Rockaway, New Jersey Population History 1990 - 2018
Latest Data (2018)
| Population | 6,363 |
| Nationwide Rank | 4144 |
Quick Facts
Rockaway, New Jersey is the 4,144th largest city in the United States as of 2018.
Rockaway, New Jersey is a borough.
Rockaway, New Jersey is currently 1.6% smaller than it was in 2000, the year of its peak recorded population.
Rockaway, New Jersey's growth is below average. 69% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
Similarly Sized Cities In US
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4134 | Islamorada, Village of Islands, Florida | 6,383 | -6.6% |
| 4135 | Valley City, North Dakota | 6,380 | -5.9% |
| 4136 | Schuyler, Nebraska | 6,377 | 17.6% |
| 4137 | Cumming, Georgia | 6,376 | 49.0% |
| 4138 | Sidney, Nebraska | 6,376 | 0.1% |
| 4139 | St. John, Missouri | 6,374 | -7.0% |
| 4140 | Steilacoom, Washington | 6,373 | 5.1% |
| 4141 | Iowa Park, Texas | 6,370 | -1.8% |
| 4142 | Dillon, South Carolina | 6,367 | -2.1% |
| 4143 | Brunswick, Maryland | 6,364 | 29.4% |
| 4144 | Rockaway, New Jersey | 6,363 | -1.6% |
| 4145 | Cynthiana, Kentucky | 6,362 | 0.3% |
| 4146 | White Oak, Texas | 6,361 | 12.5% |
| 4147 | De Soto, Missouri | 6,359 | -1.8% |
| 4148 | Woodland, Washington | 6,358 | 60.0% |
| 4149 | Gladewater, Texas | 6,356 | 4.6% |
| 4150 | Carolina Beach, North Carolina | 6,354 | 24.2% |
| 4151 | Estes Park, Colorado | 6,352 | 14.2% |
| 4152 | Red Lion, Pennsylvania | 6,343 | 2.9% |
| 4153 | Hamlet, North Carolina | 6,340 | 2.1% |
| 4154 | Pepper Pike, Ohio | 6,333 | 5.0% |
Similarly Sized Cities In New Jersey
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2583 | Edgewater | 12,720 | 59.6% |
| 2599 | Woodland Park | 12,614 | 14.6% |
| 2658 | Eatontown | 12,242 | -12.8% |
| 2662 | Ringwood | 12,226 | -1.5% |
| 2664 | Somerville | 12,202 | -1.0% |
| 2685 | Hasbrouck Heights | 12,080 | 3.6% |
| 2694 | Red Bank | 12,048 | 1.4% |
| 2730 | Glen Rock | 11,829 | 2.5% |
| 2741 | Freehold | 11,767 | 6.9% |
| 2747 | Wanaque | 11,741 | 14.2% |
| 2772 | Florham Park | 11,594 | 8.3% |
| 2773 | Wallington | 11,591 | 0.1% |
| 2782 | River Edge | 11,531 | 5.3% |
| 2809 | Bellmawr | 11,374 | 1.0% |
| 2815 | Haddonfield | 11,345 | -2.5% |
| 2819 | Guttenberg | 11,326 | 4.3% |
| 2828 | Beachwood | 11,270 | 8.4% |
| 2830 | Ridgefield | 11,265 | 3.9% |
| 2834 | Gloucester City | 11,244 | -1.9% |
| 2849 | Westwood | 11,155 | 1.3% |
| 2856 | Franklin Lakes | 11,096 | 6.1% |
| 2866 | Ocean City | 11,041 | -28.3% |
| 2870 | Pompton Lakes | 11,014 | 3.4% |
| 2905 | Little Ferry | 10,822 | 0.2% |
| 2910 | Totowa | 10,804 | 9.1% |
| 2983 | Pine Hill | 10,439 | -3.9% |
| 2993 | Hillsdale | 10,405 | 3.1% |
| 3019 | Bound Brook | 10,289 | 2.1% |
| 3020 | Somers Point | 10,285 | -11.2% |
| 3034 | Lincoln Park | 10,246 | -6.2% |
| 3036 | Manville | 10,234 | -0.2% |
| 3044 | Waldwick | 10,207 | 6.1% |
| 3077 | Kinnelon | 10,043 | 7.1% |
| 3078 | Ventnor City | 10,039 | -22.1% |
| 3104 | Burlington | 9,884 | 1.6% |
| 3111 | Woodbury | 9,852 | -4.3% |
| 3132 | East Rutherford | 9,764 | 12.0% |
| 3141 | Keansburg | 9,719 | -9.6% |
| 3149 | Maywood | 9,694 | 1.8% |
| 3177 | Hackettstown | 9,463 | 4.5% |
| 3243 | Wood-Ridge | 9,159 | 19.8% |
| 3256 | Leonia | 9,110 | 2.2% |
| 3301 | South Amboy | 8,921 | 12.6% |
| 3335 | Park Ridge | 8,786 | 1.0% |
| 3339 | Pitman | 8,780 | -5.8% |
| 3343 | Cresskill | 8,775 | 13.0% |
| 3347 | Brigantine | 8,765 | -30.3% |
| 3348 | Chatham | 8,765 | 3.7% |
| 3355 | Matawan | 8,736 | -2.2% |
| 3370 | Clayton | 8,686 | 21.7% |
| 3377 | Audubon | 8,659 | -5.5% |
| 3396 | Montvale | 8,600 | 21.8% |
| 3402 | Closter | 8,582 | 2.2% |
| 3434 | Absecon | 8,442 | 10.5% |
| 3441 | North Haledon | 8,418 | 6.1% |
| 3443 | Bogota | 8,413 | 2.0% |
| 3478 | Runnemede | 8,318 | -2.3% |
| 3479 | Haledon | 8,316 | 0.6% |
| 3484 | Spotswood | 8,307 | 5.1% |
| 3499 | Upper Saddle River | 8,270 | 6.7% |
| 3522 | Kenilworth | 8,220 | 7.0% |
| 3527 | Boonton | 8,212 | -3.2% |
| 3528 | Northfield | 8,212 | 6.2% |
| 3537 | Oradell | 8,193 | 1.8% |
| 3568 | Bloomingdale | 8,072 | 6.0% |
| 3603 | Caldwell | 7,970 | 5.1% |
| 3614 | Newton | 7,938 | -3.8% |
| 3629 | West Long Branch | 7,909 | -4.4% |
| 3641 | Raritan | 7,875 | 25.1% |
| 3695 | Fanwood | 7,704 | 7.3% |
| 3699 | Bernardsville | 7,686 | 4.9% |
| 3712 | Butler | 7,650 | 1.5% |
| 3715 | Emerson | 7,643 | 6.1% |
| 3728 | Glen Ridge | 7,598 | 4.6% |
| 3739 | Berlin | 7,554 | 21.2% |
| 3748 | Haddon Heights | 7,541 | 0.0% |
| 3830 | Dunellen | 7,272 | 6.4% |
| 3833 | Midland Park | 7,265 | 4.6% |
| 3869 | Palmyra | 7,161 | 0.2% |
| 3907 | Keyport | 7,053 | -7.0% |
| 3913 | Milltown | 7,034 | 0.2% |
| 3929 | Stratford | 6,967 | -4.0% |
| 3954 | Mountainside | 6,892 | 4.3% |
| 3980 | Allendale | 6,792 | 1.2% |
| 3986 | Rumson | 6,776 | -5.3% |
| 4001 | Linwood | 6,740 | -6.1% |
| 4019 | Barrington | 6,683 | -5.5% |
| 4050 | North Caldwell | 6,618 | -10.2% |
| 4104 | Wharton | 6,457 | 2.6% |
| 4107 | Washington | 6,452 | -3.8% |
| 4144 | Rockaway | 6,363 | -1.6% |
| 4204 | Carlstadt | 6,191 | 4.5% |
| 4252 | Watchung | 6,055 | 24.3% |
| 4279 | Margate City | 5,959 | -27.3% |
| 4284 | Jamesburg | 5,951 | -1.8% |
| 4286 | Old Tappan | 5,946 | 8.0% |
| 4299 | Morris Plains | 5,912 | 5.1% |
| 4313 | Paulsboro | 5,882 | -4.4% |
| 4317 | Mount Arlington | 5,877 | 24.7% |
| 4327 | Woodcliff Lake | 5,862 | 1.8% |
| 4328 | Prospect Park | 5,859 | 1.3% |
| 4334 | Roseland | 5,851 | 10.5% |
| 4337 | Manasquan | 5,846 | -7.6% |
| 4344 | Norwood | 5,831 | 0.1% |
| 4352 | Fair Haven | 5,820 | -2.2% |
| 4355 | Little Silver | 5,813 | -6.0% |
| 4381 | Oceanport | 5,751 | -1.2% |
| 4437 | Belmar | 5,587 | -7.8% |
| 4491 | Union Beach | 5,485 | -17.7% |
| 4499 | Somerdale | 5,473 | 5.5% |
| 4540 | Englewood Cliffs | 5,385 | 0.8% |
| 4571 | Hightstown | 5,315 | 1.7% |
| 4729 | Wildwood | 4,998 | -7.8% |
| 4762 | Clementon | 4,945 | -0.6% |
| 4770 | Demarest | 4,933 | 1.7% |
| 4776 | Northvale | 4,923 | 10.2% |
| 4788 | Mendham | 4,910 | -3.8% |
| 4866 | Penns Grove | 4,784 | -1.8% |
| 4875 | Highlands | 4,769 | -6.3% |
| 4879 | Harrington Park | 4,762 | 0.4% |
| 4889 | Salem | 4,747 | -18.7% |
| 4891 | Franklin | 4,738 | -8.2% |
| 4924 | Brielle | 4,691 | -4.4% |
| 4944 | Neptune City | 4,645 | -11.3% |
| 4969 | Mount Ephraim | 4,597 | 2.4% |
| 4974 | Flemington | 4,589 | 9.1% |
| 4989 | South Bound Brook | 4,572 | 2.6% |
| 4995 | Spring Lake Heights | 4,555 | -13.1% |
| 5004 | Point Pleasant Beach | 4,542 | -14.5% |
| 5124 | Garwood | 4,365 | 5.0% |
| 5136 | Buena | 4,347 | 12.4% |
| 5163 | Atlantic Highlands | 4,316 | -8.5% |
| 5186 | Mountain Lakes | 4,276 | 0.3% |
| 5188 | Magnolia | 4,275 | -2.6% |
| 5244 | Riverdale | 4,190 | 67.4% |
| 5249 | Bradley Beach | 4,174 | -13.1% |
| 5258 | Westville | 4,163 | -7.3% |
| 5302 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 4,107 | 1.0% |
| 5305 | Egg Harbor City | 4,104 | -9.5% |
| 5318 | Shrewsbury | 4,085 | 13.4% |
| 5408 | Oaklyn | 3,963 | -5.1% |
| 5422 | Medford Lakes | 3,947 | -5.5% |
| 5529 | Bordentown | 3,801 | -4.1% |
| 5532 | Lambertville | 3,797 | -1.9% |
| 5541 | North Wildwood | 3,792 | -23.0% |
| 5551 | South Toms River | 3,777 | 3.9% |
| 5588 | Merchantville | 3,713 | -2.2% |
| 5801 | High Bridge | 3,450 | -8.8% |
| 5804 | Cape May | 3,448 | -14.3% |
| 5810 | Woodstown | 3,447 | 9.7% |
| 5824 | Haworth | 3,430 | 1.1% |
| 5859 | Tuckerton | 3,375 | -4.0% |
| 5916 | Stanhope | 3,314 | -7.5% |
| 6001 | Monmouth Beach | 3,228 | -10.4% |
| 6031 | Saddle River | 3,197 | -2.0% |
Demographics
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Population History
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6,363 | 4,144 |
| 2017 | 6,474 | 4,095 |
| 2016 | 6,478 | 4,077 |
| 2015 | 6,494 | 4,051 |
| 2014 | 6,483 | 4,031 |
| 2013 | 6,504 | 4,014 |
| 2012 | 6,486 | 4,002 |
| 2011 | 6,475 | 3,992 |
| 2010 | 6,438 | 3,990 |
| 2009 | 6,258 | 4,024 |
| 2008 | 6,260 | 4,004 |
| 2007 | 6,275 | 3,968 |
| 2006 | 6,300 | 3,939 |
| 2005 | 6,320 | 3,907 |
| 2004 | 6,356 | 3,871 |
| 2003 | 6,380 | 3,848 |
| 2002 | 6,401 | 3,820 |
| 2001 | 6,407 | 3,802 |
| 2000 | 6,467 | 3,760 |
| 1990 | 6,092 | 3,554 |