There are five counties named Essex, throughout the US. Below are their states, and county population. This one is ready for development with a Google search volume of 246,000 in June for "Essex County".

Essex County, NJ - population of 776,087
Essex County, MA - population of 733,101
Essex County, NY - population of 38,119
Essex County, VA - population of 10,862
Essex County, VT - population of 6,495

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