New Jersey

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State of New Jersey

New Jersey, abbreviated "NJ", is in the Middle Atlantic region of the U.S. Its capital is Trenton.

There were 8,414,350 people in New Jersey as of the 2000 census.

The state ratified the US Constitution and officially became part of the country on December 18, 1787.

Please explore the cities and towns of New Jersey, below.

200 Largest New Jersey Cities and Towns (population 10,422 and up)

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City or Town	Pop.	County
Aberdeen	17,454	Monmouth
Asbury Park	16,930	Monmouth
Atlantic City	40,517	Atlantic
Barnegat	15,270	Ocean
Bayonne	61,842	Hudson
Belleville	35,928	Essex
Bellmawr	11,262	Camden
Bergenfield	26,247	Bergen
Berkeley	39,991	Ocean
Berkeley Heights	13,407	Union
Bloomfield	47,683	Essex
Branchburg	14,566	Somerset
Brick	76,119	Ocean
Bridgeton	22,771	Cumberland
Bridgewater	42,940	Somerset
Brigantine	12,594	Atlantic
Camden	79,904	Camden
Carteret	20,709	Middlesex
Cedar Grove	12,300	Essex
Cherry Hill	69,965	Camden
Cinnaminson	14,595	Burlington
Clark	14,597	Union
Cliffside Park	23,007	Bergen
Clifton	78,672	Passaic
Collingswood	14,326	Camden
Colts Neck	12,331	Monmouth
Cranford	22,578	Union
Delran	15,536	Burlington
Denville	15,824	Morris
Deptford	26,763	Gloucester
Dover	18,188	Morris
Dumont	17,503	Bergen
East Brunswick	46,756	Middlesex
East Hanover	11,393	Morris
East Orange	69,824	Essex
East Windsor	24,919	Mercer
Eatontown	14,008	Monmouth
Edison	97,687	Middlesex
Egg Harbor	30,726	Atlantic
Elizabeth	120,568	Union
Elmwood Park	18,925	Bergen
Englewood	26,203	Bergen
Evesham	42,275	Burlington
Ewing	35,707	Mercer
Fair Lawn	31,637	Bergen
Fairview	13,255	Bergen
Florence	10,746	Burlington
Fort Lee	35,461	Bergen
Franklin Lakes	10,422	Bergen
Freehold	10,976	Monmouth
Galloway	31,209	Atlantic
Garfield	29,786	Bergen
Glassboro	19,068	Gloucester
Glen Rock	11,546	Bergen
Gloucester	64,350	Camden
Gloucester City	11,484	Camden
Guttenberg	10,807	Hudson
Hackensack	42,677	Bergen
Haddonfield	11,659	Camden
Hamilton	87,109	Mercer
Hammonton	12,604	Atlantic
Harrison	14,424	Hudson
Hasbrouck Heights	11,662	Bergen
Hawthorne	18,218	Passaic
Hazlet	21,378	Monmouth
Highland Park	13,999	Middlesex
Hillsborough	36,634	Somerset
Hillside	21,747	Union
Hoboken	38,577	Hudson
Holmdel	15,781	Monmouth
Hopatcong	15,888	Sussex
Howell	48,903	Monmouth
Irvington	60,695	Essex
Iselin	16,698	Middlesex
Jackson	42,816	Ocean
Jersey City	240,055	Hudson
Keansburg	10,732	Monmouth
Kearny	40,513	Hudson
Lacey	25,346	Ocean
Lakewood	60,352	Ocean
Lincoln Park	10,930	Morris
Linden	39,394	Union
Lindenwold	17,414	Camden
Little Falls	10,855	Passaic
Little Ferry	10,800	Bergen
Livingston	27,391	Essex
Lodi	23,971	Bergen
Long Branch	31,340	Monmouth
Lumberton	10,461	Burlington
Lyndhurst	19,383	Bergen
Madison	16,530	Morris
Mahwah	24,062	Bergen
Manalapan	33,423	Monmouth
Manchester	38,928	Ocean
Mantua	14,217	Gloucester
Maple Shade	19,079	Burlington
Maplewood	23,868	Essex
Marlboro	36,398	Monmouth
Medford	22,253	Burlington
Metuchen	12,840	Middlesex
Middlesex	13,717	Middlesex
Middletown	66,327	Monmouth
Millburn	19,765	Essex
Millville	26,847	Cumberland
Montclair	38,977	Essex
Montgomery	17,481	Somerset
Montville	20,839	Morris
Moorestown	19,017	Burlington
Morristown	18,544	Morris
Mount Holly	10,728	Burlington
Mount Laurel	40,221	Burlington
Mount Olive	24,193	Morris
Neptune	27,690	Monmouth
New Brunswick	48,573	Middlesex
New Milford	16,400	Bergen
New Providence	11,907	Union
Newark	273,546	Essex
North Arlington	15,181	Bergen
North Bergen	58,092	Hudson
North Brunswick	36,287	Middlesex
North Plainfield	21,103	Somerset
Nutley	27,362	Essex
Oakland	12,466	Bergen
Ocean Township	26,959	Monmouth
Ocean City	15,378	Cape May
Old Bridge	60,456	Middlesex
Orange	32,868	Essex
Palisades Park	17,073	Bergen
Paramus	25,737	Bergen
Parsippany	50,649	Morris
Passaic	67,861	Passaic
Paterson	149,222	Passaic
Pennsauken	35,737	Camden
Pennsville	13,194	Salem
Pequannock	13,888	Morris
Perth Amboy	47,303	Middlesex
Phillipsburg	15,166	Warren
Pine Hill	10,880	Camden
Piscataway	50,482	Middlesex
Plainfield	47,829	Union
Plainsboro	20,215	Middlesex
Pleasantville	19,012	Atlantic
Pompton Lakes	10,640	Passaic
Princeton	14,203	Mercer
Rahway	26,500	Union
Ramsey	14,351	Bergen
Randolph	24,847	Morris
Readington	15,803	Hunterdon
Red Bank	11,844	Monmouth
Ridgefield	10,830	Bergen
Ridgefield Park	12,873	Bergen
Ridgewood	24,936	Bergen
Ringwood	12,396	Passaic
River Edge	10,946	Bergen
Roselle	21,274	Union
Roselle Park	13,281	Union
Rutherford	18,110	Bergen
Saddle Brook	13,155	Bergen
Sayreville	40,377	Middlesex
Scotch Plains	22,732	Union
Secaucus	15,931	Hudson
Somers Point	11,614	Atlantic
Somerville	12,423	Somerset
South Brunswick	37,734	Middlesex
South Orange Village	16,964	Essex
South Plainfield	21,810	Middlesex
South River	15,322	Middlesex
Sparta	18,080	Sussex
Summit	21,131	Union
Teaneck	39,260	Bergen
Tenafly	13,806	Bergen
Tinton Falls	15,053	Monmouth
Toms River	86,327	Ocean
Trenton	85,403	Mercer
Union	54,405	Union
Union City	67,088	Hudson
Ventnor City	12,910	Atlantic
Vernon	24,686	Sussex
Verona	13,533	Essex
Vineland	56,271	Cumberland
Voorhees	28,126	Camden
Wall	25,261	Monmouth
Wallington	11,583	Bergen
Warren	14,259	Somerset
Waterford	10,494	Camden
Wayne	54,069	Passaic
Weehawken	13,501	Hudson
West Caldwell	11,233	Essex
West Deptford	19,368	Gloucester
West Milford	26,410	Passaic
West New York	45,768	Hudson
West Orange	44,943	Essex
West Paterson	10,987	Passaic
West Windsor	21,907	Mercer
Westfield	29,644	Union
Westwood	10,999	Bergen
Willingboro	33,008	Burlington
Winslow	34,611	Camden
Woodbridge	97,203	Middlesex
Wyckoff	16,508	Bergen

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Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	8,414,350	100%
Male	4,082,813	48.5%
Female	4,331,537	51.5%
Under 18	2,087,558	24.8%
18+	6,326,792	75.2%
65+	1,113,136	13.2%
Median Age	36.7
Average Family Size	3.21
White	6,104,705	72.6%
African-American	1,141,821	13.6%
Asian	480,276	5.7%
American Indian & Alaskan	19,492	0.2%
Other	450,972	5.4%
Mixed Race	213,755	2.5%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	1,117,191	13.3%

Rank	City or Town	Colleges	Students
1	Jersey City Colleges	12	19,032
2	Newark Colleges	8	35,840
3	Edison Colleges	7	12,303
4	Paramus Colleges	5	15,276
5	Trenton Colleges	4	16,500
6	Union Colleges	4	13,484
7	Toms River Colleges	4	9,781
8	Lakewood Colleges	4	8,342
9	Hackensack Colleges	4	1,188
10	Clifton Colleges	4	340
11	South Plainfield Colleges	4	118
12	Montclair Colleges	3	16,936
13	Wayne Colleges	3	10,443
14	Teaneck Colleges	3	8,832
15	Morristown Colleges	3	2,254
16	Plainfield Colleges	3	579
17	Piscataway Colleges	3	186
18	New Brunswick Colleges	2	35,008
19	Blackwood Colleges	2	15,280
20	Princeton Colleges	2	7,914

Rank	City or Town
1	Atlantic City Hotels and Travel
2	Mount Laurel Hotels and Travel
3	Absecon Hotels and Travel
4	Parsippany Hotels and Travel
5	Princeton Hotels and Travel
6	Jersey City Hotels and Travel
7	Newark Hotels and Travel
8	Cape May Hotels and Travel
9	Secaucus Hotels and Travel
10	Galloway Hotels and Travel
11	Edison Hotels and Travel
12	Elizabeth Hotels and Travel
13	Toms River Hotels and Travel
14	Mahwah Hotels and Travel
15	Seaside Heights Hotels and Travel
16	Vineland Hotels and Travel
17	Cherry Hill Hotels and Travel
18	North Bergen Hotels and Travel
19	Morristown Hotels and Travel
20	Tinton Falls Hotels and Travel

Rank	City or Town
1	Cherry Hill Mortgages & Property
2	Mount Laurel Mortgages & Property
3	Parsippany Mortgages & Property
4	Cranford Mortgages & Property
5	Jersey City Mortgages & Property
6	Newark Mortgages & Property
7	Toms River Mortgages & Property
8	Paramus Mortgages & Property
9	Edison Mortgages & Property
10	Clifton Mortgages & Property
11	Iselin Mortgages & Property
12	Wayne Mortgages & Property
13	Clark Mortgages & Property
14	Union Mortgages & Property
15	Blackwood Mortgages & Property
16	Hackensack Mortgages & Property
17	Manasquan Mortgages & Property
18	East Brunswick Mortgages & Property
19	Lakewood Mortgages & Property
20	Woodbridge Mortgages & Property

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