Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, about 25 mi (40.2 km) west of New York City

New York City

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. According to the United States 2010 Census, the population was 492,276. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area

New York metropolitan area

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. Its county seat

County seat

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 is Morristown

Morristown, New Jersey

Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 18,411. It is the county seat of Morris County. Morristown became characterized as "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the...

.

Morris County was the eighth-wealthiest county in the United States by median household income

Median household income

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, and ranked tenth by per capita income. It is the ninth-wealthiest county in the United States by personal per-capita income, the highest rank in New Jersey.