New Jersey: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of New Jersey's 589 recorded places, ranked by population — 7,711,987 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Newark is the largest place we record in New Jersey, with 281,944 residents. The three largest together hold 9% of the 7,711,987 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 589 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Newark 281,944 2 Jersey City 264,290 3 Paterson 147,754 4 Elizabeth 129,007 5 Edison 102,548 6 Trenton 89,620 7 Toms River 88,791 8 Clifton 86,334 9 Camden 76,119 10 Brick 76,021 11 Passaic 71,085 12 Cherry Hill 70,475 13 Union City 69,156 14 Bayonne 66,311 15 Middletown 65,490 16 East Orange 64,949 17 North Bergen 63,484 18 Irvington 61,323 19 Vineland 60,818 20 South Vineland 58,122 21 Wayne 57,915 22 New Brunswick 57,035 23 Union 56,771 24 Piscataway 56,044 25 Jackson 54,856 26 Lakewood 53,805 27 Hoboken 53,635 28 West New York 53,366 29 Perth Amboy 52,682 30 Plainfield 51,217 31 Parsippany 51,144 32 Bloomfield 49,120 33 East Brunswick 48,495 34 West Orange 48,131 35 Sayreville 44,920 36 Hackensack 44,834 37 Bridgewater 44,464 38 North Brunswick 43,905 39 Sicklerville 42,891 40 Sayreville Junction 42,890 41 Kearny 42,137 42 Linden 42,021 43 Mount Laurel 41,864 44 Marlboro 40,191 45 Teaneck 40,078 46 Montclair 39,701 47 Atlantic City 39,260 48 Hillsborough 38,303 49 Sewell 37,433 50 Belleville 36,878 51 Fort Lee 36,672 52 Ewing 36,559 53 Pennsauken 36,332 54 Orange 34,457 55 Fair Lawn 33,597 56 Garfield 31,802 57 Willingboro 31,668 58 Long Branch 30,941 59 Westfield 30,548 60 Princeton 29,603 61 Rahway 29,508 62 Englewood 28,539 63 Millville 28,230 64 Livingston 27,853 65 Bergenfield 27,621 66 Nutley 27,572 67 Paramus 26,974 68 West Milford 26,968 69 Mercerville-Hamilton Square 26,419 70 Randolph 25,734 71 Ridgewood 25,621 72 Bridgeton 25,031 73 Maplewood 25,008 74 Cliffside Park 24,857 75 Lodi 24,835 76 Vincentown 24,664 77 South Plainfield 24,290 78 Carteret 24,170 79 Mahwah 24,062 80 Old Bridge 23,753 81 Scotch Plains 23,584 82 South Old Bridge 23,233 83 Cranford 22,627 84 Hillside 22,155 85 North Plainfield 22,140 86 Somerset 22,083 87 Summit 22,074 88 Roselle 21,670 89 Basking Ridge 21,424 90 Pleasantville 20,755 91 Palisades Park 20,743 92 Bayville 20,512 93 Elmwood Park 20,279 94 Millburn 20,149 95 Lyndhurst 19,996 96 Sparta 19,722 97 Woodbridge 19,265 98 Glassboro 19,216 99 Secaucus 19,104 100 Maple Shade 19,077 101 Hawthorne 19,074 102 Iselin 18,695 103 Rutherford 18,690 104 Morristown 18,594 105 Point Pleasant 18,523 106 Dover 18,346 107 Dumont 18,001 108 Colonia 17,795 109 Tinton Falls 17,772 110 Lindenwold 17,613 111 South Orange 17,295 112 Wyckoff 17,124 113 Avenel 17,011 114 New Milford 16,801 115 Denville 16,669 116 South River 16,399 117 Hopatcong Hills 16,267 118 Ocean Acres 16,142 119 Madison 16,126 120 North Arlington 15,904 121 Asbury Park 15,818 122 Williamstown 15,567 123 Harrison 15,474 124 Warren Township 15,311 125 Fords 15,187 126 Ramsey 15,102 127 Tenafly 14,880 128 Cinnaminson 14,646 129 Clark 14,628 130 Hammonton 14,618 131 Springdale 14,518 132 Phillipsburg 14,515 133 Hopatcong 14,510 134 Fairview 14,451 135 Springfield 14,429 136 Highland Park 14,347 137 Moorestown-Lenola 14,217 138 Bradley Gardens 14,206 139 Berkeley Heights 14,179 140 Cherry Hill Mall 14,171 141 Weehawken 14,104 142 Collingswood 14,000 143 Middlesex 13,934 144 Metuchen 13,886 145 Princeton Meadows 13,834 146 Roselle Park 13,670 147 West Freehold 13,613 148 Verona 13,545 149 Franklin Park 13,295 150 Mercerville 13,230 151 Oakland 13,165 152 Short Hills 13,165 153 Saddle Brook 13,130 154 Ridgefield Park 13,102 155 Hanover 12,898 156 Holiday City-Berkeley 12,831 157 Hamilton Square 12,784 158 Lumberton 12,559 159 Woodland Park 12,518 160 New Providence 12,469 161 Cedar Grove 12,457 162 Ringwood 12,448 163 Atco 12,350 164 Eatontown 12,301 165 Hasbrouck Heights 12,227 166 Red Bank 12,204 167 Somerville 12,202 168 East Hanover 12,194 169 Edgewater 12,034 170 Glen Rock 11,999 171 Martinsville 11,980 172 Freehold 11,959 173 Pennsville 11,888 174 Wanaque 11,848 175 Florham Park 11,835 176 Wallington 11,716 177 River Edge 11,668 178 Guttenberg 11,665 179 Upper Montclair 11,565 180 Bellmawr 11,462 181 Haddonfield 11,414 182 Ridgefield 11,373 183 Greentree 11,367 184 Ocean City 11,355 185 Gloucester City 11,329 186 Robertsville 11,297 187 Westwood 11,247 188 Browns Mills 11,223 189 Beachwood 11,214 190 Pompton Lakes 11,202 191 Totowa 10,973 192 Little Ferry 10,963 193 Franklin Lakes 10,899 194 Mount Holly 10,804 195 Echelon 10,743 196 Somers Point 10,688 197 Little Falls 10,688 198 Hillsdale 10,559 199 Pine Hill 10,510 200 Bound Brook 10,497
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