delays, 33rd Annual Santacruzan procession circles downtown neighborhood|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2011/05/amid_delays_santacruzan_street.html|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=nj|language=en}}</ref> There were an estimated 21,622 [[Filipino American]]s in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 4.8% increase from 20,638 Filipino Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/>

=====Chinese American=====
Hudson County, highly accessible to [[Lower Manhattan]] in New York City and its [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]] by [[rapid transit]], was home to an estimated 13,381 [[Chinese American]]s, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a notably rapid growth of 19.1% from the 11,239 Chinese Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/>

====African American====
There were an estimated 83,576 [[African American]]s in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 0.4% decrease from 83,925 African Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/> However, modest growth in the [[African immigration to the United States|African immigrant]] population, most notably the growing [[Nigerian American]] population in Jersey City, is partially offsetting the decline in Hudson County's American-born black population, which as a whole has been experiencing an exodus from northern New Jersey to the [[Southern United States]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Dave Sheingold|title=North Jersey black families leaving for lure of new South |url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/116554018_Black_families_leaving_for_lure_of_new_South.html |publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref>

====Arab American====
[[Arab American]]s numbered an estimated 14,518 individuals in Hudson County in the 2012 American Community Survey, representing 2.3% of the county's total population,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.com/hudson-county-nj-population-and-races.htm|title=Hudson County Population and Races|publisher=World Media Group|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> the second highest percentage in New Jersey after [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.com/rank/new-jersey-state--arab-as-first-ancestry-population-percentage--county-rank.htm?hl=Hudson&hlst=NJ&yr=6000|title=New Jersey Arab as First Ancestry Population Percentage County Rank|publisher=World Media Group|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> Arab Americans are most concentrated in Jersey City and Bayonne, led by [[Egyptian American]]s, including the largest population of [[Coptic Christian]]s in the United States.<ref name=DiverseJC1/><ref name=DiverseJC2/>

====Muslim American====
Hudson County's [[Muslim American]] population includes a significant [[Latin American|Latino]] contingent comprising adherents converting from other religious affiliations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/embracing-islam/|title=Embracing Islam - Why Latinos are drawn to Muslim beliefs, culture|author=Carmen Cusido|publisher=New Jersey Monthly|date=February 8, 2010|access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref>

====Jewish American====
A growing [[Jewish American]] population has been noted in Hudson County, particularly in Jersey City. A significant Jewish presence has also been established in [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/09/with_growing_jewish_community_hudson_county_synagogues_prepare_for_rosh_hashanah.html|title=With growing Jewish community, Hudson County synagogues prepare for Rosh Hashanah |author=Matthew Speiser|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=May 14, 2015|quote='We are so excited because of the influx of people,' said Rabbi Deborah Hachen of Temple Beth-El in Jersey City. 'We have 20-plus new households joining us for our service this year.'}}</ref>

====Same-sex couples====
{{main|Same-sex marriage in New Jersey}}
There were 2,726 [[Domestic partnership|same-sex couples]] in Hudson County in 2010, second in New Jersey only to Essex County,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outinjersey.net/component/content/article?id=1345:where-do-gay-couples-live-in-new-jersey|title=Where do gay couples live in New Jersey?|author=Peter Frycki|publisher=Out in New Jersey|date=April 1, 2011|access-date=May 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080331/http://www.outinjersey.net/component/content/article?id=1345:where-do-gay-couples-live-in-new-jersey|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> prior to the commencement of same-sex marriages in New Jersey on October 21, 2013.<ref name=DroppedAppeal>{{cite web |url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/Christie_administration_withdraws_appeal_of_ruling_allowing_gay_marriage_in_NJ.html?page=all |title=Christie drops appeal of ruling allowing gay marriage in NJ |author1=Melissa Hayes |author2=Kibret Markos |author3=Chris Harris |author4=Scott Fallon |publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=May 14, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209185716/http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/Christie_administration_withdraws_appeal_of_ruling_allowing_gay_marriage_in_NJ.html?page=all|archive-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref>

==Economy==
The [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] calculated that the county's [[gross domestic product]] was $41.7&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=41700000000|start_year=2021}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in 2021, which was ranked fifth in the state and was a 5.7% increase from the prior year.<ref>[https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/lagdp1222.pdf Gross Domestic Product by County, 2021], [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]], released December 8, 2022. Accessed July 17, 2023.</ref>

Various businesses and industries are headquartered or had their start in Hudson County. [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] is home to [[The Vitamin Shoppe]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vitaminshoppe.com/u/contact-us|title=Contact Customer Service at the Vitamin Shop|website=www.vitaminshoppe.com|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214174235/https://www.vitaminshoppe.com/u/contact-us|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[MyNetworkTV|My Network TV]]'s flagship station [[WWOR-TV]],<ref>[http://www.my9ny.com/about-us/ About Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121085518/http://www.my9ny.com/about-us/ |date=November 21, 2008 }}, [[WWOR-TV]]. Accessed November 6, 2007.</ref> [[Red Bull New York]],<ref>[http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Red.Bull.New.York.Inc.201-583-1129 Red Bull New York Inc], Merchant Circle, accessed February 20, 2011.</ref> [[MLB Network]],<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/network/about/ About page], [[MLB Network]]. Accessed February 20, 2011</ref> [[NBA Entertainment]],<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000238522-page.html NBA Entertainment], Goliath, accessed February 20, 2011.</ref><ref>Durand, John. [http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2008/08/20080804/Media/MLB-Networks-Harlem-Plans-An-Unnecessary-Distraction.aspx "MLB Network's Harlem plans an unnecessary distraction"], Sports Business Journal Daily, August 4, 2008</ref><ref>Maurer, Mark. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2010/10/mlb_network_in_secaucus_works.html "MLB Network in Secaucus works to expand digital archives"], [[NJ.com]], October 13, 2010</ref> [[Goya Foods]],<ref>[http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424071548/http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html |date=April 24, 2011 }}, [[Goya Foods]]. Accessed November 6, 2007.</ref> [[The Children's Place]]<ref>Vernon, Joan. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8100032_ITM "Secaucus, N.J.-Based Children's Place Seeks to Convert Browsers into Buyers."], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 27, 2004. Accessed July 16, 2008.</ref> and [[Hartz Mountain Industries|Hartz Mountain]].<ref>[http://www.hartz.com/Contact_Us.aspx Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224221730/http://www.hartz.com/Contact_Us.aspx |date=February 24, 2011 }}, [[Hartz Mountain Industries|Hartz Mountain]]. Accessed February 19, 2011</ref> [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] is home to [[Verisk Analytics]]<ref name=StarLedger>Todd, Susan. [http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/verisk_analytics_sells_8525_mi.html "Verisk Analytics of Jersey City raises $1.9B in stock offering"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 8, 2009. Accessed October 8, 2009.</ref> and [[WFMU]] 91.1FM (WMFU 90.1FM in the Hudson Valley), the longest running freeform radio station in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |author=WFMU |url=http://wfmu.org/about.shtml |title=About WFMU FAQ |publisher=Wfmu.org |access-date=June 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612184224/http://wfmu.org/about.shtml |archive-date=June 12, 2010}}</ref> [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] is the birthplace of the first [[Blimpie]] restaurant,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5D91F3FF930A25751C1A961948260|title=Trying to Build a Bigger Blimpie |last=Kleinfield|first=N.R.|date=December 13, 1987|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 7, 2008}}</ref> and home to one of the headquarters of publisher [[John Wiley & Sons]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Wright, Robert E. | author2=Timothy C. Jacobson | author3=George David Smith | title=Knowledge for Generations: Wiley and the Global Publishing Industry, 1807–2007 | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | location=Hoboken, NJ | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-471-75721-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/knowledgeforgene00robe }}</ref> In the 20th century, [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] was the "embroidery capital of the United States", the trademark of that industry appearing on that city's seal.<ref name=Calendar>Union City 2000 Calendar, 2000, culled from ''History of West Hoboken and Union Hill'' by Ella-Mary Ryman; 1965 and "The Historical Background of Union City" by Daniel A. Primont, William G. Fiedler and Fred Zuccaro, 1964</ref><ref name="Cunningham">{{cite book|last=Cunningham|first=John|title=This is New Jersey 4th ed.|year=2004|publisher=Rutgers University Press & Hudson River Museum|location=Yonkers, NY|isbn=0-8135-2141-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/thisisnewjersey0000cunn/page/100 100]|url=https://archive.org/details/thisisnewjersey0000cunn/page/100}}</ref><ref name=PopikUnionCity>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/florida/entry/little_havana_miami_little_havana_on_the_hudson_union_city_new_jersey/ |title="Little Havana (Miami) & Little Havana on the Hudson (Union City, New Jersey)" BarryPopkik.com; August 15, 2006 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707213306/http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/florida/entry/little_havana_miami_little_havana_on_the_hudson_union_city_new_jersey/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Weehawken is home to the headquarters of [[NY Waterway]],<ref>[http://www.nywaterway.com/Contact.aspx Contact], [[NY Waterway]]. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref> as well as offices for [[Swatch Group|Swatch Group USA]],<ref>[http://www.swatchgroup.com/en/brands_and_companies/distribution/worldwide_distribution/americas Subsidiaries in the Americas], [[Swatch Group]]. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref> [[UBS]]<ref>[https://www.ubs.com/us/en/wealth/DirectionstoOurUSHeadquarters.html Directions to Our U.S. Headquarters], [[UBS]]. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref> and Hartz Mountain.<ref>[http://hudsonnjedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hudson-employers.pdf Major Employer's List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214449/http://hudsonnjedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hudson-employers.pdf |date=March 3, 2016 }}, Hudson County Economic Development Corporation, January 2014. Accessed August 31, 2014.</ref>

Television producers had long held an attraction for New Jersey, and Hudson County in particular, due to the tax credits afforded such various productions. The [[HBO]] prison drama ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' was filmed in an old warehouse in [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], with much of the series filmed around the now-defunct [[Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne|Military Ocean Terminal Base]].<ref name=NJFilm>Wright, E. Assata. "Getting the film crews back to NJ", ''[[The Union City Reporter]]'', February 13, 2011, Pages 5 and 7</ref> The NBC drama ''[[Law and Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' filmed police station and courtroom scenes at NBC's Central Archives building in North Bergen,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Susan |last2=Dawn |first2=Randee |title=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion |date=2009 |publisher=[[BenBella Books]] |location=Dallas |isbn=978-1933771-88-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/laworderspecialv0000gree |url-access=limited |via=[[Internet Archive#Text collection|Internet Archive text collection]]}}</ref><ref name=Kimpton>Kimpton, Roger. "Hollywood on the Palisades", ''Palisade'' magazine, Summer 2010, Pages 12-15</ref> and filmed other scenes throughout the county, such as a 2010 episode filmed at the Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus.<ref name=NJFilm/> The short-lived hospital drama ''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]'' filmed at a warehouse in Secaucus, a private residence in Weehawken and a public school in Jersey City.<ref name=JCI>{{cite web |work=The Jersey City Independent |title=The Tipsheet: 'Mercy' Brings Jersey City to the Small Screen, AhoraJC, Biking the Studio Tour and More |url=http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/09/30/the-tipsheet-mercy-brings-jersey-city-to-the-small-screen-ahorajc-set-for-liftoff-biking-the-studio-tour-and-the-new-loews-season/ |date=September 30, 2009 |access-date=September 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018070840/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/09/30/the-tipsheet-mercy-brings-jersey-city-to-the-small-screen-ahorajc-set-for-liftoff-biking-the-studio-tour-and-the-new-loews-season/}}</ref> The ''Law and Order'' and ''Mercy'' productions left New Jersey for New York in 2010 after New Jersey Governor [[Chris Christie]] suspended the tax credits for film and television production for the fiscal year 2011 to close budget gaps.<ref name=NJFilm/>

==Government==
===County government===
[[Image:BrennanCourthouse retouched.JPG|thumb|[[Hudson County Courthouse|Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Courthouse]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]]]
[[File:Hudson County Admin Bldg (from Pavonia Avenue).jpg|thumb|[[Hudson County Administration Building]]]]

Hudson County is governed by the Hudson County Executive and a nine-member [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of County Commissioners]] as a legislative body, who administers all county business. Hudson joins [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic]], [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]] and [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer]] counties as one of the 5 of 21 New Jersey counties with an elected executive.<ref>Rinde, Meir. [http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/10/26/explainer-what-s-a-freeholder-understanding-nj-s-complex-government-system/ "Explainer: What's a Freeholder? NJ's Unusual County Government System"], NJ Spotlight, October 27, 2015. Accessed October 26, 2017. "Five counties -- Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Mercer -- opted for popularly elected county executives in addition to freeholder boards."</ref> The County Executive is elected directly by the voters. The members of the Board of County Commissioners are elected concurrently to serve three-year terms as Commissioner, each representing a specified [[Ward (United States)|district]] which are equally proportioned based on population. Each year, in January, the Commissioners select one of their nine to serve as chair and one as Vice Chair for a period of one year. In 2016, commissioners were paid $43,714, the Commissioner Vice Chair received $45,754 and the Commissioner Chair was paid an annual salary of $46,774; the commissioner salaries in the county were the highest in the state.<ref>Gallo Jr., Bill. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/how_much_your_county_freeholders_others_in_nj_earn.html "Which N.J. county freeholders are paid the most?"], [[NJ.com]], March 11, 2016. Accessed October 25, 2017. "Freeholder chairman: $46,774; Freeholder vice chairman: $45,754; Other freeholders: $43,714"</ref> That year, the county executive was paid $151,299.<ref>Strunsky, Steve. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/06/top_10_public_employee_salaries_in_hudson_county.html "Hudson County's top 10 public salaries: a clean sweep for men"], NJ Advance media for [[NJ.com]], September 9, 2017. Accessed October 26, 2017. "Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, arguably the county government's highest-ranking official, didn't even break the $200,000 mark, with a salary of $151,299."</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, Hudson County's [[Hudson County Executive]] is Craig Guy ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], Jersey City), whose term of office expires December 31, 2027.<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/county-executive/ About the County Executive], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref> Hudson County's Commissioners are (with terms for commissioners, chair and vice-chair ending every December 31):<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/ County Commissioners], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/ County Officials], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-Adopted-Budget.pdf 2024 County Data Sheet], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! District
! Commissioner
|-
| 1 - [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]] and parts of [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District1.pdf District 1 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| Kenneth Kopacz (D, Bayonne, 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-kenneth-kopacz/ Kenneth Kopacz District 1], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| 2 - Western Jersey City<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District2.pdf District 2 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| William O'Dea (D, Jersey City, 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-william-odea/ William O’Dea District 2], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| 3 - South Eastern Jersey City<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District3.pdf District 3 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| Vice Chair Jerry Walker (D, Jersey City, 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-jerry-walker/ Jerry Walker District 3], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| 4 - North Eastern Jersey City<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District4.pdf District 4 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| Yraida Aponte-Lipski (D, Jersey City, 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-yraida-aponte-lipski/ Yraida Aponte-Lipski District 4], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| 5 - [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] and parts of Jersey City<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District5.pdf District 5 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| Chair Anthony L. Romano Jr. (D, Hoboken, 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-anthony-l-romano-jr/ Anthony L. Romano Jr. District 5], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| 6 - [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]]<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District6.pdf District 6 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| Fanny J. Cedeño (D, Union City, 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-fanny-j-cedeno/ Fanny J. Cedeño District 6], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| 7 - [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]], and [[Gutenberg, New Jersey|Gutenberg]]<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District7.pdf District 7 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| [[Caridad Rodriguez]] (D, West New York, 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-caridad-rodriguez/ Caridad Rodriguez District 7], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| 8 - West New York, [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]], [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]]<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District8.pdf District 8 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| Robert Baselice (D, North Bergen 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-robert-p-baselice/ Robert P. Baselice District 8], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| 9 - Secaucus, [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]], [[East Newark, New Jersey|East Newark]], [[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison]]<ref>[https://gis.hcnj.us/Images/2022ElectionWebMaps/Commissioners/District9.pdf District 9 Hudson County Board of County Commissioners Series Boundaries Adopted 2022], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
| Albert J. Cifelli (D, Harrison, 2026)<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/countycommissioners/bio-albert-j-cifelli/ Albert J. Cifelli District 9], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|}

Republicans have not won a countywide office since 1956, and have not won a commissioner seat since 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/18-of-21-new-jersey-counties-have-one-party-control/ |title=18 of 21 New Jersey counties have one-party control |date=August 27, 2021 |publisher=NJ Globe |access-date=September 12, 2023 }}</ref> Pursuant to Article VII Section II of the [[New Jersey State Constitution]], each county in New Jersey is required to have three elected administrative officials known as "constitutional officers." These officers are the [[County Clerk]] and [[Probate Court|County Surrogate]] (both elected for five-year terms of office) and the [[Sheriff|County Sheriff]] (elected for a three-year term).<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/docconst47.html#page16 New Jersey State Constitution (1947), Article VII, Section II, Paragraph 2], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref> Hudson County is one of two counties statewide that has an elected Register of Deeds.<ref>[https://coanj.com/history/registers/ History of Registers], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed October 13, 2024. "A Register of Deeds is an elected County Statutory Officer who is responsible for recording, filing, and preserving all property transactions within the municipalities of the County in which they serve.... There are presently 2 out of 21 Counties in the State of New Jersey where the Office of Register of Deeds exists (Essex and Hudson Counties). In the other 19 Counties, the functions of the Register are under the jurisdiction of the County Clerk."</ref> Hudson County's constitutional officers and register are:<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/directory/ Directory], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Officer
|-
| County Clerk
| E. Junior Maldonado (D, Jersey City, 2027)<ref>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/biography/ Biography], Hudson County Clerk. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/clerks/ Members List: Clerks], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| Sheriff
| Frank X. Schillari ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], Jersey City, 2025)<ref name="HudsonCountySheriff"/><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/sheriffs/ Members List: Sheriffs], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| Surrogate
| Tilo E. Rivas (D, Jersey City, 2029)<ref>[http://www.hudsoncountynj.org/surrogate/ Hudson County Surrogate], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/surrogates/ Members List: Surrogates], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|-
| Register
| Jeffrey Dublin (D, Jersey City, 2026)<ref>[https://hudsoncountyregister.org/jeffrey-dublin/ Register Dublin's Bio], Hudson County Register of Deeds and Mortgages. Accessed October 13, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://hudsoncountyregister.org/about-us/ About Us], Hudson County Register of Deeds & Mortgages. Accessed January 31, 2025. "The Hudson County Register is elected by the people of Hudson County for a five-year term. The Office of the Register is responsible for the recording of all formal written documents which affect real property throughout the 12 municipalities that make up the County."</ref><ref>[https://coanj.com/member-list/registers/ Members List: Registers], Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
|}

===Law enforcement===
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| divname           = New Jersey
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| headquarters      = 257 Cornelison Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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}}

The sheriff's office is the second-largest law enforcement agency in the county, with a staff of 300.<ref name="HudsonCountySheriff">[https://www.hudsoncountysheriff.com/ Home], Hudson County Sheriff. Accessed January 31, 2025</ref> The sheriff's headquarters are located at Hudson County Plaza. The [[Hudson County Correctional Facility]] is located in [[South Kearny, New Jersey|South Kearny]]. The Hudson County [[Prosecutor]] is Esther Suarez, who was nominated to the position by [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Chris Christie]] in June 2015.<ref>[https://hcpo.opsnetwork.org/about About], Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/3819e253-d786-4d8d-b2d5-9095323d5e19/content "Governor Chris Christie Files Nominations"], [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Chris Christie]], press release dated June 22, 2015. Accessed January 31, 2025. "Hudson County Prosecutor - Nominate for appointment Esther Suarez (Secaucus, Hudson)"</ref> Many county offices are located at Hudson County Plaza at 257 Cornelison Avenue in Jersey City.<ref>Sullivan, Al. "Open for business" ''[[The Union City Reporter]]''; November 29, 2009; Page 6.</ref><ref>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/contacts/office-of-the-county-clerk/ Office of the County Clerk], Hudson County Clerk. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref><ref>[http://www.dmrarchitects.com/news_articles_new/2009/HCIA.pdf Hudson County Plaza]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Hudson County [[Meadowview Psychiatric Hospital]] is on [[County Avenue, Secaucus]].

The [[county seat]] of Hudson County is located near [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]] on Newark Avenue in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], northeast of [[Journal Square]]. The [[Hudson County Courthouse]], and the adjacent [[Hudson County Administration Building]], at 595 Newark Avenue, are home to various courts, agencies and departments. Hudson County constitutes Vicinage 6 of the [[New Jersey Superior Court]] and is seated at the Administration Building, with additional facilities at the Hudson County Courthouse; the Assignment Judge for Vicinage 6 is the Honorable Peter F. Bariso Jr.<ref>[https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/courts/vicinages/hudson.html Hudson County], New Jersey Courts. Accessed October 23, 2017.</ref> The Hudson County court system consists of several municipal courts, including the busy Jersey City Court in addition to the Superior Court.

=== Federal representatives ===
Three [[New Jersey's congressional districts|Congressional Districts]] cover the county, including portions of the 8th, 9th, and 10th districts.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2022-congressional-districts/congressional-district-by-county-2022.pdf 2022 Congressional Districts by County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2022-congressional-districts/njcd-2022-plan-components-report.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2021. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref> {{NJ Congress 08}} {{NJ Congress 09}} {{NJ Congress 10}}

=== State representatives ===
The 12 municipalities of Hudson County are in four legislative districts.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!District
!Senator<ref name=":0">[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster Legislative Roster], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref>
!Assembly<ref name=":0" />
!Municipalities 
|-
|[[New Jersey's 29th legislative district|29th]]
|[[Teresa Ruiz (politician)|Teresa Ruiz]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]
|[[Eliana Pintor Marin]] (D)<br/>[[Shanique Speight]] (D)
|[[East Newark, New Jersey|East Newark]] and [[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison]]. The remainder of this district includes portions of [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]].
|-
|[[New Jersey's 31st legislative district|31st]]
|[[Angela V. McKnight]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]
|[[William Sampson (politician)|William Sampson]] (D)<br/>[[Barbara McCann Stamato]] (D)
|[[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]], and a portion of [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]].
|-
|[[New Jersey's 32nd legislative district|32nd]]
|[[Raj Mukherji]] (D)
|[[Jessica Ramirez]] (D)<br/>[[John Allen (New Jersey politician)|John Allen]] (D)
|[[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] and a portion of [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]. 
|-
|[[New Jersey's 33rd legislative district|33rd]]
|[[Brian P. Stack]] (D)
|[[Julio Marenco]] (D)<br/>[[Gabe Rodriguez]] (D)
|[[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]], [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]], [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]], [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]], [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], and [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]].
|}

== Politics ==
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{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|43,804|118,206|5,351|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|60,646|127,447|1,461|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|55,360|154,140|2,116|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|42,369|153,108|2,217|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|49,043|163,917|7,582|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|65,698|181,452|3,308|New Jersey}}
{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|79,913|144,765|7,554|New Jersey}}
{{PresFoot}}

Hudson County is a Democratic stronghold. It has only supported a Republican for president six times since 1896, all in large victories for Republicans nationwide. 

However, Democratic vote share and margins have been shrinking since 2016. In 2024, the Democratic margin was the smallest since 1992 and Democrats' 62.34% was the lowest for the party since 1992 as well. As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 418,233 registered voters in Hudson County, of whom 230,912 (55.2%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 44,736 (10.7%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 136,327 (32.6%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|unaffiliated]]. There were 6,258 voters (1.5%) registered to other parties.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/svrs-reports/2021/2021-10-voter-registration-by-county.pdf Statewide Voter Registration Summary as of October 1, 2021], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed July 28, 2022.</ref>

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{{U.S. SenRow|2018|Democratic|36,087|132,180|4,863|New Jersey}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2020|Democratic|56,917|176,658|6,648|New Jersey}}
{{U.S. SenRow|2014|Democratic|16,707|68,165|2,109|New Jersey}}
{{U.S. SenRow|2013|Democratic|12,830|47,683|871|New Jersey}}
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===State elections===
{{Hidden begin|titlestyle=background:#ccccff;|title=Gubernatorial elections results}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;"
|+ Gubernatorial elections results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/election-information-results.shtml| title=NJ DOS - Division of Elections - Election Results Archive }}</ref>
|-
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2021]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.4% ''30,443''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.6%''' ''88,066''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2017]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|17.5% ''19,236''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''80.5%''' ''88,271''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2013]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.6% ''42,567''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.7%''' ''53,386''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2009]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|26.1% ''30,820''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.4%''' ''82,075''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2005]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|22.2% ''25,769''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''75.4%''' ''87,409''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2001]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|30.3% ''37,440''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''68.8%''' ''85,074''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1997]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.6% ''47,468''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.4%''' ''80,526''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1993]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.7% ''54,144''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.7%''' ''80,013''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1989 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1989]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.0% ''32,215''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.7% ''' ''95,122''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1985]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''65.1% ''' ''88,165''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.1% ''46,195''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1981]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.8% ''54,740''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.2%''' ''101,045''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1977]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.4% ''49,160''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.4% ''' ''89,181''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election|1973]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.9% ''39,827''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.7% ''' ''124,558''
|-
|}
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==Municipalities==
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There are 12 municipalities in Hudson County, listed with area in square miles and 2010 Census data for population and housing.<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212200156/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34017 GCT-PH1: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Hudson County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 31, 2014.</ref> [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] and [[West Hudson, New Jersey|West Hudson]] each comprise municipalities in their distinct areas.

[[Image:Hudson County, New Jersey Municipalities.png|thumb|upright=1.15|left|Hudson County municipalities index map]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Municipality
! Map<br>key
! Mun.<br>type
! Pop.
! Housing<br>units
! Total<br>area
! Water<br>area
! Land<br>area
! Pop.<br>density
! Housing<br>density
! School district
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|[[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]] || 1 ||  city || 71,686 || 27,799 || 11.08 || 5.28 || 5.80 || 10,858.3 || 4,789.4 || [[Bayonne Board of Education|Bayonne]]
|-
|[[East Newark, New Jersey|East Newark]] || 10 ||  borough || 2,594 || 794 || 0.12 || 0.02 || 0.10 || 23,532.1 || 7,765.8 || [[Harrison Public Schools|Harrison]] (9–12) ([[Sending/receiving relationship|S/R]])<br>[[East Newark School District|East Newark]] (K-8)
|-
|[[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]] || 6 ||  town || 12,017 || 4,839 || 0.24 || 0.05 || 0.20 || 57,116.0 || 24,730.2 || [[North Bergen School District|North Bergen]] (9–12) ([[Sending/receiving relationship|S/R]])<br>[[Guttenberg Public School District|Guttenberg]] (PK-8)
|-
|[[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison]] || 9 ||  town || 19,450 || 5,228 || 1.32 || 0.12 || 1.20 || 11,319.3 || 4,344.9 || [[Harrison Public Schools|Harrison]]
|-
|[[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] || 3 ||  city || 60,419 || 26,855 || 2.01 || 0.74 || 1.28 || 39,212.0 || 21,058.7 || [[Hoboken Public Schools|Hoboken]]
|-
|[[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] || 2 ||  city || 292,449 || 108,720 || 21.08 || 6.29 || 14.79 || 16,736.6 || 7,349.1 || [[Jersey City Public Schools|Jersey City]]
|-
|[[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]] || 8 ||  town || 41,999 || 14,180 || 10.19 || 1.42 || 8.77 || 4,636.5 || 1,616.0 || [[Kearny School District|Kearny]]
|-
|[[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]] || 11 ||  township || 63,361 || 23,912 || 5.57 || 0.44 || 5.13 || 11,838.0 || 4,657.8 || [[North Bergen School District|North Bergen]]
|-
|[[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] || 7 ||  town || 22,181 || 6,846 || 6.60 || 0.78 || 5.82 || 2,793.7 || 1,175.9 || [[Secaucus Public Schools|Secaucus]]
|-
|[[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] || 4 ||  city || 68,589 || 24,931 || 1.28 || 0.00 || 1.28 || 51,810.1 || 19,436.9 || [[Union City School District (New Jersey)|Union City]]
|-
|[[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] || 12 ||  township || 17,197 || 6,213 || 1.48 || 0.68 || 0.80 || 15,764.6 || 7,801.9 || [[Weehawken School District|Weehawken]]
|-
|[[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]] || 5 ||  town || 52,912 || 20,018 || 1.33 || 0.32 || 1.01 || 49,341.7 || 19,870.5 || [[West New York School District|West New York]]
|-
|Hudson County || || county || 724,854 || 270,335 || 62.31 || 16.12 || 46.19 || 13,731.4 || 5,852.5 ||
|}

==Education==
===Tertiary education===
[[Image:Stevens in the snow.jpg|thumb|upright|Edwin A. Stevens Building at the [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] in Hoboken]]

The colleges and universities in Hudson County are [[Hudson County Community College]] (HCCC), [[New Jersey City University]] (NJCU), [[Saint Peter's University]] (all in Jersey City) and [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] (in Hoboken). [[Rutgers University]] also offers classes within the county. The [[Christ Hospital (Jersey City, New Jersey)|Christ Hospital]] School of Nursing was established in 1890 and has run a cooperative program with HCCC since 1999.<ref>[http://www.christhospital.org/html/schools_of_medicine/school_of_nursing/history.html History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102081147/http://christhospital.org/html/schools_of_medicine/school_of_nursing/history.html |date=November 2, 2012 }}, Christ Hospital School of Nursing. Accessed December 13, 2014.</ref> As of 2014, it was set to merge with the [[Bayonne Medical Center]] School of Nursing.{{Update inline|date=August 2023}}<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/04/nursing_schools_in_hudson_coun.html#incart_river_default "Nursing schools in Hudson County set to merge"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', April 2, 2013. Accessed December 13, 2014.</ref>

===School districts===
Each municipality has a public [[school district]]. All but two have their own [[state school|public]] high schools. East Newark students attend [[Harrison High School (New Jersey)|Harrison High School]]<ref>Duger, Rose. [http://www.nj.com/kearnyjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1293693963293270.xml&coll=3 "East Newark Harrison merging dispatch service"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015055813/http://www.nj.com/kearnyjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1293693963293270.xml&coll=3 |date=October 15, 2012 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', December 30, 2010. Accessed December 13, 2014. "Kearny handles all health-related functions through its Board of Health, while East Newark high school children attend Harrison High School and the borough contracts with Harrison to provide street cleaning, snow removal, ambulance and library services."</ref> and Guttenberg students attend [[North Bergen High School]].<ref>Shortell, Tom. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2008/11/3_candidates_on_ballot_to_be_g.html "3 candidates on ballot to be Guttenberg's mayor"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', November 2, 2008. Accessed December 13, 2014. "Scoullos said in the late 1990s, North Bergen overcharged the town for services at North Bergen High School, which takes Guttenberg students as part of a sending/receiving network."</ref> [[Hudson County Schools of Technology]] is a public secondary and adult vocational-technical school with locations in Secaucus, Jersey City, Union City and Harrison.<ref>[http://www.hcstonline.org/portal/Schools.aspx Schools and Programs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231180253/http://www.hcstonline.org/portal/Schools.aspx |date=December 31, 2014 }}, [[Hudson County Schools of Technology]]. Accessed December 13, 2014.</ref> There are public and private elementary and secondary schools located throughout Hudson, many of which are members of the [[Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association]].<ref>[https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Affiliations 2020-2021] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109010028/http://www.njsiaa.org/NJSIAA/12leagueaffiliations.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109010028/http://www.njsiaa.org/NJSIAA/12leagueaffiliations.pdf |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |url-status=live |date=November 9, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association]]. Accessed January 10, 2017.</ref>

School districts, all classified as K-12 (except as indicated), include:<ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/hudson New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_list.asp?Search=1&details=1&State=34&County=Hudson+County Search for Public School Districts in Hudson County, New Jersey], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed August 1, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34017_hudson/DC20SD_C34017.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807004956/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34017_hudson/DC20SD_C34017.pdf |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hudson County, NJ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=August 6, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34017_hudson/DC20SD_C34017_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Bayonne School District]]
*[[East Newark School District]] (K–8)
*[[Guttenberg Public School District]] (K–8)
*[[Harrison Public Schools]]
*[[Hoboken Public Schools]]
*[[Hudson County Schools of Technology]] (9–12)
*[[Jersey City Public Schools]]
*[[Kearny School District]]
*[[North Bergen School District]]
*[[Secaucus Public Schools]]
*[[Union City School District (New Jersey)|Union City School District]]
*[[Weehawken School District]]
*[[West New York School District]]
{{div col end}}

== Transportation ==
The confluence of roads and railways of the [[Northeast megalopolis|Northeastern U.S. megalopolis]] and [[Northeast Corridor]] passing through Hudson County make it one of the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]'s major transportation crossroads and provide access to an extensive network of interstate highways, state freeways and toll roads, and vehicular water crossings. Many long-distance trains and buses pass through the county, though [[Amtrak]] and the major national bus companies – [[Greyhound Lines]] and [[Trailways Transportation System|Trailways]] – do not provide service within it. There are many local, intrastate, and Manhattan-bound bus routes, an expanding light rail system, ferries traversing the Hudson, and commuter trains to [[North Jersey]], the [[Jersey Shore]], and [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]. Much of the rail, surface transit, and ferry system is oriented to commuters traveling to [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], lower and midtown [[Manhattan]], and the Hudson Waterfront. Public transportation is operated by a variety of public and private corporations, notably [[NJ Transit]], the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]], and [[NY Waterway]], each of which charge customers separately for their service. Hudson is the only county in New Jersey where more residents (127,708) used public transportation than drove (124,772).<ref>Higgs, Larry. [http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2014/12/nj_commutes_are_the_worst_and_get_worse_census_survey_says.html#incart_m-rpt-1 N.J. commutes are the worst and getting worse, Census survey says"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', December 4, 2014. Accessed December 13, 2014.</ref>

===Hubs===
[[Hoboken Terminal]], [[Bergenline Avenue]] at [[Hackensack Plank Road|32nd Street]], [[Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)|48th Street]], and [[Nungessers]] in [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]], and [[Journal Square Transportation Center]] and [[Exchange Place, Jersey City|Exchange Place]] in Jersey City are major public [[Transport hub|transportation hubs]]. The [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] and [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], the [[World Trade Center (PATH station)|World Trade Center]] in Lower Manhattan, and [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]] also play important roles within the county's transportation network. [[Secaucus Junction]] provides access to eight commuter rail lines.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38174 Secaucus Junction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009103651/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38174 |date=October 9, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 13, 2014.</ref>

===Rail===
[[File:8.7.09BerglineAve48STHBLRByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)|Bergenline Station]] at 49th Street between [[Bergenline Avenue]] and [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] at the border of [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]] and [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]]]]

* [[Hudson-Bergen Light Rail]] serves [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], and [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] at the [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] waterfront, [[Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)|Bergenline Avenue]] and [[Tonnelle Avenue (HBLR station)|Tonnelle Avenue]].<ref name="HBLR/Meadowlands Rail map">{{Cite web |url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf |title=HBLR/Meadowlands Rail map |access-date=January 8, 2010 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605094039/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[NJ Transit]] '''Hoboken Division''': [[Main Line (NJ Transit)|Main Line]] (to Suffern, and in partnership with [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]]/[[Metro-North]], express service to Port Jervis), [[Bergen County Line]], and jointly with [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]]/[[Metro-North]], [[Pascack Valley Line]], all via [[Secaucus Junction]]; [[Montclair-Boonton Line]] and [[Morris and Essex Lines]]; [[North Jersey Coast Line]] (limited service as [[Waterfront Connection]]); [[Raritan Valley Line]] (limited service), and [[Meadowlands Rail Line]]<ref name="HBLR/Meadowlands Rail map"/>

[[Image:Jersey-city-exchange-place-platform.jpg|thumb|[[Exchange Place station (PATH)|Exchange Place]] [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] station, in the [[Paulus Hook]] neighborhood of Jersey City]]

* [[NJ Transit]] '''Newark Division''': [[Northeast Corridor Line]] and [[North Jersey Coast Line]] can be reached via Secaucus Junction or [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]]
* [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] is a 24-hour [[rapid transit|subway]] mass transit system serving [[Newark Penn Station]], Harrison, [[Journal Square]], [[Downtown Jersey City]], [[Hoboken Terminal]], midtown Manhattan (33rd) (along 6th Ave to [[Herald Square]]/[[New York Penn Station]]), and [[World Trade Center (PATH station)|World Trade Center]].

===Bus===
[[List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (100-199)|NJ Transit bus routes 120 -129]] provide service within Hudson and to Manhattan. [[List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (1-99)|NJ Transit bus routes 1-89]] provide service within the county and to points in [[North Jersey]]. Additionally, private bus companies, some of which operate [[dollar van]]s (''mini-buses'' or ''carritos'') augment the state agency's surface transport.

===Water===
[[Image:CRRNJ Terminal, Liberty State Park, Jersey City NJ.jpg|thumb|CRRNJ Terminal in [[Liberty State Park]], with ferry slips in foreground]]

Located at the heart of the [[Port of New York and New Jersey]], Hudson County has since the 1980s seen the restoration of its [[List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City|once extensive ferry system]].
* [[NY Waterway]] operates ferry service from [[Weehawken Port Imperial]], [[Hoboken Terminal]], and [[Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal]] as well as other [[ferry slip]]s along the [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]] to [[West Midtown Ferry Terminal]], [[Battery Park City Ferry Terminal]] and [[Pier 11/Wall Street]] in Manhattan, and to the [[Raritan Bayshore]]
* [[Liberty Water Taxi]] provides service on one route between [[Liberty State Park]], [[Paulus Hook]], and Battery Park City.
* [[Statue Cruises]] provides service to [[Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island|Ellis Island and Liberty Island]]<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/ferry-system-map.htm Ellis Island and Liberty Island Ferry Map]</ref><ref>[http://www.statuecruises.com/ferry-service/welcome.aspx Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901190703/http://www.statuecruises.com/ferry-service/welcome.aspx |date=September 1, 2010 }} information at Star Cruises; Accessed August 31, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.statuecruises.com/schedule.aspx Ferry Schedules - Battery Park Ferry & Liberty State Park Ferry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217195421/http://www.statuecruises.com/schedule.aspx |date=December 17, 2014 }}, Statue Cruises. Accessed December 13, 2014.</ref>
* [[Cape Liberty Cruise Port]] in Bayonne is one of three passenger terminals in the [[Port of New York and New Jersey|port]].<ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/commuting-traveling/passenger-cruise-ships.html Passenger Cruise Ships], [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref>
* [[Port Jersey]] is one of four [[container shipping]] terminals in the [[Port of New York and New Jersey|port]].<ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/port/about-port.html About the Port], [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref>

===Roads and highways===
{{As of|2010}}, the county had a total of {{convert|616.81|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|515.38|mi}} are maintained by the local municipality, {{convert|47.31|mi}} by Hudson County, {{convert|33.23|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], {{convert|17.90|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]] and {{convert|3.37|mi}} by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/mileage_Hudson.pdf Hudson County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2019. Accessed December 25, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000078__-.pdf Interstate 78 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2016. Accessed December 25, 2020</ref>

Major highways include New Jersey Routes [[New Jersey Route 3|3]], [[New Jersey Route 7|7]], [[New Jersey Route 139|139]], [[New Jersey Route 185|185]], [[New Jersey Route 440|440]], [[New Jersey Route 495|495]], Interstates [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|78]], [[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|95]], and [[Interstate 280 (New Jersey)|280]], and U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 1/9|1/9]] and [[U.S. Route 1/9 Truck|1/9 Truck]], as well as the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] and the [[Pulaski Skyway]]. Automobile access to [[New York City]] is available through the [[Lincoln Tunnel]] (via [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] to [[Midtown Manhattan]]) and the [[Holland Tunnel]] (via Jersey City to [[Lower Manhattan]]), and over the [[Bayonne Bridge]] to [[Staten Island]]. [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|County Route 501]] runs the length of Hudson as Kennedy Boulevard.

In 2013, two main thoroughfares in Hudson County, [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] and [[U.S. Route 1/9]], were included among the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's list of the top ten most dangerous roads for pedestrians in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Kennedy Boulevard was ranked #6 for the six pedestrian fatalities that occurred on it from 2009 to 2011, while Route 1/9 was tied for the #10 place on the list for the five pedestrian deaths during the same period. Route 1/9 is monitored by [[New Jersey State Police|state police]], while Kennedy Boulevard is patrolled by the Hudson County Sheriff's Office and the respective municipalities through which that road runs. In total, 37 pedestrians – 12 in 2009, 14 in 2010 and 11 in 2011 – were killed on Hudson County roads. According to state police statistics there were nine pedestrian fatalities in the county in 2012, which was not included in the study. From 2010 through 2012, 25 people were killed each year in Hudson County motor vehicle accidents.<ref>Zeitlinger, Ron; Machcinski, Anthony J. (March 1, 2013). "6th and 10th Most Fatalities". ''[[The Jersey Journal]]''. p. 5.</ref>

===Air===
Most airports which serve Hudson County are operated by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].

* [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] (EWR), {{convert|12.8|mi|km}} away in Newark, is the closest airport with scheduled passenger service.
* [[LaGuardia Airport]] (LGA) is {{convert|12.8|mi|km}} away in [[Flushing, Queens]].
* [[John F. Kennedy Airport]] (JFK) is {{convert|19|mi|km}} away on [[Jamaica Bay]] in [[Queens]].
* [[Teterboro Airport]], in the [[Hackensack Meadowlands]], serves private and corporate planes.
* [[Essex County Airport]], in [[Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey|Fairfield]], is a general aviation airport serving the region.

==Parks and points of interest==
The [[Hudson County Park System]] includes [[Bayonne, New Jersey#Hackensack RiverWalk|Hudson County Park]], [[Curries Woods|Mercer Park]], [[Lincoln Park (Jersey City, New Jersey)|Lincoln Park]], Washington Park, [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey|Columbus Park]], and North Hudson Park, West Hudson Park and the newest, [[Snake Hill|Laurel Hill]].<ref>[https://www.hcnj.us/hcparks/ Hudson County Parks], Hudson County, New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2025.</ref> Some of the city's municipal parks and plazas, were developed as "city squares" during the 19th century, such as [[Hamilton Park, Jersey City|Hamilton Park]], [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey|Church Square Park]] and Ellsworth (locally known as Pigeon) Park.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

The German-American Volksfest has taken place annually since 1874 at [[Schuetzen Park (New Jersey)|Schuetzen Park]]<ref>[http://germanyinnyc.org/index.php?section=catlocation&cat_loc_id=351&cat_id=6 Germany in NYC: Schuetzen Park in North Bergen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123001636/http://germanyinnyc.org/index.php?section=catlocation&cat_loc_id=351&cat_id=6 |date=November 23, 2010 }}</ref> This private park and the many nearby cemeteries-[[Flower Hill Cemetery, North Bergen|Flower Hill Cemetery]], [[Grove Church Cemetery]], [[Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen|Hoboken Cemetery]], Macphelah Cemetery and [[Weehawken Cemetery]] that characterize the western slope create the "green lung" of [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson County]].

[[File:Jcres.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jersey City Reservoir No. 3]]]]

[[Jersey City Reservoir No. 3]] and Pershing Field constitute one of the largest "green spaces" in the county. The reservoir, no longer in use, is site of a passive recreation area/nature preserve. Hackensack Number Two, the other remaining reservoir in Weehawken Heights, is not accessible to the public. Extensive athletic fields opened in 2009 in Weehawken and Union City, the latter on the site of the former [[Roosevelt Stadium (Union City)|Roosevelt Stadium]].

Promenades are being developed along the rivers. The [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]] and [[Hackensack RiverWalk]]. Sections of the Secaucus [[Greenway (landscape)|Greenway]] are in place and eventually will connect different districts of the town including the North End, site Schmidts Woods (which contains an original hard wood forest) and Mill Creek Point Park, and [[Harmon Meadow Plaza]]. [[Kearny Riverbank Park]] runs along the [[Passaic River]]. The future of the [[Harsimus Stem Embankment]] is uncertain, though many community groups hope the landmark will be opened to the public as elevated greenway, possibly as part of [[East Coast Greenway]].

[[Liberty State Park]], the county's largest, is sited on land that had once been part of a vast oyster bed, was filled in for industrial, rail, and maritime uses, and was reclaimed in the 1970s. [[Ellis Island]] and [[Liberty Island]], a [[protected area|national protected area]] and home to the [[Statue of Liberty National Monument]], lie entirely within Hudson's waters across from Liberty State Park, from which ferry service is available.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/liberty.html Liberty State Park], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]]. Accessed August 31, 2014.</ref>

The [[New Jersey Meadowlands Commission]] has designated several areas within its jurisdiction as [[wetlands]] preservation zones including the [[Riverbend, Hudson County|Riverbend Wetlands Preserve]], Eastern Brackish Marsh, and Kearny Marsh, an extension of De Korte Park, home of the [[Meadowlands Environment Center]].<ref>[http://www.njmeadowlands.gov/njmc/nature/parks-trails.html Parks and Trails] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415144411/http://www.njmeadowlands.gov/njmc/nature/parks-trails.html |date=April 15, 2015 }}, [[New Jersey Meadowlands Commission]]. Accessed August 31, 2014.</ref>

Hudson County is home to Skyway Golf Course, the 8th ranked 9 hole golf course in the country (Golf Advisor 2019), Bayonne Golf Club and [[Liberty National Golf Club]], ball located on [[Upper New York Bay]].<ref>Strunsky, Steve. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/26njCOVER.html "The Greening of the Gold Coast"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 26, 2006. Accessed August 31, 2014.</ref>

* See [[Historic districts in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
* See [[Odonyms in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
* See [[List of cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
* See [[List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey]]
* See [[List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey]]

==Museums, galleries, exhibitions==
[[File:LibertyScienceCenter.jpg|thumb|[[Liberty Science Center]] in Liberty State Park, Jersey City]]

There are several museums and other exhibitions spaces throughout the county, some of which maintain permanent collections. Other are focused on local culture, history, or the environment. There are events throughout the year where architecture, local artists or ethnic culture are highlighted. There are also private galleries. The venues include:
* [[Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jersey City - Afro-American Historical Society Museum|url=http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/docs/afroam.shtml|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=www.cityofjerseycity.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/A_Pages/Afro_American_Historical_and_Cultural_Society_Museum.htm Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616081849/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/A_Pages/Afro_American_Historical_and_Cultural_Society_Museum.htm |date=June 16, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Bayonne Community Museum]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Bayonne museum eyes opening |url=http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/bayonne/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1256192756294190.xml&coll=3 |quote=City officials plan to open the new Bayonne Community Museum in the former Fleet Bank building at 231 Broadway by early spring next year, said Henry Sanchez, president of the Board of Trustees for Bayonne Community Museum. |work=[[NJ.com]] |date=October 22, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2010 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605002557/http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/bayonne/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1256192756294190.xml&coll=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Bayonne Truck House No. 1|Bayonne Firefighter's Museum]]<ref>[http://www.bayonnenj.org/museum.htm Bayonne Firefighter's Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707022926/http://www.bayonnenj.org/museum.htm |date=July 7, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal]]<ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/C_Pages/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey.html Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201224707/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/pages/c_pages/central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey.html |date=February 1, 2010 }}</ref>
* Cultural Thread/El Hilo,<ref>[http://www.parkpac.org/pp_exh.html The Cultural Thread/El Hilo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727163429/http://www.parkpac.org/pp_exh.html |date=July 27, 2011 }}, Embroidery Museum</ref> history, diversity and craft of embroidery
* [[Danforth Avenue (Hudson County)|Danforth Avenue Station]], excavated objects<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=17 |title=Danforth Avenue Station |access-date=August 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806005024/http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=17 |archive-date=August 6, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/danforth_ave/index.php |title=Danforth Avenue station photos |access-date=September 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910031010/http://subwaynut.com/hblr/danforth_ave/index.php}}</ref>
* [[Dixon Mills]], site of the former [[Joseph Dixon Crucible Company]]<ref>Shaman, Diana. [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/29/business/developer-transforms-a-factory-in-jersey-city.html "Developer Transforms A Factory in Jersey City"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 29, 1989. Accessed August 3, 2016. "Two 150-foot-high smokestacks that tower over the Van Vorst historic district in Jersey City mark the site of the former Joseph Dixon Crucible Company factory at Wayne and Varick Streets, a maze of cavernous buildings where crucibles, pencils, crayons, stove polish, lubricants and other products were once made. The four- and five-story red brick buildings, some almost a century and a half old, are being turned into a 470-unit rental apartment complex named Dixon Mills."</ref>
* [[Drawing Rooms]], a contemporary art center and gallery in a former convent in downtown Jersey City<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150128040928/http://www.drawingrooms.org/about.html About], Drawing Rooms. Accessed August 3, 2016.</ref>
* [[Ellis Island]] Immigration Museum<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm Ellis Island], [[National Park Service]]. Accessed August 3, 2016.</ref>
* [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]] Branch Library Gallery, specializing in music and fine arts
* [[Hoboken Artists Studio Tour]]<ref>{{cite news |title=2008 Hoboken Artists Studio Tour kicks off at noon |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2008/10/2008_hoboken_artists_studio_to.html |work=[[NJ.com]] |date=October 19, 2008 |access-date=October 20, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Hoboken Fire Department Museum]]
* [[Hoboken Historical Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=Hoboken Historical Museum|language=en-US}}</ref> history and local contemporary artists
* Hoboken House Tour,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/events/calendar-of-events/october/house-tour/ |title=Hoboken House Tour |access-date=June 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920102313/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/events/calendar-of-events/october/house-tour}}</ref> private and public buildings shown annually in October
* [[Hoboken Public Library]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hoboken Library|url=https://hobokenlibrary.org/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=Hoboken Public Library|language=en-US}}</ref> local history and local artists
* [[Hudson County Courthouse]], permanent murals depicting early history and contemporary work
* [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]], displays, plaques, panels of history of environment and development
* [[Kearny Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kearnylibrary.org/museum.htm |title=Kearny Museum |access-date=October 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908105549/http://www.kearnylibrary.org/museum.htm}}</ref>
* [[Hudson County YAM]]<ref>[http://www.yamnj.blogspot.com/.../hudson-county-yam.html Youth Art Month]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Jersey City Artists Studio Tour]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.proartsjc.org/ |title=ProArts JC Artists Studio Tour |access-date=September 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001214742/http://www.proartsjc.org/}}</ref>
* [[Jersey City Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The City Museum {{!}} An Online Tour of the Best Museums and Art|url=http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=www.jerseycitymuseum.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/exhib_current.cfm JC Museum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705170728/http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/exhib_current.cfm |date=July 5, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Liberty Science Center]], science education, environment, health, invention
* [[Liberty State Park]], interpretive center, nature and urban environment
* [[Museum of Russian Art (New Jersey)|Museum of Russian Art]]
* [[Jersey City Public Library|New Jersey Room]]<ref>[http://www.jclibrary.org/service/njroom.php New Jersey Room] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031100835/http://jclibrary.org/service/njroom.php |date=October 31, 2010 }}</ref> of Jersey City Public Library Main Branch, public archives including historical documents and photos
* [[Mana Contemporary]]<ref>[https://www.manafinearts.com/history History], Mana Contemporary. Accessed August 8, 2022.</ref>
* [[Martin Luther King Drive (Hudson County)|Martin Luther King Station]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |title=MLK Station photos |access-date=September 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221090046/http://subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=22 |title=MLK Drive Station information |access-date=September 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806005049/http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=22}}</ref> memorial to civil rights leader and movement
* [[Harmon Meadow Plaza|Meadowlands Exposition Center]], trade shows and cultural fairs<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome To The Meadowlands Exposition Center |website=Meadowlands Exposition Center |url=https://mecexpo.com/ |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Monroe Center (New Jersey)|Monroe Center]]<ref>[http://www.monroecenter.com/index.cfm?...id... Monroe Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714112957/http://www.monroecenter.com/index.cfm?...id... |date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[New Jersey City University]]<ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/dept/art/galleries/default.asp NJCU Galleries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810083848/http://www.njcu.edu/dept/art/galleries/default.asp |date=August 10, 2009 }}</ref>
** Lemmerman Gallery
** Visual Arts Gallery
** Sculpture Garden
* [[Saint Peter's College, New Jersey|Saints Peter's College Art Gallery]]<ref>[http://www.americanabstractartists.org/exhibitions-stpeters.htm American Abstract Artists at SPC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211093927/http://americanabstractartists.org/exhibitions-stpeters.htm |date=February 11, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Statue of Liberty National Monument]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/stli/|title=Statue of Liberty National Monument|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=January 21, 2010}}</ref>
* [[William V. Musto]] Cultural Center<ref>Mestanza, Jean-Pierre (June 3, 2011). [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/06/union_city_naming_new_cultural.html "Union City naming new Cultural Center for discredited ex-mayor"]. [[NJ.com]]</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Bergen, New Netherland]]
* [[Bergen Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical 1683)|Bergen]]
* [[Bergen Point]]
* [[Bergen Square]]
* [[Bergen Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical 1683)|Bergen Township]]
* [[Constable Hook]]
* [[New Jersey Meadowlands Commission]]
* [[Hackensack RiverWalk]]
* [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]]
* ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]''
* [[Gateway Region]]
* [[Gold Coast, New Jersey|Gold Coast]]
* [[New Barbadoes Neck]]
* [[New Jersey Meadowlands]]
* [[New Jersey Palisades]]
* [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]]
* [[North Jersey]]
* [[Pavonia, New Netherlands|Pavonia]]
* [[Snake Hill]]
* [[West Hudson, New Jersey|West Hudson]]
* [[List of neighborhoods in Hudson Waterfront municipalities]]
* [[List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (100-199)]]
* [[:Category:Historic towns of Hudson County, New Jersey|Historic townships of Hudson County, New Jersey]]
* [[:Category:People from Hudson County, New Jersey|People from Hudson County, New Jersey]]
* [[:Category:Neighborhoods in Hudson County, New Jersey|Neighborhoods in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.hcnj.us/ Hudson County Government]
** [https://www.hcnj.us/directory/ Hudson County Directory]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Hudson/districts.html Hudson Historic Sites and Districts]

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