The New Jersey Mental Health Workforce
New Jersey has 38,996 active mental-health providers registered at practice addresses in the state, or 408.4 per 100,000 residents. That ranks 28 of 51 nationally, against a US average of 433.5.
38,996
active providers
408.4
per 100,000 residents
#28
of 51 jurisdictions by density
Key findings
- New Jersey registers 408.4 active providers per 100,000 residents. That ranks 28 of 51 jurisdictions, below the national 433.5. #
- Monmouth County has the state's highest registered density (490.7 per 100k). #
- Counselors are the largest group at 43.5% of New Jersey's registered workforce (US: 43.9%). #
- 2,724 providers with a New Jersey practice address first entered the NPI registry in 2025, versus 2,090 in 2019. These are registry entries, not licenses issued. #
- 54% of New Jersey providers share a registered practice location with six or more in-scope providers. #
Providers per 100,000 by county
Providers are allocated to counties from their practice ZIP code. We withhold the rate for one county (Burlington), where a single practice address holds at least half the providers registered there — typically a regional employer that enrols its whole clinical staff at one headquarters, which inflates that county and thins its neighbours. The same values appear in the table.
| County | Population | Providers | Per 100k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington County | 481,439 | 6,362 | n/a |
| Bergen County | 977,026 | 4,221 | 432.1 |
| Essex County | 896,379 | 3,343 | 373 |
| Monmouth County | 651,035 | 3,195 | 490.7 |
| Middlesex County | 883,335 | 3,034 | 343.5 |
| Camden County | 535,799 | 2,628 | 490.6 |
| Morris County | 524,251 | 2,385 | 454.9 |
| Ocean County | 673,746 | 2,146 | 318.5 |
| Union County | 601,863 | 2,056 | 341.6 |
| Mercer County | 399,289 | 1,797 | 450 |
| Somerset County | 356,486 | 1,605 | 450.1 |
| Passaic County | 531,624 | 1,275 | 239.8 |
| Hudson County | 735,033 | 1,207 | 164.2 |
| Atlantic County | 278,657 | 923 | 331.3 |
| Gloucester County | 312,638 | 855 | 273.5 |
| Hunterdon County | 131,781 | 506 | 383.6 |
| Sussex County | 148,063 | 469 | 317 |
| Warren County | 112,953 | 372 | 329.2 |
| Cumberland County | 157,148 | 311 | 197.9 |
| Cape May County | 93,390 | 173 | 185.4 |
| Salem County | 66,280 | 108 | 163.4 |
Provider-type mix vs the national picture
Each provider counts once under their primary taxonomy; the US share is printed beside each New Jersey figure for comparison.
When New Jersey's providers entered the registry
Active providers by NPI registry-entry year. Registry entry is not licensure. Clinicians typically register when they start billing, so this measures registrations, not the workforce itself. 2026 is a partial year.
Practice-location size
Share of New Jersey providers at single- vs multi-provider practice locations, by normalized practice address. This is a proxy; see the limitations below.
Get the numbers
County-level figures for all states (including New Jersey) are in the county CSV; state totals and mix are in their own files. Everything is CC BY 4.0, so cite certification.app, "US Mental Health Workforce" (June 2026 NPPES snapshot).
Use this chart
<a href="https://www.certification.app/data/mental-health-workforce"><img src="https://www.certification.app/data/mental-health-workforce/charts/nj-county-density.svg" alt="New Jersey mental health providers per 100,000 residents by county" width="100%" /></a> <p style="font-size:12px">"New Jersey mental health providers per 100k by county, June 2026 snapshot" by <a href="https://www.certification.app/data/mental-health-workforce">certification.app</a>, CC BY 4.0</p>
Reading these numbers
Counts are NPPES registrations at New Jersey practice addresses. They are headcounts, not FTEs or license tallies. Telehealth and multi-state practice are invisible; taxonomy self-designation is not license verification; the registry lags moves and retirements. Details: methodology.