How Healthy Is Morris County?

LONG VALLEY, NJ— A new study has found that Morris County is the second healthiest in New Jersey, behind only Hunterdon.

County Health Ratings, run by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, took a look at a number of indicators of health across the state.

Access to healthcare helped pushed Morris to the top of the rankings. Only 8 percent of county residents are uninsured, compared to 13 percent statewide. There's also more choice; Morris has an above average amount of mental health providers, primary care doctors and dentists.

Another contributing factor is below average levels on a number of important health indexes, including numbers of adults who smoke and numbers of adults who are obese.

You can find a full breakdown of the numbers here.

Here's the full ranking of all counties:

1. Hunterdon
2. Morris
3. Somerset
4. Bergen
5. Sussex
6. Middlesex
7. Monmouth
8. Union
9. Warren
10. Ocean
11. Burlington
12. Mercer
13. Hudson
14. Gloucester
15. Passaic
16. Cape May
17. Atlantic
18. Camden
19. Salem
20. Essex
21. Cumberland

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