Your home county may seem like a small world, but in 2012 Monmouth became a tad smaller—708 residents smaller, to be exact. The U.S. Census Bureau released county population estimates this week for the year spanning July 1, 2011 through July 1, 2012.
Monmouth County’s estimated population shrank from 630,821 in 2011 to 629,384 in 2012. The decline marks the second year in a row the county’s population declined: the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the county lost 729 between July 2010 and July 2011.
While the overall population saw a decline, births and deaths in Monmouth remained flat from 2011 to 2012. There were 6,074 births reported in the 2010 data and 6,100 in the 2012 numbers. Some 5,301 deaths were reported in the county in 2010 and 5,323 were reported from 2012.
New Jersey had an overall estimated population increase of 29,817 in 2012, according to census. In addition to Monmouth, five other counties in the state experienced a decrease last year: Cape May, Hunterdon, Salem, Sussex and Warren.
