New Jersey averaged 0.90 times the US outage time per person
That ranks 21 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. August and March made up 51% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.
Sussex County had the most outage time per resident of 20 rated counties.
Counties ranked by outage time
| Rank | County | Major outages per year | Longest (hours) | Times US rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sussex County | 5.3 | 132 | 3.22 |
| 2 | Hunterdon County | 7.6 | 143 | 2.82 |
| 3 | Warren County | 4.7 | 116 | 2.18 |
| 4 | Morris County | 4.6 | 166 | 2.09 |
| 5 | Monmouth County | 5.2 | 154 | 1.60 |
| 6 | Salem County | 2.2 | 70 | 1.31 |
| 7 | Burlington County | 2.7 | 126 | 1.18 |
| 8 | Gloucester County | 2.4 | 105 | 1.17 |
| 9 | Ocean County | 3.7 | 143 | 1.12 |
| 10 | Somerset County | 1.6 | 163 | 0.86 |
| 11 | Camden County | 2.1 | 101 | 0.84 |
| 12 | Atlantic County | 2.6 | 112 | 0.65 |
| 13 | Bergen County | 0.7 | 155 | 0.60 |
| 14 | Mercer County | 1.6 | 106 | 0.59 |
| 15 | Passaic County | 1.3 | 158 | 0.56 |
| 16 | Union County | 1.3 | 152 | 0.55 |
| 17 | Essex County | 0.9 | 170 | 0.52 |
| 18 | Cumberland County | 2.0 | 81 | 0.50 |
| 19 | Middlesex County | 1.0 | 139 | 0.42 |
| 20 | Hudson County | 0.1 | 117 | 0.17 |
Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.
When outages hit New Jersey
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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.
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