New Jersey Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 302,438 (302.44K) loans totaling $25,592,692,014 ($25.59B) to small businesses in New Jersey. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 2,756,708 (2.76M).

As at April 2025, 273.70K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (90.50% of the total number of loans), and a total of $24.71B has been forgiven (96.54% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Bergen received the highest ($3,746,045,972), followed by Middlesex ($2,832,145,432), and Essex ($2,272,943,506).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Bergen received the highest (44,655), followed by Essex (31,401), and Middlesex (26,643).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in New Jersey counties.

New Jersey Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
New Jersey Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Bergen 44655 3746045972
Middlesex 26643 2832145432
Essex 31401 2272943506
Monmouth 23838 2063604279
Morris 18592 1966994639
Union 19421 1545559390
Hudson 21209 1354622003
Passaic 17754 1306184815
Camden 14264 1270666776
Ocean 17474 1179922318
Somerset 11325 1178238781
Burlington 11912 1121192124
Mercer 11705 1101215413
Gloucester 6446 583047714
Atlantic 7231 582466619
Hunterdon 4267 341487047
Cape May 4132 310123045
Cumberland 2803 287947914
Sussex 3413 254073268
Warren 2579 186374961
Salem 1341 105543848
33 2292150

Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Bergen had the highest ($3,599,780,572), followed by Essex ($2,161,018,523), and Middlesex ($2,750,197,137).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Bergen had the highest (41,098), followed by Essex (27,115), and Middlesex (24,019).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for New Jersey counties.

New Jersey Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
New Jersey Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Bergen 41098 3599780572
Middlesex 24019 2750197137
Essex 27115 2161018523
Monmouth 22069 2019158976
Morris 17291 1914175174
Union 17411 1490167546
Hudson 18765 1265729356
Passaic 15851 1260672215
Camden 12783 1218589709
Ocean 16235 1146388921
Somerset 10317 1145274162
Burlington 10815 1086687852
Mercer 10279 1054615995
Gloucester 5888 568855467
Atlantic 6585 566965238
Hunterdon 3963 335757386
Cape May 3918 308395859
Cumberland 2508 281942511
Sussex 3211 245607450
Warren 2335 182127571
Salem 1214 103909261
31 2305330

Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Bergen had the highest (401,771), followed by Middlesex (282,846), and Monmouth (240,384).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for New Jersey counties.

New Jersey Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
New Jersey Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Bergen 401771
Middlesex 282846
Essex 239855
Monmouth 240384
Morris 199015
Union 163463
Hudson 159619
Passaic 150098
Camden 126305
Ocean 155556
Somerset 114018
Burlington 111946
Mercer 109151
Gloucester 62901
Atlantic 68722
Hunterdon 35850
Cape May 44329
Cumberland 30746
Sussex 28197
Warren 20275
Salem 11193
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Data Source: SBA.