Top 100 Biggest Cities In New Jersey (2002 Census)

Rank	City	2003 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Newark	275,145	0.5%
2	Jersey City	238,814	-0.3%
3	Paterson	149,700	0.1%
4	Elizabeth	122,313	0.6%
5	Trenton	84,915	-0.3%
6	Camden	79,537	-0.2%
7	Clifton	79,009	-0.0%
8	East Orange	69,261	-0.3%
9	Passaic	67,968	0.1%
10	Union City	66,520	-0.4%
11	Bayonne	61,230	-0.5%
12	Vineland	56,249	0.4%
13	New Brunswick	48,518	0.2%
14	Plainfield	47,865	0.0%
15	Perth Amboy	47,547	0.2%
16	West New York	46,585	0.7%
17	Hackensack	43,279	0.5%
18	Sayreville	41,242	0.9%
19	Kearny	40,080	-0.5%
20	Atlantic City	40,060	-0.5%
21	Linden	39,636	0.2%
22	Hoboken	39,334	0.8%
23	Fort Lee	36,704	1.4%
24	Long Branch	31,726	0.5%
25	Fair Lawn	31,402	-0.4%
26	Westfield	29,779	0.2%
27	Garfield	29,610	-0.3%
28	Millville	26,906	0.2%
29	Rahway	26,672	0.3%
30	Paramus	26,073	0.6%
31	Bergenfield	26,032	-0.4%
32	Englewood	26,004	-0.4%
33	Ridgewood	24,731	-0.4%
34	Lodi	23,975	–
35	Cliffside Park	22,839	-0.4%
36	Bridgeton	22,644	-0.2%
37	South Plainfield	22,585	1.6%
38	North Plainfield	21,647	-0.2%
39	Roselle	21,347	0.1%
40	Carteret	21,328	1.2%
41	Summit	21,156	0.0%
42	Point Pleasant	19,614	0.8%
43	Glassboro	19,091	0.1%
44	Pleasantville	18,924	-0.2%
45	Elmwood Park	18,821	-0.3%
46	Morristown	18,484	0.4%
47	Hawthorne	18,214	-0.0%
48	Dover	18,031	-0.4%
49	Rutherford	17,949	-0.4%
50	Palisades Park	17,697	1.6%
51	Dumont	17,414	-0.2%
52	Lindenwold	17,346	-0.1%
53	Tinton Falls	17,273	1.6%
54	Asbury Park	17,018	0.1%
55	New Milford	16,264	-0.4%
56	Hopatcong	15,869	-0.1%
57	Secaucus	15,788	-0.4%
58	South River	15,625	0.8%
59	Ocean City	15,484	0.3%
60	Madison	15,297	-0.5%
61	Phillipsburg	15,161	-0.0%
62	North Arlington	15,119	-0.2%
63	Ramsey	14,427	0.2%
64	Harrison	14,293	-0.5%
65	Collingswood	14,239	-0.2%
66	Eatontown	14,105	0.2%
67	Highland Park	14,044	0.1%
68	Tenafly	13,867	0.2%
69	Middlesex	13,790	0.2%
70	Princeton	13,520	-0.1%
71	Fairview	13,294	0.1%
72	Roselle Park	13,269	-0.1%
73	Oakland	13,184	2.5%
74	Metuchen	13,064	0.7%
75	Ventnor City	12,793	-0.4%
76	Hammonton	12,777	0.6%
77	Ridgefield Park	12,760	-0.4%
78	Brigantine	12,572	-0.1%
79	Ringwood	12,529	0.5%
80	Somerville	12,265	-0.2%
81	Florham Park	12,206	6.8%
82	Red Bank	11,958	0.4%
83	New Providence	11,931	0.1%
84	Freehold	11,629	2.8%
85	Haddonfield	11,618	-0.1%
86	Hasbrouck Heights	11,573	-0.4%
87	Wallington	11,479	-0.4%
88	Somers Point	11,476	-0.5%
89	Glen Rock	11,449	-0.4%
90	Gloucester City	11,430	-0.2%
91	Bellmawr	11,228	-0.1%
92	Woodland Park	11,110	0.5%
93	Guttenberg	11,009	0.7%
94	Franklin Lakes	10,982	2.5%
95	Westwood	10,955	-0.2%
96	Pine Hill	10,925	0.3%
97	River Edge	10,889	-0.3%
98	Ridgefield	10,860	0.1%
99	Lincoln Park	10,825	-0.5%
100	Pompton Lakes	10,809	0.8%

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