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New Jersey Statutes - Title 40A Municipalities and Counties - 40A:6-1 Classification of counties for legislative purposes

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40A:6-1. Classification of counties for legislative purposes
     40A:6-1. For legislative purposes, counties are classified as follows based upon their population as ascertained by the most recent federal decennial census:

     a.     First class--counties having a population of more than 550,000 and a population density of more than 3,000 persons per square mile;

     b.     Second class-- all other counties having a population of more than 200,000 except such counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean;

     c.     Third class--counties having a population of not less than 50,000 but not more than 200,000 except such counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean;

     d.     Fourth class--counties having a population of less than 50,000 except such counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean;

     e.     Fifth class--counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean having a population of more than 125,000;

     f.     Sixth class--counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean having a population of not more than 125,000.

     L.1979, c.181, s.1; amended 1981, c.462, s.44; 2001,c.336.

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