Top 100 Biggest Cities in New Jersey

Top 100 Biggest Cities In New Jersey

Rank	City	2024 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Newark	304,960	-0.6%
2	Jersey City	291,657	-0.0%
3	Paterson	156,452	-0.6%
4	Elizabeth	135,829	-0.2%
5	Trenton	89,620	-0.4%
6	Clifton	88,461	-0.6%
7	Camden	71,100	-0.4%
8	Bayonne	70,300	-0.6%
9	East Orange	69,556	-0.0%
10	Passaic	68,903	-0.7%
11	Union City	64,462	-1.8%
12	Vineland	60,797	-0.2%
13	Hoboken	57,010	-2.0%
14	New Brunswick	55,846	0.2%
15	Perth Amboy	55,249	-0.1%
16	Plainfield	54,670	0.2%
17	West New York	50,754	-1.1%
18	Hackensack	45,736	-0.1%
19	Sayreville	45,496	0.2%
20	Linden	43,950	0.3%
21	Fort Lee	39,700	-0.4%
22	Kearny	39,370	-2.1%
23	Atlantic City	38,464	0.0%
24	Fair Lawn	35,564	0.6%
25	Long Branch	32,745	1.1%
26	Garfield	32,456	-0.2%
27	Westfield	30,559	-0.4%
28	Princeton	30,289	-0.7%
29	Rahway	29,813	0.1%
30	Englewood	29,624	0.4%
31	Bergenfield	28,274	-0.1%
32	Millville	27,358	-0.4%
33	Bridgeton	26,763	0.1%
34	Paramus	26,282	-0.4%
35	Ridgewood	26,194	0.3%
36	Lodi	25,832	-0.4%
37	Cliffside Park	25,570	-0.1%
38	Carteret	25,281	-0.0%
39	South Plainfield	24,131	-0.2%
40	Glassboro	23,987	5.4%
41	North Plainfield	22,566	-0.2%
42	Summit	22,344	-0.5%
43	Roselle	22,342	-0.4%
44	Lindenwold	21,685	0.2%
45	Elmwood Park	21,256	-0.2%
46	Secaucus	21,005	-1.7%
47	Pleasantville	20,613	0.0%
48	Morristown	20,571	0.7%
49	Harrison	20,520	1.8%
50	Palisades Park	20,102	-0.4%
51	Hawthorne	19,496	-0.1%
52	Point Pleasant	19,429	0.8%
53	Tinton Falls	19,354	0.4%
54	Rutherford	18,852	0.1%
55	Dover	18,435	0.0%
56	Dumont	18,234	0.7%
57	New Milford	16,889	-0.0%
58	Madison	16,432	-1.0%
59	North Arlington	16,370	-0.1%
60	South River	15,931	-0.2%
61	Asbury Park	15,391	0.5%
62	Phillipsburg	15,328	0.3%
63	Tenafly	15,178	-0.4%
64	Metuchen	14,977	-0.1%
65	Highland Park	14,959	-0.2%
66	Fairview	14,927	-0.2%
67	Hammonton	14,797	0.2%
68	Ramsey	14,706	-0.2%
69	Edgewater	14,678	0.4%
70	Hopatcong	14,622	0.7%
71	Middlesex	14,461	-0.3%
72	Collingswood	14,204	0.1%
73	Somerville	14,112	4.4%
74	Florham Park	14,092	3.7%
75	Roselle Park	13,932	-0.2%
76	Eatontown	13,496	-0.2%
77	New Providence	13,488	-0.5%
78	Woodland Park	13,138	-0.7%
79	Ridgefield Park	13,135	-0.2%
80	Red Bank	12,779	-0.3%
81	Oakland	12,680	-0.1%
82	Haddonfield	12,571	0.1%
83	Freehold	12,430	-0.3%
84	Bound Brook	12,371	1.2%
85	Glen Rock	12,076	-0.1%
86	Hasbrouck Heights	12,030	-0.2%
87	River Edge	11,995	-0.2%
88	Wallington	11,825	-0.1%
89	Bellmawr	11,724	0.1%
90	Gloucester City	11,507	0.1%
91	Ringwood	11,451	-0.7%
92	Ridgefield	11,417	-0.2%
93	Guttenberg	11,365	-1.6%
94	Ocean City	11,242	0.4%
95	Westwood	11,210	-0.2%
96	Beachwood	11,153	0.8%
97	Wanaque	11,048	-0.7%
98	Franklin Lakes	11,021	-0.2%
99	Lincoln Park	10,951	0.1%
100	Little Ferry	10,914	-0.2%

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What is the largest city in New Jersey?

The largest city in New Jersey is Newark, with a population of 304,960. Newark is the 66th largest city in the US. The second largest city is Jersey City, with a population of 291,657, and is the 72nd largest city in the US.

What are the major cities in New Jersey?

The major cities in New Jersey are Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Elizabeth. There are 4 major cities in New Jersey, which are cities with a population greater than 100,000.

What is the capital of New Jersey?

The capital of New Jersey is Trenton, whose most recent population was 89,620. Trenton is the 5th largest city in the state of New Jersey.

What is the fastest growing city in New Jersey?

Among the 100 largest cities in New Jersey, the fastest growing city is Princeton, whose population has grown 123.4% since the year 2000.

What is the fastest shrinking city in New Jersey?

Among the 100 largest cities in New Jersey, the fastest shrinking city is Ocean City, whose population has declined 27.0% since the year 2000. Ocean City's peak populuation was 15,564 in the year 2003, and it's current population of 11,242 represents a 27.8% decline from it's peak. Ocean City was once the 1,985th largest city in the US, but it's now the 2,902nd largest.