Bergen County, NJ elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Bergen County: 80 seats on 74 elected bodies. 21 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of County Commissioners

Bergen County Board of County Commissioners

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it nowNext term
County CommissionerSteven A. Tanelli source
County CommissionerTracy Silna Zur source
County CommissionerJoan M. Voss Democratic sourceOn the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County CommissionerMary Amoroso source
County CommissionerRafael Marte Democratic sourceOn the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County CommissionerGermaine M. Ortiz source
County CommissionerThomas J. Sullivan source

County officers

OfficeWho holds it nowNext term
County ClerkJohn S. Hogan Democratic sourceOn the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County ExecutiveJames J. Tedesco, III Democratic sourceOn the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
SheriffAnthony Cureton source

Cities and towns

How many local governments Bergen County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 146 local governments in Bergen County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of governmentCensus count (2022)Listed on this page
County government11
Cities, towns, villages and townships (61 municipal, 9 township)7070
School districts (school boards)720
Special districts (elected boards)30

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments (5 in Bergen County), though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Bergen County

962,316people
42median ageU.S.: 38.9
$124,884 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
6.8%below the U.S.: 12.5%
53.1%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$623,000median home valueU.S.: $332,700
5.8%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
31.8%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
2.9%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
6.1%U.S.: 8.4%
50.8%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
34.7%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 22.7% · White 51.3% · Black 5.4% · Asian 16.8% · Other or more than one race 3.7% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Bergen County

3.5%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.8%. New Jersey: 4.1%.
18,815people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.
522,173people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
540,988in the September 2026, preliminary.
Unemployment rate, yearly average, Bergen County 0.0%2.4%4.8%7.2%9.7% 20162018202020222024

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years
MonthRateUnemployedEmployedLabor force
September 2026 (preliminary)3.5%18,815522,173540,988
August 20264.0%21,880525,860547,740
July 20263.9%21,563527,946549,509
June 20263.8%20,336519,220539,556
May 20263.5%19,127522,139541,266
April 20263.3%17,941520,761538,702
March 20263.8%20,588519,852540,440
February 20264.4%23,871514,169538,040
January 20263.9%20,702514,429535,131
December 20253.6%19,406519,269538,675
November 20253.9%20,859518,442539,301
October 2025not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 20254.8%25,853507,823533,676
August 20254.9%26,363512,782539,145
July 20255.0%26,977514,777541,754
June 20254.5%24,341511,467535,808
May 20254.2%22,225510,734532,959
April 20253.9%20,998516,737537,735
March 20254.2%22,817521,033543,850
February 20254.3%23,183519,195542,378
January 20254.1%22,034516,039538,073
December 20243.5%19,119521,063540,182
November 20243.6%19,580520,365539,945
October 20243.7%19,782521,208540,990
Yearly averages
YearRateUnemployedEmployedLabor force
2025 (11 months)4.3%23,187515,300538,487
20243.8%20,568519,526540,094
20233.6%19,400516,755536,155
20223.4%17,613504,541522,154
20216.2%31,313471,385502,698
20209.2%45,394449,296494,690
20192.8%14,252489,887504,139
20183.3%16,234476,065492,299
20173.8%18,599472,073490,672
20164.2%20,365468,496488,861

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. New Jersey's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.2% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Bergen County

59.1 per 100,0002020. New Jersey: 195.4.
759.1 per 100,0002020. New Jersey: 1,158.2.
6murders2020, 552 violent crimes in all.

2020 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years
YearViolentRatePropertyRate
202055259.17,091759.1
201969774.47,979852.2
201872577.08,295881.4
201769373.19,172966.9
201678283.29,016958.9
By police agency (70)
AgencyYearViolentPropertyPeople served
Hackensack Police Department202511088046,753
Teaneck Township Police Department20255427942,875
Fort Lee Police Department20254438440,646
Fair Lawn Police Department20241634336,579
Garfield Police Department20256155933,737
Englewood Police Department20257030030,436
Bergenfield Police Department202575429,040
Ridgewood Police Department2025912826,873
Paramus Police Department202591,04626,799
Lodi Police Department20255031326,385
Cliffside Park Police Department20252216526,287
Mahwah Township Police Department202548525,874
Lyndhurst Township Police Department2025718222,663
Elmwood Park Police Department20254740721,733
Palisades Park Police Department2025710320,554
Rutherford Police Department2025613119,298
Dumont Police Department202543718,778
Wyckoff Township Police Department202536717,556
New Milford Police Department202548117,297
North Arlington Police Department20251717216,747
Tenafly Police Department202523515,463
Edgewater Police Department2025819215,258
Fairview Police Department20241715115,232
Ramsey Police Department2025416615,047
Saddle Brook Township Police Department2025614814,553
Ridgefield Park Police Department20241214513,401
Oakland Police Department202574512,963
Glen Rock Police Department202547712,393
Hasbrouck Heights Police Department202524612,281
River Edge Police Department202525212,265
Wallington Police Department20251015212,099
Ridgefield Police Department202528411,704
Westwood Police Department202593411,466
Franklin Lakes Police Department202434211,251
Little Ferry Police Department202498511,138
East Rutherford Police Department2024512910,800
River Vale Township Police Department202522510,530
Wood-Ridge Police Department202565310,457
Waldwick Police Department202532510,351
Hillsdale Police Department202521810,291
Maywood Police Department202567910,250
Bogota Police Department202574210,067
Montvale Police Department20253939,994
Park Ridge Police Department20251139,828
Leonia Police Department20251419,530
Washington Township Police Department, Bergen County20251149,467
Cresskill Police Department20250179,344
Upper Saddle River Police Department20251268,779
Closter Police Department20251788,758
Oradell Police Department20250148,366
Emerson Police Department20231157,240
Midland Park Police Department20252497,122
Allendale Police Department20255266,944
Carlstadt Police Department202441016,461
Old Tappan Police Department20252116,460
Woodcliff Lake Police Department20252306,257
Rochelle Park Township Police Department20252696,047
Norwood Police Department20242195,890
Englewood Cliffs Police Department20250585,465
Harrington Park Police Department2025185,178
Northvale Police Department20250235,028
Demarest Police Department20240264,913
Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department20243114,320
Haworth Police Department2025163,476
Saddle River Police Department20244303,442
Moonachie Police Department20251163,177
South Hackensack Township Police Department202510592,765
Alpine Police Department20250141,777
Rockleigh Police Department202200395
Teterboro Police Department2022114869

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in New Jersey · the U.S.

Police staffing

2.40 per 1,000 residents2024, 70 agencies serving 980,067 people.
2,349sworn officers2024, full-time, as of October 31.
298civilian staff2024, full-time.

2024 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (70), 2024
AgencyOfficersCiviliansPeople served
Paramus Police Department1012326,745
Hackensack Police Department1051846,667
Fort Lee Police Department1021740,445
Teaneck Township Police Department921542,771
Englewood Police Department842030,405
Garfield Police Department66333,129
Fair Lawn Police Department60736,579
Mahwah Township Police Department54825,873
Bergenfield Police Department51828,879
Lyndhurst Township Police Department56222,705
Elmwood Park Police Department52421,682
Cliffside Park Police Department54126,105
Lodi Police Department51026,296
Ridgewood Police Department44526,864
Rutherford Police Department44219,285
North Arlington Police Department38716,715
Ridgefield Park Police Department37713,401
Ramsey Police Department36715,009
Dumont Police Department33918,765
East Rutherford Police Department41110,800
New Milford Police Department37517,261
Edgewater Police Department34615,063
Tenafly Police Department34615,451
Oakland Police Department291012,944
Palisades Park Police Department37220,477
Westwood Police Department32611,441
Saddle Brook Township Police Department31514,730
Little Ferry Police Department29511,138
Hasbrouck Heights Police Department30212,272
Fairview Police Department28315,232
Washington Township Police Department, Bergen County2659,464
Franklin Lakes Police Department25511,251
Montvale Police Department2729,915
Wyckoff Township Police Department26317,594
Bogota Police Department24410,126
Carlstadt Police Department2536,461
Wood-Ridge Police Department24410,449
Hillsdale Police Department26110,264
Ridgefield Police Department25211,650
Waldwick Police Department22510,332
Englewood Cliffs Police Department2515,434
Maywood Police Department23310,230
River Edge Police Department23312,236
River Vale Township Police Department25110,412
Cresskill Police Department2239,312
Glen Rock Police Department24112,331
Oradell Police Department2418,354
Moonachie Police Department2133,172
Rochelle Park Township Police Department2315,970
Teterboro Police Department21373
Closter Police Department2218,724
Saddle River Police Department1853,442
South Hackensack Township Police Department2032,762
Wallington Police Department23012,075
Upper Saddle River Police Department1848,717
Park Ridge Police Department2019,855
Woodcliff Lake Police Department2016,256
Emerson Police Department2007,402
Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department1644,320
Leonia Police Department1919,507
Allendale Police Department1456,926
Old Tappan Police Department1816,282
Demarest Police Department1804,913
Midland Park Police Department1717,110
Norwood Police Department1715,890
Haworth Police Department1323,391
Northvale Police Department1504,945
Rockleigh Police Department140415
Alpine Police Department1301,783
Harrington Park Police Department1105,193
Earlier years
YearOfficersPer 1,000CiviliansAgencies
20242,3492.4029870
20202,2132.3732570
20192,1802.3334170
20182,1492.2833270

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Bergen County County Clerk?
John S. Hogan (Democratic) is the County Clerk of Bergen County, New Jersey. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Bergen County County Executive?
James J. Tedesco, III (Democratic) is the County Executive of Bergen County, New Jersey. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Bergen County Sheriff?
Anthony Cureton is the Sheriff of Bergen County, New Jersey.
Who are the Bergen County commissioners?
Steven A. Tanelli (County Commissioner); Tracy Silna Zur (County Commissioner); Joan M. Voss (County Commissioner); Mary Amoroso (County Commissioner); Rafael Marte (County Commissioner); Germaine M. Ortiz (County Commissioner); Thomas J. Sullivan (County Commissioner).
What is the population of Bergen County?
About 962,316 people, with a median age of 42; the median household income is $124,884 and 6.8% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Bergen County?
3.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 18,815 people unemployed in a labor force of 540,988, against 4.8% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Bergen County?
146 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 61 municipal, 9 township, 72 school district and 3 special district governments.
What cities and towns are in Bergen County?
70: Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, Closter, Cresskill, Demarest, Dumont, East Rutherford, Edgewater, Elmwood Park, Emerson, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fair Lawn, Fairview, Fort Lee, Franklin Lakes, Garfield, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Hasbrouck Heights, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Mahwah, Maywood, Midland Park, Montvale, Moonachie, New Milford, North Arlington, Northvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Oradell, Palisades Park, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Rockleigh, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, Saddle River, South Hackensack, Teaneck, Tenafly, Teterboro, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Wallington, Washington, Westwood, Wood-Ridge, Woodcliff Lake, Wyckoff. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the NJ Department of Community Affairs' Mayors Directory, the Division of Elections' list of county clerks, and each county's own website; where a county site blocks automated reading, from the county clerk's certified election results (officials appointed since an election may differ); each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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