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Hudson County

county in New Jersey, United States
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Summary

Hudson County is a county of New Jersey[1]. It draws 2,094 Wikipedia views per month (county of new jersey category, ranking #4 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Jersey[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Thomas A. DeGise[5]
  • Capital: Jersey City[6]
  • Shares border with: Bergen County[7], Essex County[8], Union County[9], Richmond County[10], Kings County[11], New York County[12], New York City[13]
  • Named after: Henry Hudson[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Jersey City[15], Bayonne[16], Kearny[17], East Newark[18], Harrison[19], Secaucus[20], Hoboken[21], Weehawken[22], Union City[23], West New York[24], Guttenberg[25]
  • Legislative body: Board of Hudson County Commissioners[26]
  • Executive body: Hudson County, New Jersey Commisioner[27]
  • Commons category: Hudson County, New Jersey[28]
  • Inception: February 22, 1840[29]
  • Coordinate location: 40.73, -74.08[30]
  • Official website: https://www.hudsoncountynj.org/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hudson County, New Jersey[32]
  • Population: 634,266[33], 635,691[34], 645,113[35], 653,369[36], 660,282[37], 674,836[38], 724,854[39]
  • Office held by head of government: Executive of Hudson County, New Jersey[40]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey[41]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hudson County, New Jersey[42]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hudson County, New Jersey[43]
  • Number of households: 261,289[44]
  • Native label: Hudson County[45]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109470[46]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hudson County, New Jersey[47]
  • Different from: Hudson[48]
  • Area: 162[49]

Why It Matters

Hudson County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Board of Hudson County Commissioners Cinderella Man Henry Hudson New Jersey New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Hudson County, New
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Hudson County, New Jersey.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
  2. 12w ago · CommonsDelinker bot · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Jersey City, Bayonne, Kearny +8
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+25.87'}
    Instance of → county of New Jersey
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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