NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of Municipalities in New Jersey (by population)

List of municipalities in New Jersey ordered by population. Source: 2000 U.S. Census. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The U.S. Census is mandated by the United States Constitution. ...

Pop. Rank	Municipality	County	Population in 2000	Municipal Type
1	Newark	Essex	273546	City
2	Jersey City	Hudson	240055	City
3	Paterson	Passaic	149222	City
4	Elizabeth	Union	120568	City
5	Edison Township	Middlesex	97687	Township
6	Woodbridge Township	Middlesex	97203	Township
7	Toms River Township	Ocean	89706	Township
8	Hamilton Township	Mercer	87109	Township
9	Trenton	Mercer	85403	City
10	Camden	Camden	79904	City
11	Clifton	Passaic	78672	City
12	Brick Township	Ocean	76119	Township
13	Cherry Hill Township	Camden	69965	Township
14	East Orange	Essex	69824	City
15	Passaic	Passaic	67861	City
16	Union City	Hudson	67088	City
17	Middletown Township	Monmouth	66327	Township
18	Gloucester Township	Camden	64350	Township
19	Bayonne	Hudson	61842	City
20	Irvington	Essex	60695	township
21	Old Bridge Township	Middlesex	60456	Township
22	Lakewood Township	Ocean	60352	Township
23	North Bergen	Hudson	58092	Township
24	Vineland	Cumberland	56271	City
25	Union Township	Union	54405	Township
26	Wayne	Passaic	54069	Township
27	Franklin Township	Somerset	50903	Township
28	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	Morris	50649	Township
29	Piscataway Township	Middlesex	50482	Township
30	Howell Township	Monmouth	48903	Township
31	New Brunswick	Middlesex	48573	City
32	Plainfield	Union	47829	City
33	Bloomfield Township	Essex	47683	Township
34	Perth Amboy	Middlesex	47303	City
35	Washington Township	Gloucester	47114	Township
36	East Brunswick Township	Middlesex	46756	Township
37	West New York	Hudson	45768	Town
38	West Orange	Essex	44943	Township
39	Bridgewater Township	Somerset	42940	Township
40	Jackson Township	Ocean	42816	Township
41	Hackensack	Bergen	42677	City
42	Evesham Township	Burlington	42275	Township
43	Atlantic City	Atlantic	40517	City
44	Kearny	Hudson	40513	Town
45	Sayreville	Middlesex	40377	Borough
46	Mount Laurel Township	Burlington	40221	Township
47	Berkeley Township	Ocean	39991	Township
48	Linden	Union	39394	City
49	Teaneck	Bergen	39260	Township
50	Montclair	Essex	38977	Township
51	Manchester Township	Ocean	38928	Township
52	Hoboken	Hudson	38577	City
53	South Brunswick Township	Middlesex	37734	Township
54	Hillsborough Township	Somerset	36634	Township
55	Marlboro Township	Monmouth	36398	Township
56	North Brunswick Township	Middlesex	36287	Township
57	Belleville	Essex	35928	Township
58	Pennsauken	Camden	35737	Township
59	Ewing Township	Mercer	35707	Township
60	Fort Lee	Bergen	35461	Borough
61	Winslow Township	Camden	34611	Township
62	Manalapan Township	Monmouth	33423	Township
63	Willingboro Township	Burlington	33008	Township
64	Orange	Essex	32868	Township
65	Fair Lawn	Bergen	31637	Borough
66	Freehold Township	Monmouth	31537	Township
67	Long Branch	Monmouth	31340	City
68	Galloway Township	Atlantic	31209	Township
69	Egg Harbor Township	Atlantic	30726	Township
70	Garfield	Bergen	29786	City
71	Westfield	Union	29644	Town
72	Lawrence Township	Mercer	29159	Township
73	Monroe Township	Gloucester	28967	Township
74	Pemberton Township	Burlington	28691	Township
75	Voorhees Township	Camden	28126	Township
76	Monroe Township	Middlesex	27999	Township
77	Neptune Township	Monmouth	27690	Township
78	Livingston	Essex	27391	Township
79	Nutley	Essex	27362	Township
80	Ocean Township	Monmouth	26959	Township
81	Millville	Cumberland	26847	City
82	Deptford Township	Gloucester	26763	Township
83	Rahway	Union	26500	City
84	West Milford	Passaic	26410	Township
85	Bergenfield	Bergen	26247	Borough
86	Englewood	Bergen	26203	City
87	Paramus	Bergen	25737	Borough
88	Lacey Township	Ocean	25346	Township
89	Wall Township	Monmouth	25261	Township
90	Ridgewood	Bergen	24936	Village
91	East Windsor Township	Mercer	24919	Township
92	Randolph Township	Morris	24847	Township
93	Vernon Township	Sussex	24686	Township
94	Bernards Township	Somerset	24575	Township
95	Mount Olive Township	Morris	24193	Township
96	Mahwah	Bergen	24062	Township
97	Lodi	Bergen	23971	Township
98	Roxbury Township	Morris	23883	Township
99	Maplewood	Essex	23868	Township
100	Cliffside Park	Bergen	23007	Borough
101	Lower Township	Cape May	22945	Township
102	Rockaway Township	Morris	22930	Township
103	Bridgeton	Cumberland	22771	City
104	Scotch Plains	Union	22732	Township
105	Cranford Township	Union	22578	Township
106	Stafford Township	Ocean	22532	Township
107	Medford Township	Burlington	22253	Township
108	West Windsor Township	Mercer	21907	Township
109	South Plainfield	Middlesex	21810	Borough
110	Morris Township	Morris	21796	Township
111	Hillside	Union	21747	Township
112	Hazlet	Monmouth	21378	Township
113	Roselle	Union	21274	Borough
114	Summit	Union	21131	City
115	North Plainfield	Somerset	21103	Borough
116	Montville	Morris	20839	Township
117	Carteret	Middlesex	20709	Borough
118	Hamilton Township	Atlantic	20499	Township
119	Burlington Township	Burlington	20294	Township
120	Plainsboro Township	Middlesex	20215	Township
121	Raritan Township	Hunterdon	19809	Township
122	Millburn	Essex	19765	Township
123	Jefferson Township	Morris	19717	Township
124	Lyndhurst	Bergen	19383	Township
125	West Deptford Township	Gloucester	19368	Township
126	Point Pleasant	Ocean	19306	Borough
127	Maple Shade Township	Burlington	19079	Township
128	Glassboro	Gloucester	19068	Borough
129	Moorestown Township	Burlington	19017	Township
130	Pleasantville	Atlantic	19012	City
131	Elmwood Park	Bergen	18925	Borough
132	Morristown	Morris	18544	Town
133	Hawthorne	Passaic	18218	Borough
134	Dover	Morris	18188	Town
135	Rutherford	Bergen	18110	Borough
136	Sparta Township	Sussex	18080	Township
137	Washington Township	Morris	17592	Township
138	Dumont	Bergen	17503	Borough
139	Montgomery Township	Somerset	17481	Township
140	Aberdeen Township	Monmouth	17454	Township
141	Lindenwold	Camden	17414	Borough
142	Palisades Park	Bergen	17073	Borough
143	South Orange	Essex	16964	Village
144	Asbury Park	Monmouth	16930	City
145	Madison	Morris	16530	Borough
146	Wyckoff	Bergen	16508	Township
147	Middle Township	Cape May	16405	Township
148	New Milford	Bergen	16400	Borough
149	Hopewell Township	Mercer	16105	Township
150	Princeton Township	Mercer	16027	Township
151	Little Egg Harbor Township	Ocean	15945	Township
152	Secaucus	Hudson	15931	Town
153	Hopatcong	Sussex	15888	Borough
154	Denville	Morris	15824	Township
155	Readington Township	Hunterdon	15803	Township
156	Holmdel Township	Monmouth	15781	Township
157	Delran Township	Burlington	15536	Township
158	Franklin Township	Gloucester	15466	Township
159	Ocean City	Cape May	15378	City
160	South River	Middlesex	15322	Borough
161	Barnegat Township	Ocean	15270	Township
162	North Arlington	Bergen	15181	Borough
163	Phillipsburg	Warren	15166	Town
164	Tinton Falls	Monmouth	15053	Borough
165	Haddon Township	Camden	14651	Township
166	Clark	Union	14597	Township
167	Cinnaminson Township	Burlington	14595	Township
168	Branchburg Township	Somerset	14566	Township
169	Springfield Township	Union	14429	Township
170	Harrison	Hudson	14424	Town
171	Ramsey	Bergen	14351	Borough
172	Collingswood	Camden	14326	Borough
173	Warren Township	Somerset	14259	Township
174	Mantua Township	Gloucester	14217	Township
175	Borough of Princeton	Mercer	14203	Borough
176	Eatontown	Monmouth	14008	Borough
177	Highland Park	Middlesex	13999	Borough
178	Pequannock Township	Morris	13888	Township
179	Tenafly	Bergen	13806	Borough
180	Middlesex	Middlesex	13717	Borough
181	Verona	Essex	13533	Township
182	Weehawken	Hudson	13501	Township
183	Berkeley Heights	Union	13407	Township
184	Roselle Park	Union	13281	Borough
185	Fairview	Bergen	13255	Borough
186	Pennsville Township	Salem	13194	Township
187	Saddle Brook	Bergen	13155	Township
188	Clinton Township	Hunterdon	12957	Township
189	Ventnor City	Atlantic	12910	City
190	Hanover Township	Morris	12898	Township
191	Ridgefield Park	Bergen	12873	Village
192	Metuchen	Middlesex	12840	Borough
193	Hammonton	Atlantic	12604	Town
194	Brigantine	Atlantic	12594	City
195	Oakland	Bergen	12466	Borough
196	Somerville	Somerset	12423	Borough
197	Ringwood	Passaic	12396	Borough
198	Colts Neck Township	Monmouth	12331	Township
199	Cedar Grove	Essex	12300	Township
200	Upper Township	Cape May	12115	Township
201	New Providence	Union	11907	Borough
202	Red Bank	Monmouth	11844	Borough
203	Hasbrouck Heights	Bergen	11662	Borough
204	Haddonfield	Camden	11659	Borough
205	Somers Point	Atlantic	11614	City
206	Wallington	Bergen	11583	Borough
207	Glen Rock	Bergen	11546	Borough
208	Gloucester City	Camden	11484	City
209	East Hanover Township	Morris	11393	Township
210	Bellmawr	Camden	11262	Borough
211	West Caldwell	Essex	11233	Township
212	Westwood	Bergen	10999	Borough
213	West Paterson	Passaic	10987	Borough
214	Freehold Borough	Monmouth	10976	Borough
215	River Edge	Bergen	10946	Borough
216	Lincoln Park	Morris	10930	Borough
217	Pine Hill	Camden	10880	Borough
218	Little Falls	Passaic	10855	Township
219	Ridgefield	Bergen	10830	Borough
220	Guttenberg	Hudson	10807	Town
221	Little Ferry	Bergen	10800	Borough
222	Florence Township	Burlington	10746	Township
223	Keansburg	Monmouth	10732	Borough
224	Mount Holly Township	Burlington	10728	Township
225	Pompton Lakes	Passaic	10640	Borough
226	Waterford Township	Camden	10494	Township
227	Lumberton Township	Burlington	10461	Township
228	Franklin Lakes	Bergen	10422	Borough
229	Hackettstown	Warren	10403	Town
230	Southampton Township	Burlington	10388	Township
231	Wantage Township	Sussex	10387	Township
232	Beachwood	Ocean	10375	Borough
233	Manville	Somerset	10343	Borough
234	Woodbury	Gloucester	10307	City
235	Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007)	Mercer	10275	Township
236	Wanaque	Passaic	10266	Borough
237	Bound Brook	Somerset	10155	Borough
238	Hillsdale	Bergen	10087	Borough
239	Chatham Township	Morris	10086	Township
240	Totowa	Passaic	9892	Borough
241	New Hanover Township	Burlington	9744	Township
242	Burlington	Burlington	9736	City
243	Waldwick	Bergen	9622	Borough
244	Maywood	Bergen	9523	Borough
245	River Vale	Bergen	9449	Township
246	Kinnelon	Morris	9365	Borough
247	Pitman	Gloucester	9331	Borough
248	Audubon	Camden	9182	Borough
249	Millstone Township	Monmouth	8970	Township
250	Washington Township	Bergen	8938	Township
251	Leonia	Bergen	8914	Borough
252	Matawan	Monmouth	8910	Borough
253	Pittsgrove Township	Salem	8893	Township
254	Florham Park	Morris	8857	Borough
255	Harrison Township	Gloucester	8788	Township
256	Long Hill Township	Morris	8777	Township
257	East Rutherford	Bergen	8716	Borough
258	Park Ridge	Bergen	8708	Borough
259	Runnemede	Camden	8533	Borough
260	Boonton	Morris	8496	Town
261	Chatham Borough	Morris	8460	Borough
262	Closter	Bergen	8383	Borough
263	Bordentown Township	Burlington	8380	Township
264	Bedminster Township	Somerset	8302	Township
265	West Long Branch	Monmouth	8258	Borough
266	Byram Township	Sussex	8254	Township
267	Haledon	Passaic	8252	Borough
268	Bogota	Bergen	8249	Borough
269	Newton	Sussex	8244	Town
270	Margate City	Atlantic	8193	City
271	Oradell	Bergen	8047	Borough
272	North Haledon	Passaic	7920	Borough
273	South Amboy	Middlesex	7913	City
274	Riverside Township	Burlington	7911	Township
275	Spotswood	Middlesex	7880	Borough
276	Edgewater Park Township	Burlington	7864	Township
277	Cresskill	Bergen	7746	Borough
278	Upper Saddle River	Bergen	7741	Borough
279	Northfield	Atlantic	7725	City
280	Carneys Point Township	Salem	7684	Township
281	Edgewater	Bergen	7677	Borough
282	Kenilworth	Union	7675	Borough
283	Wood-Ridge	Bergen	7644	Borough
284	Absecon	Atlantic	7638	City
285	Bloomingdale	Passaic	7610	Borough
286	Caldwell	Essex	7584	Borough
287	Keyport	Monmouth	7568	Borough
288	Upper Deerfield Township	Cumberland	7556	Township
289	Haddon Heights	Camden	7547	Borough
290	Buena Vista Township	Atlantic	7436	Township
291	Butler	Morris	7420	Borough
292	North Caldwell	Essex	7375	Borough
293	North Hanover Township	Burlington	7347	Township
294	Bernardsville	Somerset	7345	Borough
295	Chester Township	Morris	7282	Township
296	Plumsted Township	Ocean	7275	Township
297	Glen Ridge	Essex	7271	Borough
298	Stratford	Camden	7271	Borough
299	Westampton Township	Burlington	7217	Township
300	Emerson	Bergen	7197	Borough
301	Fanwood	Union	7174	Borough
302	Linwood	Atlantic	7172	City
303	Tabernacle Township	Burlington	7170	Township
304	Clayton	Gloucester	7139	Borough
305	Rumson	Monmouth	7137	Borough
306	Palmyra	Burlington	7091	Borough
307	Barrington	Camden	7084	Borough
308	Fairfield Township	Essex	7063	Township
309	Montvale	Bergen	7034	Borough
310	Milltown	Middlesex	7000	Borough
311	Midland Park	Bergen	6947	Borough
312	Maurice River Township	Cumberland	6928	Township
313	Dunellen	Middlesex	6823	Borough
314	Washington	Warren	6712	Borough
315	Allendale	Bergen	6699	Borough
316	Mansfield Township	Warren	6653	Township
317	Union Beach	Monmouth	6649	Borough
318	Mountainside	Union	6602	Borough
319	Dennis Township	Cape May	6492	Township
320	Rockaway	Morris	6473	Borough
321	Shamong Township	Burlington	6462	Township
322	Ocean Township	Ocean	6450	Township
323	Raritan	Somerset	6338	Borough
324	Manasquan	Monmouth	6310	Borough
325	Wharton	Morris	6298	Borough
326	Fairfield Township	Cumberland	6283	Township
327	Washington Township	Warren	6248	Township
328	Eastampton Township	Burlington	6202	Township