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New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".8,791,936 inhabitants but the 5th smallest by land area spanning 7,354.22 square miles (19,047.3 km2). New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 565 municipalities consisting of five types: 254 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 241 townships, and 3 villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark with 277,140 residents whereas the smallest is Tavistock with 5 residents.

Like most Northeastern states, every square foot of New Jersey is incorporated; every resident lives within the borders of an incorporated municipality.

List of municipalities

  • Largest municipalities in New Jersey by population
  • NewarkNJ 7 2010

    Newark, largest city by population in New Jersey

  • Manhattan New York City 2009 PD 20091129 151

    Jersey City is the second largest city by population in New Jersey.

  • Downtown-paterson-nj2

    Paterson, New Jersey's third largest city by population

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    Elizabeth is New Jersey’s fourth largest city by population

  • 2009-08-17 View of downtown Trenton in New Jersey and the mouth of the Assunpink Creek from across the Delaware River in Morrisville, Pennsylvania

    Trenton, Capital of New Jersey

  • Camden waterfront skyline

    Camden is the largest city in South Jersey

2010 Rank Municipality County Population in 2010 Population
in 2017		 Municipal
type		 Form of
government		 Community
established		 Incorporated
1 Newark Essex 277,140 285,154 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1666 1693
2 Jersey City Hudson 247,597 270,753 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1630 1838
3 Paterson Passaic 146,199 148,678 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1791 1831
4 Elizabeth Union 124,969 130,215 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1664 1855
5 Edison Middlesex 99,967 102,450 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1666 1870
6 Woodbridge Middlesex 99,585 101,965 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1664 1798
7 Lakewood Ocean 92,843 102,682 Township Township (New Jersey) 1750 1892
8 Toms River Ocean 91,239 93,017 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1768 1798
9 Hamilton Mercer 88,464 89,078 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1688 1842
10 Trenton Mercer 84,913 84,964 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1719 1792
11 Clifton Passaic 84,136 86,607 City 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1693 1917
12 Camden Camden 77,344 74,532 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1626 1828
13 Brick Ocean 75,072 75,516 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1850 1850
14 Cherry Hill Camden 71,045 71,479 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1695 1844
15 Passaic Passaic 69,781 71,247 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1679 1873
16 Middletown Monmouth 66,522 65,603 Township Special charter (New Jersey) 1664 1798
17 Union City Hudson 66,455 70,387 City Walsh Act 1925
18 Old Bridge Middlesex 65,375 67,032 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1683 1869
19 Gloucester Township Camden 64,634 64,159 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1695 1798
20 East Orange Essex 64,270 65,378 City City (New Jersey) 1666 1863
21 Bayonne Hudson 63,024 67,186 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1861
22 Franklin Township Somerset 62,300 66,734 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1745 1798
23 North Bergen Hudson 60,773 63,659 Township Walsh Act 1843
24 Vineland Cumberland 60,724 60,392 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1862 1952
25 Union Union 56,642 59,327 Township Township (New Jersey) 1667 1808
26 Piscataway Middlesex 56,044 57,887 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1693 1798
27 New Brunswick Middlesex 55,181 57,073 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1730 1784
28 Jackson Ocean 54,856 57,073 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1844
29 Wayne Passaic 54,717 55,072 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1847
30 Irvington Essex 53,926 54,865 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1874
31 Parsippany Morris 53,238 53,201 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1700 1928
32 Howell Monmouth 51,075 52,476 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1801
33 Perth Amboy Middlesex 50,814 52,823 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1683 1718
34 Hoboken Hudson 50,005 55,131 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1820 1849
35 Plainfield Union 49,808 51,327 City Special charter (New Jersey) 1684 1869
36 West New York Hudson 49,708 54,227 Town Walsh Act 1898
37 Washington Township Gloucester 48,559 47,848 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1836
38 East Brunswick Middlesex 47,512 48,840 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1677 1860
39 Bloomfield Essex 47,315 50,970 Township Special charter (New Jersey) 1763 1812
40 West Orange Essex 46,207 48,435 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1806 1863
41 Evesham Township Burlington 45,538 45,381 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1672 1798
42 Bridgewater Somerset 44,464 45,414 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1749 1798
43 South Brunswick Middlesex 43,417 46,561 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1778 1798
44 Egg Harbor Township Atlantic 43,323 43,296 Township Township (New Jersey) 1694 1798
45 Manchester Ocean 43,070 43,395 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1865
46 Hackensack Bergen 43,010 45,248 City 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1665 1693
47 Sayreville Middlesex 42,704 45,325 Borough Borough (New Jersey) 1703 1876
48 Mount Laurel Burlington 41,864 41,662 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1872
49 Berkeley Township Ocean 41,255 41,747 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1875
50 North Brunswick Middlesex 40,742 42,641 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) 1779 1798
51 Kearny Hudson 40,684 42,670 Town Town (New Jersey) 1867
52 Linden Union 40,499 43,056 City City (New Jersey) 1861 1925
53 Marlboro Monmouth 40,191 40,306 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1685 1848
54 Teaneck Bergen 39,776 41,311 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1704 1895
55 Atlantic City Atlantic 39,558 38,429 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1854
56 Winslow Township Camden 39,499 39,041 Township Township (New Jersey) 1845
57 Monroe Township Middlesex 39,132 45,332 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1838 1838
58 Manalapan Monmouth 38,872 40,013 Township Township (New Jersey) 1848
59 Hillsborough Somerset 38,303 40,003 Township Township (New Jersey) 1746 1771
60 Montclair Essex 37,669 39,227 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1868
61 Galloway Township Atlantic 37,349 36,563 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1774 1798
62 Freehold Township Monmouth 36,184 35,053 Township Township (New Jersey) 1693 1798
63 Monroe Township Gloucester 36,129 36,920 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1859
64 Belleville Essex 35,926 36,498 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1839
65 Pennsauken Camden 35,885 35,934 Township Township (New Jersey) 1892
66 Ewing Mercer 35,790 36,549 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1717 1834
67 Fort Lee Bergen 35,345 37,907 Borough Borough (New Jersey) 1904
68 Lawrence Mercer 33,472 33,161 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1697 1798
69 Fair Lawn Bergen 32,457 33,710 Borough Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1924
70 Willingboro Burlington 31,629 32,062 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1688 1798
71 Long Branch Monmouth 30,719 30,762 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1867
72 Deptford Gloucester 30,561 30,582 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1695 1798
73 Garfield Bergen 30,487 32,393 City 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1873 1898
74 Westfield Union 30,316 30,433 Town Special charter (New Jersey) 1720 1798
75 City of Orange Essex 30,134 30,813 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1666 1806
76 Livingston Essex 29,366 30,142 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1699 1813
77 Voorhees Camden 29,131 29,462 Township Township (New Jersey) 1899
78 Princeton Mercer 28,400 27,918 Borough Borough (New Jersey) 1683 1813/2013
79 Millville Cumberland 28,370 28,928 City Walsh Act 1720 1801
80 Nutley Essex 28,117 29,253 Township Walsh Act 1693 1874
81 Mount Olive Morris 27,935 27,844 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1871
82 Neptune Monmouth 27,912 27,301 Township Township (New Jersey) 1879
83 Pemberton Township Burlington 27,644 28,819 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1846
84 Lacey Township Ocean 27,346 30,131 Township Township (New Jersey) 1871
85 Rahway Union 27,291 26,988 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1664 1858
86 Ocean Township Monmouth 27,190 27,725 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1849
87 East Windsor Mercer 27,165 28,491 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1797 1798
88 West Windsor Mercer 27,147 29,112 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1798
89 Englewood Bergen 26,764 27,927 City Special charter (New Jersey) 1899
90 Bergenfield Bergen 26,652 27,061 Borough Borough (New Jersey) 1894
91 Bernards Township Somerset 26,535 27,346 Township Township (New Jersey) 1760 1798
92 Stafford Township Ocean 26,503 26,408 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1750 1798
93 Hamilton Township Atlantic 26,342 27,032 Township Township (New Jersey) 1813
94 Paramus Bergen 26,164 25,981 Borough Borough (New Jersey) 1922
95 Wall Township Monmouth 25,890 26,759 Township Township (New Jersey) 1851
96 Mahwah Bergen 25,850 26,856 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1849
97 West Milford Passaic 25,734 25,893 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) 1834
98 Randolph Morris 25,349 24,505 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1806
99 Bridgeton Cumberland 24,958 25,692 City Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1865
100 Ridgewood Bergen 24,156 25,494 Village Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1894
101 Rockaway Township Morris 24,136 24,961 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1844
102 Lodi Bergen 23,943 22,239 Borough 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1894
103 Vernon Sussex 23,867 24,847 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1793 1798
104 Maplewood Essex 23,594 25,142 Township 1861
105 Cliffside Park Bergen 23,510 24,630 Borough 1895
106 Scotch Plains Union 23,385 24,435 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1878
107 South Plainfield Middlesex 23,324 23,342 Borough 1926
108 Roxbury Morris 23,033 23,496 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1740 1798
109 Medford Burlington 22,999 23,504 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1847
110 Plainsboro Middlesex 22,866 21,766 Township 1919
111 Lower Township Cape May 22,844 24,084 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1723 1798
112 Carteret Middlesex 22,625 24,439 Borough 1906
113 Cranford Union 22,594 22,824 Township 1871
114 Burlington Township Burlington 22,306 22,489 Township 1798
115 Morris Township Morris 22,254 23,584 Township 1740 1798
116 Montgomery Somerset 22,185 22,106 Township 1798
117 Raritan Township Hunterdon 21,936 22,060 Township 1838
118 North Plainfield Somerset 21,677 21,248 Borough 1885
119 West Deptford Gloucester 21,528 21,681 Township 1871
120 Montville Morris 21,457 22,323 Township Special charter (New Jersey) 1867
121 Summit Union 21,404 22,274 City City (New Jersey) 1710 1899
122 Hillside Union 21,314 21,368 Township 1913
123 Jefferson Township Morris 21,085 21,976 Township 1804
124 Roselle Union 20,936 22,783 Borough 1894
125 Barnegat Ocean 20,726 20,540 Township 1846
126 Moorestown Burlington 20,554 22,426 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1922
127 Lyndhurst Bergen 20,334 20,015 Township Walsh Act 1852
128 Hazlet Monmouth 20,249 20,732 Township 1848
129 Pleasantville Atlantic 20,149 20,488 City City (New Jersey) 1889
130 Millburn Essex 20,065 21,177 Township 1857
131 Little Egg Harbor Ocean 19,722 18,807 Township 1740 1798
132 Sparta Sussex 19,622 20,988 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1845
133 Palisades Park Bergen 19,403 20,429 Borough 1899
134 Elmwood Park Bergen 19,131 18,821 Borough 1916
135 Maple Shade Burlington 18,911 18,427 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1688 1798
136 Middle Township Cape May 18,791 19,101 Township 1723 1798
137 Hawthorne Passaic 18,579 20,011 Borough 1898
138 Glassboro Gloucester 18,533 18,726 Borough 1878
139 Washington Township Morris 18,411 19,037 Township 1798
140 Morristown Morris 18,392 18,651 Town Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1715 1865
141 Point Pleasant Ocean 18,210 18,355 Borough 1920
142 Aberdeen Monmouth 18,157 18,232 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1857
143 Dover Morris 18,061 18,782 Town Town (New Jersey) 1869 1896
144 Rutherford Bergen 17,892 17,789 Borough 1881
145 Tinton Falls Monmouth 17,613 17,471 Borough 1950
146 Lindenwold Camden 17,479 17,998 Borough 1929
147 Dumont Bergen 17,304 18,265 Borough 1894
148 Hopewell Township Mercer 16,896 16,623 Township 1700 1798
149 Delran Burlington 16,820 16,499 Township 1880
150 Franklin Township Gloucester 16,773 16,640 Township 1820
151 Holmdel Monmouth 16,696 17,322 Township 1857
152 Wyckoff Bergen 16,635 16,941 Township 1926
153 Denville Morris 16,341 16,868 Township 1913
154 New Milford Bergen 16,264 20,215 Borough 1922
155 Secaucus Hudson 16,198 17,001 Town Town (New Jersey) 1900
156 South Orange Village Essex 16,126 15,963 Township Special charter (New Jersey) 1686 1869
157 Readington Hunterdon 16,116 15,767 Township 1730 1798
158 Asbury Park Monmouth 16,008 16,349 City Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1874
159 South River Middlesex 15,845 16,033 Borough 1898
160 Madison Morris 15,817 17,726 Borough 1715 1889
161 Springfield Union 15,569 16,495 Township 1794 1798
162 Cinnaminson Burlington 15,540 15,410 Township 1860
163 Pequannock Morris 15,392 16,009 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1740 1798
164 North Arlington Bergen 15,311 16,029 Borough 1896
165 Warren Somerset 15,217 15,026 Township 1806
166 Mantua Gloucester 15,147 14,298 Township 1853
167 Hopatcong Sussex 14,950 14,459 Borough 1898
168 Phillipsburg Warren 14,791 14,369 Town 1861
169 Hammonton Atlantic 14,756 16,109 Town Town (New Jersey) 1866
170 Clark Union 14,707 14,706 Township 1864
171 Haddon Township Camden 14,488 14,900 Township Walsh Act 1865
172 Tenafly Bergen 14,473 15,242 Borough Special charter (New Jersey) 1894
173 Ramsey Bergen 14,459 14,712 Borough 1908
174 Branchburg Somerset 14,432 14,502 Township 1845
175 Little Falls Passaic 13,982 14,164 Township 1868
176 Highland Park Middlesex 13,926 14,027 Borough 1905
177 Collingswood Camden 13,835 14,537 Borough Walsh Act 1682 1888
178 Fairview Bergen 13,712 14,661 Borough 1894
179 Hanover Morris 13,659 14,169 Township 1720 1740
180 Saddle Brook Bergen 13,642 14,757 Township 1716
181 Robbinsville Mercer 13,635 13,867 Township Faulkner Act (mayor–council) 1859
182 Middlesex Middlesex 13,620 17,643 Borough 1913
183 Harrison Hudson 13,574 14,349 Town Town (New Jersey) 1840
184 Metuchen Middlesex 13,478 12,907 Borough 1900
185 Clinton Township Hunterdon 13,409 12,499 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1841
186 Pennsville Salem 13,332 13,608 Township 1721 1798
187 Verona Essex 13,297 13,821 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1702 1907
188 Roselle Park Union 13,183 13,759 Borough 1901
189 Berkeley Heights Union 12,754 13,224 Township 1809
190 Oakland Bergen 12,729 13,154 Borough 1902
191 Ridgefield Park Bergen 12,709 12,376 Village Walsh Act 1685 1892
192 Eatontown Monmouth 12,559 12,290 Borough 1873
193 Lumberton Burlington 12,554 15,342 Township 1860
194 Weehawken Hudson 12,417 13,015 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1859
195 Harrison Township Gloucester 12,411 12,703 Township 1844
196 Cedar Grove Essex 12,373 11,893 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1892
197 Upper Township Cape May 12,307 31,822 Township 1723 1798
198 Ringwood Passaic 12,228 12,454 Borough Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1918
199 Red Bank Monmouth 12,206 12,150 Borough 1870
200 New Providence Union 12,171 13,308 Borough 1899
201 Florence Burlington 12,109 12,669 Township 1872
202 Somerville Somerset 12,098 12,418 Borough 1863
203 Freehold Monmouth 12,052 11,894 Borough 1869
204 Hasbrouck Heights Bergen 11,842 12,277 Borough 1894
205 Woodland Park Passaic 11,819 12,834 Borough Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1914
206 Ocean City Cape May 11,701 11,206 City 1884
207 Florham Park Morris 11,696 11,765 Borough Borough (New Jersey) 1700 1899
208 Glen Rock Bergen 11,601 12,045 Borough 1894
209 Haddonfield Camden 11,593 11,435 Borough Walsh Act 1875
210 Bellmawr Camden 11,583 11,489 Borough 1926
211 Edgewater Bergen 11,513 12,368 Borough 1894
212 Gloucester City Camden 11,456 11,342 City Special charter (New Jersey) 1831 1868
213 Bordentown Township Burlington 11,367 12,202 Township 1852
214 Wantage Township Sussex 11,358 10,934 Township 1754 1798
215 River Edge Bergen 11,340 11,724 Borough 1894
216 Wallington Bergen 11,335 11,781 Borough 1894
217 Guttenberg Hudson 11,176 11,695 Town Town (New Jersey) 1853 1859
218 East Hanover Morris 11,157 11,234 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1720 1928
219 Wanaque Passaic 11,116 11,994 Borough 1918
220 Pompton Lakes Passaic 11,097 11,206 Borough 1682 1895
221 Beachwood Ocean 11,045 11,248 Borough 1917
222 Ridgefield Bergen 11,032 11,435 Borough 1892
223 Westwood Bergen 10,908 11,326 Borough 1894
224 Totowa Passaic 10,804 10,817 Borough 1898
225 Somers Point Atlantic 10,795 10,480 City City (New Jersey) 1886
226 West Caldwell Essex 10,759 11,021 Township 1904
227 Ventnor City Atlantic 10,650 10,239 City Walsh Act 1903
228 Waterford Township Camden 10,649 10,774 Township 1695 1798
229 Little Ferry Bergen 10,626 11,000 Borough 1894
230 Franklin Lakes Bergen 10,590 11,255 Borough 1922
231 Millstone Township Monmouth 10,566 10,517 Township 1844
232 Lincoln Park Morris 10,521 10,468 Borough 1922
233 Southampton Burlington 10,464 10,205 Township 1845
234 Chatham Township Morris 10,452 10,435 Township 1806
235 Bound Brook Somerset 10,402 10,468 Borough 1891
236 Manville Somerset 10,344 10,414 Borough 1929
237 Kinnelon Morris 10,248 10,213 Borough 1922
238 Pine Hill Camden 10,233 10,536 Borough 1929
239 Hillsdale Bergen 10,219 10,581 Borough 1898
240 Woolwich Township Gloucester 10,200 12,472 Township 1767 1798
241 Woodbury Gloucester 10,174 9,919 City City (New Jersey) 1854
242 Colts Neck Monmouth 10,142 9,968 Township 1847
243 Keansburg Monmouth 10,105 9,806 Borough Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1917
244 Burlington Burlington 9,920 9,832 City 1693 1784
245 Hackettstown Warren 9,724 9,554 Town Special charter (New Jersey) 1853
246 River Vale Bergen 9,659 10,223 Township 1906
247 Waldwick Bergen 9,625 10,092 Borough 1919
248 East Greenwich Township Gloucester 9,555 9,860 Township 1881
249 Maywood Bergen 9,555 10,520 Borough 1894
250 Mount Holly Burlington 9,536 9,645 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1688 1798
251 Brigantine Atlantic 9,450 8,963 City Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1890
252 Pittsgrove Township Salem 9,393 8,864 Township 1769 1798
253 Washington Township Bergen 9,102 9,393 Township 1840
254 Pitman Gloucester 9,011 8,846 Borough 1905
255 Chatham Morris 8,962 8,928 Borough 1710 1892
256 Leonia Bergen 8,937 9,262 Borough 1894
257 East Rutherford Bergen 8,913 9,928 Borough 1889
258 Edgewater Park Burlington 8,881 8,738 Township 1924
259 Audubon Camden 8,819 8,733 Borough Walsh Act 1905
260 Westampton Burlington 8,813 8,760 Township 1850
261 Matawan Monmouth 8,810 8,869 Borough 1895
262 Long Hill Township Morris 8,702 8,711 Township 1866
263 Park Ridge Bergen 8,645 8,944 Borough 1894
264 South Amboy Middlesex 8,631 8,857 City 1798
265 Northfield Atlantic 8,624 8,360 City City (New Jersey) 1905
266 Cresskill Bergen 8,573 8,935 Borough 1894
267 Mansfield Township Burlington 8,544 8,577 Township 1688 1798
268 Runnemede Camden 8,468 8,390 Borough 1926
269 Plumsted Township Ocean 8,421 8,543 Township 1845
270 North Haledon Passaic 8,417 8,570 Borough 1901
271 Absecon Atlantic 8,411 8,283 City City (New Jersey) 1872
272 Closter Bergen 8,373 8,766 Borough 1904
273 Byram Township Sussex 8,350 7,983 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1798 1798
274 Boonton Morris 8,347 8,354 Town Town (New Jersey) 1761 1866
275 Ocean Township Ocean 8,332 9,049 Township 1876
276 Haledon Passaic 8,318 8,463 Borough 1908
277 Spotswood Middlesex 8,257 8,456 Borough 1908
278 Hardyston Township Sussex 8,213 7,867 Township Special charter (New Jersey) 1762 1798
279 Upper Saddle River Bergen 8,208 8,415 Borough 1894
280 Bogota Bergen 8,187 8,567 Borough 1894
281 Clayton Gloucester 8,179 8,676 Borough 1858
282 Bedminster Somerset 8,165 8,210 Township 1749 1798
283 West Long Branch Monmouth 8,097 7,972 Borough 1908
284 Riverside Burlington 8,079 7,899 Township 1895
285 Carneys Point Salem 8,049 7,702 Township 1721 1798
286 Lopatcong Township Warren 8,014 8,348 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1851
287 Newton Sussex 7,997 7,860 Town Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1864
288 Oradell Bergen 7,978 8,314 Borough 1894
289 Maurice River Cumberland 7,976 6,325 Township 1748 1798
290 Kenilworth Union 7,914 8,312 Borough 1907
291 Montvale Bergen 7,844 8,724 Borough 1894
292 Chester Township Morris 7,838 7,915 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1799
293 Caldwell Essex 7,822 8,085 Borough 1892
294 Mansfield Township Warren 7,725 7,464 Township 1754 1798
295 Bernardsville Somerset 7,707 7,815 Borough 1924
296 Chesterfield Burlington 7,699 7,587 Township 1688 1798
297 North Hanover Burlington 7,678 7,540 Township 1905
298 Upper Deerfield Township Cumberland 7,660 7,431 Township 1922
299 Bloomingdale Passaic 7,656 8,242 Borough 1918
300 Wood-Ridge Bergen 7,626 9,018 Borough 1894
301 Berlin Camden 7,588 7,606 Borough 1927
302 Buena Vista Atlantic 7,570 7,422 Township 1867
303 Butler Morris 7,539 7,774 Borough 1901
304 Glen Ridge Essex 7,527 7,704 Borough 1895
305 Haddon Heights Camden 7,473 7,588 Borough 1904
306 Fairfield Essex 7,466 7,614 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1798
307 Emerson Bergen 7,401 7,739 Borough 1903
308 Palmyra Burlington 7,398 7,221 Borough 1894
309 New Hanover Burlington 7,385 7,491 Township 1723 1798
310 Fanwood Union 7,318 7,808 Borough 1895
311 Keyport Monmouth 7,240 7,085 Borough 1908
312 Dunellen Middlesex 7,227 7,407 Borough 1887
313 Green Brook Somerset 7,203 7,212 Township 1872
314 Midland Park Bergen 7,128 7,384 Borough 1894
315 Rumson Monmouth 7,122 6,864 Borough 1907
316 Linwood Atlantic 7,092 6,855 City City (New Jersey) 1889
317 Stratford Camden 7,040 7,015 Borough 1925
318 Barrington Camden 6,983 6,781 Borough 1917
319 Tabernacle Burlington 6,949 6,882 Township 1901
320 Upper Freehold Monmouth 6,902 6,975 Township 1731 1798
321 Milltown Middlesex 6,893 7,162 Borough 1889
322 Raritan Somerset 6,881 8,011 Borough 1868
323 Mountainside Union 6,685 6,982 Borough 1895
324 Washington Township Warren 6,651 6,461 Township 1849
325 Lebanon Township Hunterdon 6,588 6,101 Township 1731 1798
326 Wharton Morris 6,522 6,571 Borough 1895
327 Allendale Bergen 6,505 6,906 Borough 1894
328 Shamong Burlington 6,490 6,433 Township 1852
329 Dennis Township Cape May 6,467 6,253 Township 1827
330 Washington Warren 6,461 6,524 Borough Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1868
331 Rockaway Morris 6,438 6,474 Borough 1894
332 Margate City Atlantic 6,354 6,083 City Walsh Act 1885
333 Andover Township Sussex 6,319 5,978 Township 1864
334 Fairfield Township Cumberland 6,295 6,087 Township 1697 1798
335 Union Beach Monmouth 6,245 5,562 Borough 1925
336 North Caldwell Essex 6,183 6,730 Borough 1898
337 Mullica Township Atlantic 6,147 6,022 Township 1838
338 Carlstadt Bergen 6,127 6,314 Borough 1894
339 Fair Haven Monmouth 6,121 5,950 Borough 1912
340 Hainesport Burlington 6,110 6,058 Township 1924
341 Paulsboro Gloucester 6,097 5,920 Borough 1904
342 Eastampton Burlington 6,069 5,953 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1880
343 Logan Township Gloucester 6,042 5,944 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1877
344 Tewksbury Hunterdon 5,993 5,844 Township 1798
345 Blairstown Warren 5,967 5,808 Township 1845
346 Little Silver Monmouth 5,950 5,908 Borough 1923
347 Jamesburg Middlesex 5,915 6,068 Borough 1887
348 Union Township Hunterdon 5,908 5,543 Township 1853
349 Manasquan Monmouth 5,897 5,903 Borough 1887
350 Mendham Township Morris 5,869 5,845 Township 1749 1798
351 Prospect Park Passaic 5,865 5,964 Borough 1901
352 Oceanport Monmouth 5,832 5,755 Borough 1920
353 Roseland Essex 5,819 5,937 Borough 1908
354 Watchung Somerset 5,801 5,985 Borough 1926
355 Belmar Monmouth 5,794 5,682 Borough Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1885
356 Old Tappan Bergen 5,750 6,042 Borough 1894
357 Woodcliff Lake Bergen 5,730 5,903 Borough 1894
358 Greenwich Township Warren 5,712 5,532 Township 1738 1798
359 Norwood Bergen 5,711 5,895 Borough 1905
360 Independence Township Warren 5,662 5,514 Township 1782 1798
361 Frankford Township Sussex 5,565 5,348 Township 1797 1798
362 Morris Plains Morris 5,532 5,581 Borough 1926
363 Rochelle Park Bergen 5,530 5,705 Township 1871
364 Hightstown Mercer 5,494 5,384 Borough 1853
365 Berlin Township Camden 5,357 5,580 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1910
366 Wildwood Cape May 5,325 5,070 City Walsh Act 1895
367 Holland Township Hunterdon 5,291 5,151 Township 1874
368 Englewood Cliffs Bergen 5,281 5,453 Borough 1895
369 Hampton Township Sussex 5,196 4,896 Township 1864
370 Commercial Township Cumberland 5,178 5,018 Township 1874
371 Somerdale Camden 5,151 5,508 Borough 1929
372 Penns Grove Salem 5,147 4,831 Borough 1894
373 Salem Salem 5,146 4,774 City City (New Jersey) 1675 1798
374 Mount Arlington Morris 5,050 5,868 Borough 1890
375 Franklin Sussex 5,045 4,775 Borough 1913
376 Highlands Monmouth 5,005 4,821 Borough Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1900
377 Clementon Camden 5,000 4,959 Borough 1925
378 Mendham Morris 4,981 4,978 Borough 1906
379 Alexandria Township Hunterdon 4,938 4,805 Township 1765 1798
380 Greenwich Township Gloucester 4,899 4,846 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1695 1798
381 White Township Warren 4,882 4,747 Township 1913
382 Demarest Bergen 4,881 5,032 Borough 1903
383 Neptune City Monmouth 4,869 4,708 Borough 1881
384 Brielle Monmouth 4,774 4,724 Borough 1919
385 Spring Lake Heights Monmouth 4,713 4,618 Borough 1927
386 Mount Ephraim Camden 4,676 4,635 Borough Walsh Act 1926
387 Point Pleasant Beach Ocean 4,665 4,544 Borough 1886
388 Harrington Park Bergen 4,664 4,846 Borough 1904
389 Northvale Bergen 4,640 4,985 Borough 1916
390 Buena Atlantic 4,603 4,429 Borough 1948
391 Flemington Hunterdon 4,581 4,621 Borough 1910
392 Hopewell Township Cumberland 4,571 4,422 Township 1748 1798
393 Delaware Township Hunterdon 4,563 4,474 Township 1838
394 South Bound Brook Somerset 4,563 4,657 Borough 1681 1907
395 Atlantic Highlands Monmouth 4,385 4,311 Borough 1887
396 Magnolia Camden 4,341 4,303 Borough 1915
397 Allamuchy Warren 4,323 4,644 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1873
398 Bradley Beach Monmouth 4,298 4,225 Borough Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1893
399 Westville Gloucester 4,288 4,194 Borough 1914
400 Delanco Burlington 4,283 4,479 Township 1859
401 Boonton Township Morris 4,263 4,350 Township 1867
402 Egg Harbor City Atlantic 4,243 4,174 City City (New Jersey) 1854 1858
403 Garwood Union 4,226 4,408 Borough 1903
404 Elk Township Gloucester 4,216 4,175 Township 1891
405 Mountain Lakes Morris 4,160 4,345 Borough Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1924
406 Medford Lakes Burlington 4,146 4,013 Borough 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1939
407 Stillwater Township Sussex 4,099 3,920 Township 1824
408 Ho-Ho-Kus Bergen 4,078 4,183 Borough 1908
409 North Wildwood Cape May 4,041 3,843 City City (New Jersey) 1885
410 Oaklyn Camden 4,038 3,996 Borough 1905
411 Pilesgrove Township Salem 4,016 3,993 Township 1701 1798
412 East Amwell Hunterdon 4,013 3,925 Township 1846
413 Bethlehem Township Hunterdon 3,979 3,888 Township 1730 1798
414 Bordentown Burlington 3,924 3,835 City Walsh Act 1682 1825
415 Lambertville Hunterdon 3,906 3,824 City Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1834 1849
416 Cranbury Middlesex 3,857 3,944 Township 1872
417 Montague Sussex 3,847 3,695 Township 1759 1798
418 Kingwood Township Hunterdon 3,845 3,752 Township 1746 1798
419 West Amwell Hunterdon 3,840 2,767 Township 1846
420 Harding Township Morris 3,838 3,873 Township 1922
421 Merchantville Camden 3,821 3,770 Borough 1874
422 Shrewsbury Monmouth 3,809 4,122 Borough 1926
423 South Toms River Ocean 3,684 3,772 Borough 1927
424 Mine Hill Morris 3,651 3,593 Township 1923
425 High Bridge Hunterdon 3,648 3,542 Borough 1871
426 Stanhope Sussex 3,610 3,341 Borough 1904
427 Cape May Cape May 3,607 3,480 City Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1848
428 Green Township Sussex 3,601 3,486 Township 1824
429 Riverdale Morris 3,559 4,247 Borough 1923
430 Upper Pittsgrove Salem 3,505 3,360 Township 1846
431 Woodstown Salem 3,505 3,454 Borough 1882
432 Alloway Township Salem 3,467 3,327 Township 1701 1767
433 Fredon Township Sussex 3,437 3,196 Township 1904
434 Springfield Township Burlington 3,414 3,295 Township Faulkner Act (council–manager) 1688 1798
435 Haworth Bergen 3,382 3,497 Borough 1904
436 Tuckerton Ocean 3,347 3,372 Borough 1901
437 Pohatcong Township Warren 3,339 3,231 Township Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1882
438 Lawrence Township Cumberland 3,290 3,186 Township 1885
439 Monmouth Beach Monmouth 3,279 3,236 Borough Walsh Act 1906
440 Hamburg Sussex 3,277 3,132 Borough 1920
441 Wildwood Crest Cape May 3,270 3,137 Borough Walsh Act 1910
442 Netcong Morris 3,232 3,229 Borough 1894
443 Franklin Township Hunterdon 3,195 3,232 Township 1845
444 Franklin Township Warren 3,176 3,090 Township 1839
445 South Harrison Township Gloucester 3,162 3,170 Township 1883
446 Saddle River Bergen 3,152 3,262 Borough 1894
447 Deerfield Township Cumberland 3,119 3,057 Township 1748 1798
448 Knowlton Township Warren 3,055 2,996 Township 1763 1798
449 Woodbury Heights Gloucester 3,055 2,972 Borough 1915
450 Long Beach Ocean 3,051 3,065 Township Walsh Act 1899
451 National Park Gloucester 3,036 2,985 Borough 1902
452 Spring Lake Monmouth 2,993 2,962 Borough 1892
453 Woodlynne Camden 2,978 2,947 Borough 1901
454 Lawnside Camden 2,945 2,920 Borough 1926
455 Liberty Township Warren 2,942 2,843 Township 1926
456 Seaside Heights Ocean 2,887 2,903 Borough 1913
457 Riverton Burlington 2,779 2,706 Borough 1893
458 Clinton Hunterdon 2,719 2,701 Town Town (New Jersey) 1865
459 Weymouth Township Atlantic 2,715 2,820 Township 1798
460 Moonachie Bergen 2,708 2,800 Borough 1910
461 Belvidere Warren 2,681 2,603 Town Town (New Jersey) 1845
462 Harmony Township Warren 2,667 2,520 Township 1839
463 Quinton Township Salem 2,666 2,489 Township 1873
464 Lakehurst Ocean 2,654 2,697 Borough 1921
465 Pennington Mercer 2,585 2,589 Borough 1890
466 Swedesboro Gloucester 2,584 2,594 Borough 1902
467 Peapack and Gladstone Somerset 2,582 2,610 Borough Borough (New Jersey) 1912
468 Beverly Burlington 2,577 2,504 City City (New Jersey) 1850
469 Lafayette Sussex 2,538 2,404 Township 1845
470 Oxford Township Warren 2,514 2,454 Township 1754 1798
471 Woodbine Cape May 2,472 2,461 Borough 1903
472 Ogdensburg Sussex 2,410 2,282 Borough 1914
473 East Newark Hudson 2,406 2,735 Borough 1895
474 South Hackensack Bergen 2,378 2,492 Township 1935
475 Alpha Warren 2,369 2,297 Borough 1911
476 Wenonah Gloucester 2,278 2,239 Borough 1883
477 Gibbsboro Camden 2,274 2,247 Borough 1924
478 Frelinghuysen Township Warren 2,230 2,200 Township 1848
479 Helmetta Middlesex 2,178 2,223 Borough 1888
480 Sussex Sussex 2,130 2,024 Borough 1891
481 Pine Beach Ocean 2,127 2,168 Borough 1925
482 Sea Isle City Cape May 2,114 2,068 City Walsh Act 1882
483 Essex Fells Essex 2,113 2,137 Borough 1902
484 Ocean Gate Ocean 2,011 2,021 Borough 1918
485 Sandyston Township Sussex 1,998 1,856 Township 1762 1798
486 Brooklawn Camden 1,955 1,934 Borough 1924
487 Hope Township Warren 1,952 1,890 Township 1839
488 Hopewell Mercer 1,922 1,948 Borough 1891
489 Laurel Springs Camden 1,908 1,886 Borough 1913
490 Avon-by-the-Sea Monmouth 1,901 1,794 Borough Walsh Act 1900
491 Folsom Atlantic 1,885 1,815 Borough 1906
492 Lavallette Ocean 1,875 1,849 Borough 1887
493 Alpine Bergen 1,849 1,890 Borough 1903
494 Englishtown Monmouth 1,847 1,943 Borough 1888
495 Allentown Monmouth 1,828 1,811 Borough 1889
496 Sea Girt Monmouth 1,828 1,774 Borough 1917
497 Mannington Township Salem 1806 1731 Township 1701 1798
498 Woodland Township Burlington 1,788 1,775 Township 1866
499 Oldmans Township Salem 1,773 1,792 Township 1881
500 Lower Alloways Creek Salem 1,770 1,688 Township 1701 1767
501 Lake Como Monmouth 1,759 1,717 Borough 1924
502 Estell Manor Atlantic 1,735 1,720 City Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1925
503 Glen Gardner Hunterdon 1,704 1,924 Borough 1919
504 Hardwick Township Warren 1,696 1,643 Township 1750 1798
505 Island Heights Ocean 1,673 1,667 Borough Faulkner Act (small municipality) 1887
506 Chester Borough Morris 1,649 1,665 Borough 1930
507 Chesilhurst Camden 1,634 1,639 Borough 1887
508 Eagleswood Ocean 1,603 1,611 Township 1874
509 Downe Township Cumberland 1,585 1,524 Township 1748 1798
510 Seaside Park Ocean 1,579 1,549 Borough 1898
511 Newfield Gloucester 1,553 1,561 Borough 1924
512 Victory Gardens Morris 1,520 1,516 Borough 1941 1951
513 Winfield Union 1,471 1,528 Township 1941
514 Bass River Burlington 1,443 1,436 Township Walsh Act 1864
515 Stow Creek Township Cumberland 1,431 1,405 Township 1748 1798
516 Sea Bright Monmouth 1,412 1,389 Borough 1889
517 Pemberton Burlington 1,409 1,340 Borough 1826
518 Hampton Hunterdon 1,401 1,331 Borough 1895
519 Elmer Salem 1,395 1,312 Borough 1893
520 Frenchtown Hunterdon 1,373 1,366 Borough 1867
521 Lebanon Hunterdon 1,358 1,669 Borough 1926
522 Avalon Cape May 1,334 1,267 Borough 1892
523 Farmingdale Monmouth 1,329 1,298 Borough 1903
524 Milford Hunterdon 1,233 1,189 Borough 1911
525 Surf City Ocean 1,205 1,187 Borough 1894
526 Beach Haven Ocean 1,170 1,182 Borough Walsh Act 1890
527 Ship Bottom Ocean 1,156 1,143 Borough 1925
528 Shrewsbury Township Monmouth 1,141 1,010 Township 1693 1798
529 Port Republic Atlantic 1,115 1,080 City City (New Jersey) 1905
530 Califon Hunterdon 1,076 1,068 Borough 1918
531 Elsinboro Township Salem 1,036 976 Township 1701 1798
532 West Cape May Cape May 1,024 1,015 Borough Walsh Act 1884
533 Audubon Park Camden 1,023 1,012 Borough 1947
534 Bay Head Ocean 968 981 Borough 1886
535 Far Hills Somerset 919 927 Borough 1921
536 Longport Atlantic 895 876 Borough Walsh Act 1898
537 Roosevelt Monmouth 882 854 Borough 1937
538 Bloomsbury Hunterdon 870 867 Borough 1905
539 Hi-Nella Camden 870 846 Borough 1929
540 Stone Harbor Cape May 866 822 Borough 1914
541 Branchville Sussex 841 783 Borough 1898
542 Interlaken Monmouth 820 801 Borough 1922
543 Greenwich Township Cumberland 804 771 Township 1748 1798
544 Wrightstown Burlington 802 785 Borough 1918
545 Deal Monmouth 750 733 Borough Walsh Act 1898
546 Washington Township Burlington 687 710 Township 1802
547 Rocky Hill Somerset 682 688 Borough 1889
548 Andover Sussex 606 567 Borough 1904
549 West Wildwood Cape May 603 566 Borough Walsh Act 1920
550 Barnegat Light Ocean 574 587 Borough 1904
551 Fieldsboro Burlington 540 531 Borough 1850
552 Stockton Hunterdon 538 520 Borough 1898
553 Rockleigh Bergen 531 534 Borough 1923
554 Shiloh Cumberland 516 497 Borough 1929
555 Allenhurst Monmouth 496 489 Borough Walsh Act 1897
556 Corbin City Atlantic 492 500 City City (New Jersey) 1922
557 Millstone Somerset 418 420 Borough 1738 1894
558 Harvey Cedars Ocean 337 342 Borough Walsh Act 1751 1894
559 Mantoloking Ocean 296 257 Borough 1911 1911
560 Cape May Point Cape May 291 279 Borough Walsh Act 1876 1908
561 Loch Arbour Monmouth 194 183 Village Walsh Act 1957 1957
562 Teterboro Bergen 67 69 Borough 1923 Municipal Manager Law 1917 1917
563 Walpack Township Sussex 16 11 Township 1731 1798
564 Pine Valley Camden 12 11 Borough Walsh Act 1929
565 Tavistock Camden 5 5 Borough Walsh Act 1921 1921

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