New Jersey
The freest counties in New Jersey (2026)
New Jersey has 21 counties in the ranking. The freest is Ocean, #2,735 of 3,144 in the country. The state itself scores5.7 of 10 for fraser institute state ranking and 1 of 10 for 2a, which every county in New Jersey shares.
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- 2735OceanNew Jersey
- 2764MonmouthNew Jersey
- 2792Cape MayNew Jersey
- 2812SomersetNew Jersey
- 2820MorrisNew Jersey
- 2874HunterdonNew Jersey
- 2885BergenNew Jersey
- 2888MiddlesexNew Jersey
- 2893SussexNew Jersey
- 2925WarrenNew Jersey
- 2958HudsonNew Jersey
- 3007GloucesterNew Jersey
- 3009PassaicNew Jersey
- 3036BurlingtonNew Jersey
- 3037UnionNew Jersey
- 3066AtlanticNew Jersey
- 3093MercerNew Jersey
- 3106CamdenNew Jersey
- 3116EssexNew Jersey
- 3128SalemNew Jersey
- 3130CumberlandNew Jersey
See the freest counties of 2026 nationally, or readhow the ranking works.