Regional Resources
The Mercer County Region is filled with excitement and diversity! This flourishing region continues to be the choice for those looking for first-class hotels and conference centers; arts & culture; history; shopping; family fun; outdoor adventure; sports and recreation and some other unexpected surprises which await you in our Capital Region.
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Mercer County is 226 square miles and sixteenth in size of the twenty-one New Jersey counties. About 1.7 million people live within twenty-five miles of Mercer County and one-tenth of the population of the United States lives within a seventy-five mile radius of the County. Mercer County was formed in 1838 from parts of Burlington, Middlesex, Somerset, and Hunterdon Counties. Mercer County consists of thirteen municipalities, including Trenton, which serves as both State Capital and County seat.
DEMOGRAPHICS
Total Population
2000 (Census) 350,761
1990 (Census) 325,824
2025 DVRPC Forecast 395,652
Density (pop./sq. mile, 2000) 1,552
EMPLOYMENT
Labor Force, Year 2000 180,299
Private Sector Employment
1990 113,135
2000 145,564
Source: NJ Department of Labor
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
County Executive/Board of Chosen Freeholders
TRANSPORTATION
Suburban Transit Bus
NJ Transit Bus & Rail
Trenton-Robbinsville Airport
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLEGES
The College of New Jersey
Mercer County Community
College SEPTA Rail Service
Princeton Theological
Seminary Trenton
Mercer Airport
Princeton University
Rider University
Thomas A. Edison College
Westminster Choir College of Rider University
HOSPITALS
Capital Health Systems at Fuld
Area Capital Health Systems at Mercer
The Medical Center at Princeton
Park Mercer County Geriatric Center
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton
St. Francis Medical Center
St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center
STATE PARKS
Assunpink Wildlife Management
Baldwin Lake Wildlife Management Area
Delaware & Raritan Canal State
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Van Ness Wildlife Management Area
Washington Crossing State Park
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Mercer County Library Services:
Ewing Branch
Library Hickory Corner Branch (East Windsor)
Hightstown Memorial Branch
Hollowbrook Memorial Branch
Hopewell Branch
Lawrence Headquarters Branch Twin Rivers Branch (East Windsor) Washington Branch
West Windsor Branch
Township Library Services:
Hamilton Township Public
Pennington Public Library
Princeton Public Library
Trenton Public Library
RECREATION
Belle Mountain Picnic Area
Equestrian Center/Curlis Lake Woods
Herrontown Woods Arboretum
Indoor Tennis Center
Mercer County Park
Mountainview Golf Course
Princeton Country Club & Picnic Area
Mercer County Park Northwest
Valley Road Picnic Area
Dam Site 21
Howell Living History Farm
Mercer Oaks Golf Course
Roebling Park
Baldpate Mountain
Source: Office of the County Executive
Mercer County Planning Division
Mercer County Planning Board
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