Editing Mercer County, New Jersey (section)

==Economy==
Based on data from the [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]], the county had a [[gross domestic product]] of $36.0&nbsp;billion in 2021, ranked seventh in the state and a 6.7% increase from the prior year.<ref>[https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/lagdp1222.pdf ''Gross Domestic Product by County, 2021''], [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]], released December 8, 2022. Accessed July 17, 2023.</ref>

In 2015, the county had a [[Per capita personal income in the United States|per capita personal income]] of $63,720, the sixth-highest in New Jersey, and ranked 121st of 3,113 counties in the United States.<ref>[https://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/industry/incpov/highcnty.xls 250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes available for 3113 counties in the United States: 2015], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed October 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2016/pdf/lapi1116.pdf Local Area Personal Income: 2015] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015182249/https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2016/pdf/lapi1116.pdf |date=October 15, 2017 }}, [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]]. Accessed October 24, 2017.</ref> Mercer County stands among the [[highest-income counties in the United States]], with the [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] having ranked the county as having the 78th-highest [[per capita income]] of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the sixth-highest in New Jersey) as of 2009.<ref>[https://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/pcpihigh.cfm 250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes of the 3113 Counties in the United States, 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120124229/https://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/pcpihigh.cfm |date=November 20, 2017 }}, [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]]. Accessed April 9, 2012.</ref> Trenton's role as New Jersey's state capital contributes significantly to Mercer County's economic standing. 9.5% of the population is considered at or below the poverty line.

The median household income in Mercer County is $83,306. 89.6% of the population has a high school diploma, and 43.5% of the county's population has a bachelor's degree or higher, one of the highest rates in the state, as of the 2020 census.<ref name=Census2020/>