For the 5th consecutive year, Hunterdon County has been named the healthiest county in the state of New Jersey. Researchers credit Hunterdon County’s ample number of medical professional, parks, and fitness centers as well as the low unemployment numbers and low rate of childhood poverty.
Check out the complete New Jersey healthy county rankings:
1. Hunterdon
2. Somerset
3. Morris
4. Bergen
5. Middlesex
6. Monmouth
7. Ocean
8. Sussex
9. Warren
10. Union
11. Burlington
12. Mercer
13. Gloucester
14. Passaic
15. Cape May
16. Hudson
17. Camden
18. Salem
19. Atlantic
20. Essex
21. Cumberland
The rankings are part of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps report to be released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.