User:LibertarianTed/sandbox/New Jersey municipalities
New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2020 census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the 4th smallest state by area, spanning 7,354.22 square miles (19,047.3 km2) of land and 1,368.36 square miles (3,544.0 km2) of water.[1] New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 565 municipalities consisting of 253 boroughs, 241 townships, 52 cities, 15 towns, 3 villages and one unorganized municipality, Princeton, which isn't classified into any of the local government types in New Jersey. The 241 townships in New Jersey are classified by the Census Bureau as minor civil divisions. Like a lot of Northeastern states, New Jersey has no unincorporated land; every square foot of land in New Jersey belongs to one of the 565 municipalities.
Newark is the most populous municipality in the state with 311,549 inhabitants[2], while the least populous is Walpack Township with 7 residents[3]. The biggest municipality by land area is Hamilton Township in Atlantic County, spanning 110.895 square miles (287.22 km2) of land and 2.049 square miles (5.31 km2) of water. The smallest municipality is Shrewsbury Township with an area of 0.099 square miles (0.26 km2), all land.[4].
List of municipalities
[edit]- Largest municipalities in New Jersey by population
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Newark, largest city by population in New Jersey -
Jersey City is the second largest city by population in New Jersey. -
Paterson, New Jersey's third largest city by population -
Elizabeth is New Jersey’s fourth largest city by population -
Trenton, Capital of New Jersey -
Camden is the largest city in South Jersey
| Name | Type[5] | County | Population (2020)[6] |
Population (2010)[7] |
Change | Total area (2020)[5] | Population density (2020) | Form of government | Incorporated[8] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sq mi | km2 | |||||||||
| Newark | City | Essex | 311,549 | 277,140 | +12.4% | 24.144 | 62.53 | 12,903.8/sq mi (4,982.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1693[note 1] |
| Jersey City | City | Hudson | 292,449 | 247,597 | +18.1% | 14.744 | 38.19 | 19,835.1/sq mi (7,658.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838 |
| Paterson | City | Passaic | 159,732 | 146,199 | +9.3% | 8.413 | 21.79 | 18,986.3/sq mi (7,330.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1831[note 2] |
| Elizabeth | City | Union | 137,298 | 124,969 | +9.9% | 12.319 | 31.91 | 11,145.2/sq mi (4,303.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1855 |
| Lakewood Township | Township | Ocean | 135,158 | 92,843 | +45.6% | 24.681 | 63.92 | 5,476.2/sq mi (2,114.4/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1892 |
| Edison | Township | Middlesex | 107,588 | 99,967 | +7.6% | 30.068 | 77.88 | 3,578.2/sq mi (1,381.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1870[note 3] |
| Woodbridge Township | Township | Middlesex | 103,639 | 99,585 | +4.1% | 23.258 | 60.24 | 4,456.1/sq mi (1,720.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Toms River | Township | Ocean | 95,438 | 91,239 | +4.6% | 40.541 | 105.00 | 2,354.1/sq mi (908.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798[note 4] |
| Hamilton Township | Township | Mercer | 92,297 | 88,464 | +4.3% | 39.438 | 102.14 | 2,340.3/sq mi (903.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1842 |
| Trenton | City | Mercer | 90,871 | 84,913 | +7.0% | 7.579 | 19.63 | 11,989.8/sq mi (4,629.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1792 |
| Clifton | City | Passaic | 90,296 | 84,136 | +7.3% | 11.275 | 29.20 | 8,008.5/sq mi (3,092.1/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1917 |
| Cherry Hill Township | Township | Camden | 74,553 | 71,045 | +4.9% | 24.072 | 62.35 | 3,097.1/sq mi (1,195.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844[note 5] |
| Brick Township | Township | Ocean | 73,620 | 75,072 | −1.9% | 25.587 | 66.27 | 2,877.2/sq mi (1,110.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1850 |
| Camden | City | Camden | 71,791 | 77,344 | −7.2% | 8.921 | 23.11 | 8,047.4/sq mi (3,107.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1828 |
| Bayonne | City | Hudson | 71,686 | 63,024 | +13.7% | 5.821 | 15.08 | 12,315.1/sq mi (4,754.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1861[note 6] |
| Passaic | City | Passaic | 70,537 | 69,781 | +1.1% | 3.133 | 8.11 | 22,514.2/sq mi (8,692.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1873 |
| East Orange | City | Essex | 69,612 | 64,270 | +8.3% | 3.928 | 10.17 | 17,722.0/sq mi (6,842.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1863 |
| Union City | City | Hudson | 68,589 | 66,455 | +3.2% | 1.287 | 3.33 | 53,293.7/sq mi (20,576.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1925 |
| Franklin Township | Township | Somerset | 68,364 | 62,300 | +9.7% | 46.170 | 119.58 | 1,480.7/sq mi (571.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Middletown Township | Township | Monmouth | 67,106 | 66,522 | +0.9% | 40.949 | 106.06 | 1,638.8/sq mi (632.7/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Old Bridge Township | Township | Middlesex | 66,876 | 65,375 | +2.3% | 38.181 | 98.89 | 1,751.6/sq mi (676.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1869[note 7] |
| Gloucester Township | Township | Camden | 66,034 | 64,634 | +2.2% | 22.954 | 59.45 | 2,876.8/sq mi (1,110.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| North Bergen | Township | Hudson | 63,361 | 60,773 | +4.3% | 5.136 | 13.30 | 12,336.6/sq mi (4,763.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1843 |
| Irvington | Township | Essex | 61,176 | 53,926 | +13.4% | 2.914 | 7.55 | 20,993.8/sq mi (8,105.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1874 |
| Piscataway | Township | Middlesex | 60,804 | 56,044 | +8.5% | 18.794 | 48.68 | 3,235.3/sq mi (1,249.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Vineland | City | Cumberland | 60,780 | 60,724 | +0.1% | 68.393 | 177.14 | 888.7/sq mi (343.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1952 |
| Hoboken | City | Hudson | 60,419 | 50,005 | +20.8% | 1.250 | 3.24 | 48,335.2/sq mi (18,662.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1849 |
| Union Township | Township | Union | 59,728 | 56,642 | +5.4% | 9.051 | 23.44 | 6,599.0/sq mi (2,547.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1808 |
| Jackson Township | Township | Ocean | 58,544 | 54,856 | +6.7% | 99.174 | 256.86 | 590.3/sq mi (227.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | Township | Morris | 56,162 | 53,238 | +5.5% | 23.632 | 61.21 | 2,376.5/sq mi (917.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1928 |
| Perth Amboy | City | Middlesex | 55,436 | 50,814 | +9.1% | 4.662 | 12.07 | 11,891.0/sq mi (4,591.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1718 |
| New Brunswick | City | Middlesex | 55,266 | 55,181 | +0.2% | 5.233 | 13.55 | 10,561.1/sq mi (4,077.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1784 |
| Wayne | Township | Passaic | 54,838 | 54,717 | +0.2% | 23.722 | 61.44 | 2,311.7/sq mi (892.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1847 |
| Plainfield | City | Union | 54,586 | 49,808 | +9.6% | 5.959 | 15.43 | 9,160.3/sq mi (3,536.8/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1869 |
| Howell Township | Township | Monmouth | 53,537 | 51,075 | +4.8% | 60.271 | 156.10 | 888.3/sq mi (343.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1801 |
| Bloomfield | Township | Essex | 53,105 | 47,315 | +12.2% | 5.337 | 13.82 | 9,950.3/sq mi (3,841.9/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1812 |
| West New York | Town | Hudson | 52,912 | 49,708 | +6.4% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 53,231.4/sq mi (20,552.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| East Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 49,715 | 47,512 | +4.6% | 21.784 | 56.42 | 2,282.2/sq mi (881.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1860 |
| West Orange | Township | Essex | 48,843 | 46,207 | +5.7% | 12.003 | 31.09 | 4,069.2/sq mi (1,571.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1863 |
| Washington Township | Township | Gloucester | 48,677 | 48,559 | +0.2% | 21.346 | 55.29 | 2,280.4/sq mi (880.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1836 |
| Monroe Township | Township | Middlesex | 48,594 | 39,132 | +24.2% | 41.943 | 108.63 | 1,158.6/sq mi (447.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838 |
| Egg Harbor Township | Township | Atlantic | 47,842 | 43,323 | +10.4% | 67.047 | 173.65 | 713.6/sq mi (275.5/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| South Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 47,043 | 43,417 | +8.4% | 40.614 | 105.19 | 1,158.3/sq mi (447.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Evesham Township | Township | Burlington | 46,826 | 45,538 | +2.8% | 29.156 | 75.51 | 1,606.1/sq mi (620.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Hackensack | City | Bergen | 46,030 | 43,010 | +7.0% | 4.191 | 10.85 | 10,983.1/sq mi (4,240.6/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1693[note 8] |
| Bridgewater Township | Township | Somerset | 45,977 | 44,464 | +3.4% | 31.888 | 82.59 | 1,441.8/sq mi (556.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Sayreville | Borough | Middlesex | 45,345 | 42,704 | +6.2% | 15.830 | 41.00 | 2,864.5/sq mi (1,106.0/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1876[note 9] |
| Manchester Township | Township | Ocean | 45,115 | 43,070 | +4.7% | 81.417 | 210.87 | 554.1/sq mi (213.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Mount Laurel | Township | Burlington | 44,633 | 41,864 | +6.6% | 21.724 | 56.26 | 2,054.5/sq mi (793.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1872 |
| North Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 43,905 | 40,742 | +7.8% | 12.032 | 31.16 | 3,649.0/sq mi (1,408.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) | 1798 |
| Berkeley Township | Township | Ocean | 43,754 | 41,255 | +6.1% | 42.710 | 110.62 | 1,024.4/sq mi (395.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1875 |
| Linden | City | Union | 43,738 | 40,499 | +8.0% | 10.688 | 27.68 | 4,092.3/sq mi (1,580.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1925 |
| Hillsborough Township | Township | Somerset | 43,276 | 38,303 | +13.0% | 54.614 | 141.45 | 792.4/sq mi (305.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1771 |
| Kearny | Town | Hudson | 41,999 | 40,684 | +3.2% | 8.844 | 22.91 | 4,748.9/sq mi (1,833.5/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1867 |
| Marlboro Township | Township | Monmouth | 41,502 | 40,191 | +3.3% | 30.340 | 78.58 | 1,367.9/sq mi (528.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1848 |
| Teaneck | Township | Bergen | 41,246 | 39,776 | +3.7% | 6.041 | 15.65 | 6,827.7/sq mi (2,636.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1895 |
| Montclair | Township | Essex | 40,921 | 37,669 | +8.6% | 6.238 | 16.16 | 6,560.0/sq mi (2,532.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1868 |
| Manalapan Township | Township | Monmouth | 40,905 | 38,872 | +5.2% | 30.651 | 79.39 | 1,334.5/sq mi (515.3/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1848 |
| Fort Lee | Borough | Bergen | 40,191 | 35,345 | +13.7% | 2.518 | 6.52 | 15,961.5/sq mi (6,162.8/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1904 |
| Winslow Township | Township | Camden | 39,907 | 39,499 | +1.0% | 57.417 | 148.71 | 695.0/sq mi (268.4/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1845 |
| Atlantic City | City | Atlantic | 38,497 | 39,558 | −2.7% | 10.760 | 27.87 | 3,577.8/sq mi (1,381.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1854 |
| Belleville | Township | Essex | 38,222 | 35,926 | +6.4% | 3.296 | 8.54 | 11,596.5/sq mi (4,477.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1839 |
| Galloway Township | Township | Atlantic | 37,813 | 37,349 | +1.2% | 88.668 | 229.65 | 426.5/sq mi (164.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Ewing Township | Township | Mercer | 37,264 | 35,790 | +4.1% | 15.206 | 39.38 | 2,450.6/sq mi (946.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1834 |
| Monroe Township | Township | Gloucester | 37,117 | 36,129 | +2.7% | 46.421 | 120.23 | 799.6/sq mi (308.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1859 |
| Pennsauken Township | Township | Camden | 37,074 | 35,885 | +3.3% | 10.479 | 27.14 | 3,537.9/sq mi (1,366.0/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1892 |
| Freehold Township | Township | Monmouth | 35,369 | 36,184 | −2.3% | 38.653 | 100.11 | 915.0/sq mi (353.3/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Fair Lawn | Borough | Bergen | 34,927 | 32,457 | +7.6% | 5.135 | 13.30 | 6,801.8/sq mi (2,626.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1924 |
| Orange | Township | Essex | 34,447 | 30,134 | +14.3% | 2.213 | 5.73 | 15,565.7/sq mi (6,010.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1806 |
| Lawrence Township | Township | Mercer | 33,077 | 33,472 | −1.2% | 21.725 | 56.27 | 1,522.5/sq mi (587.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798[note 10] |
| Garfield | City | Bergen | 32,655 | 30,487 | +7.1% | 2.111 | 5.47 | 15,469.0/sq mi (5,972.6/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1898[note 11] |
| Deptford Township | Township | Gloucester | 31,977 | 30,561 | +4.6% | 17.331 | 44.89 | 1,845.1/sq mi (712.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Willingboro Township | Township | Burlington | 31,889 | 31,629 | +0.8% | 7.725 | 20.01 | 4,128.0/sq mi (1,593.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Long Branch | City | Monmouth | 31,667 | 30,719 | +3.1% | 5.124 | 13.27 | 6,180.1/sq mi (2,386.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1867[note 12] |
| Livingston | Township | Essex | 31,330 | 29,366 | +6.7% | 13.785 | 35.70 | 2,272.8/sq mi (877.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1813 |
| Voorhees Township | Township | Camden | 31,069 | 29,131 | +6.7% | 11.471 | 29.71 | 2,708.5/sq mi (1,045.8/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Westfield | Town | Union | 31,032 | 30,316 | +2.4% | 6.724 | 17.42 | 4,615.1/sq mi (1,781.9/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798[note 13] |
| Princeton | Mercer | 30,681 | 28,400 | +8.0% | 17.946 | 46.48 | 1,709.6/sq mi (660.1/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1813/2013[note 14] | |
| Nutley | Township | Essex | 30,143 | 28,117 | +7.2% | 3.372 | 8.73 | 8,939.2/sq mi (3,451.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1874[note 15] |
| East Windsor Township | Township | Mercer | 30,045 | 27,165 | +10.6% | 15.567 | 40.32 | 1,930.0/sq mi (745.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Rahway | City | Union | 29,556 | 27,291 | +8.3% | 3.896 | 10.09 | 7,586.2/sq mi (2,929.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1858 |
| West Windsor | Township | Mercer | 29,518 | 27,147 | +8.7% | 25.549 | 66.17 | 1,155.3/sq mi (446.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Englewood | City | Bergen | 29,308 | 26,764 | +9.5% | 4.925 | 12.76 | 5,950.9/sq mi (2,297.6/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Mount Olive Township | Township | Morris | 28,886 | 27,935 | +3.4% | 29.617 | 76.71 | 975.3/sq mi (376.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1871 |
| Lacey Township | Township | Ocean | 28,655 | 27,346 | +4.8% | 83.248 | 215.61 | 344.2/sq mi (132.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1871 |
| Stafford Township | Township | Ocean | 28,617 | 26,503 | +8.0% | 46.114 | 119.43 | 620.6/sq mi (239.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
| Bergenfield | Borough | Bergen | 28,321 | 26,652 | +6.3% | 2.904 | 7.52 | 9,752.4/sq mi (3,765.4/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1894 |
| Neptune Township | Township | Monmouth | 28,061 | 27,912 | +0.5% | 8.127 | 21.05 | 3,452.8/sq mi (1,333.1/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1879 |
| Bernards Township | Township | Somerset | 27,830 | 26,535 | +4.9% | 24.201 | 62.68 | 1,150.0/sq mi (444.0/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Ocean Township | Township | Monmouth | 27,672 | 27,190 | +1.8% | 10.867 | 28.15 | 2,546.4/sq mi (983.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1849 |
| Millville | City | Cumberland | 27,491 | 28,370 | −3.1% | 41.999 | 108.78 | 654.6/sq mi (252.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1801[note 16] |
| Hamilton Township | Township | Atlantic | 27,484 | 26,342 | +4.3% | 110.895 | 287.22 | 247.8/sq mi (95.7/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1813 |
| Bridgeton | City | Cumberland | 27,263 | 24,958 | +9.2% | 6.228 | 16.13 | 4,377.5/sq mi (1,690.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Pemberton Township | Township | Burlington | 26,903 | 27,644 | −2.7% | 61.556 | 159.43 | 437.0/sq mi (168.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1846 |
| Paramus | Borough | Bergen | 26,698 | 26,164 | +2.0% | 10.445 | 27.05 | 2,556.1/sq mi (986.9/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1922 |
| Wall Township | Township | Monmouth | 26,525 | 25,890 | +2.5% | 30.659 | 79.41 | 865.2/sq mi (334.0/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1851 |
| Randolph | Township | Morris | 26,504 | 25,349 | +4.6% | 20.905 | 54.14 | 1,267.8/sq mi (489.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1806 |
| Lodi | Borough | Bergen | 26,206 | 23,943 | +9.5% | 2.272 | 5.88 | 11,534.3/sq mi (4,453.4/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1894 |
| Ridgewood | Village | Bergen | 25,979 | 24,156 | +7.5% | 5.742 | 14.87 | 4,524.4/sq mi (1,746.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1894 |
| Cliffside Park | Borough | Bergen | 25,693 | 23,510 | +9.3% | 0.956 | 2.48 | 26,875.5/sq mi (10,376.7/km2) | 1895 | |
| Maplewood | Township | Essex | 25,684 | 23,594 | +8.9% | 3.874 | 10.03 | 6,629.8/sq mi (2,559.8/km2) | 1861[note 17] | |
| Mahwah | Township | Bergen | 25,487 | 25,850 | −1.4% | 25.392 | 65.76 | 1,003.7/sq mi (387.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1849[note 18] |
| Rockaway Township | Township | Morris | 25,341 | 24,136 | +5.0% | 41.733 | 108.09 | 607.2/sq mi (234.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
| Carteret | Borough | Middlesex | 25,326 | 22,625 | +11.9% | 4.391 | 11.37 | 5,767.7/sq mi (2,226.9/km2) | 1906[note 19] | |
| Scotch Plains | Township | Union | 24,968 | 23,385 | +6.8% | 9.021 | 23.36 | 2,767.8/sq mi (1,068.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1878[note 20] |
| West Milford | Township | Passaic | 24,862 | 25,734 | −3.4% | 75.932 | 196.66 | 327.4/sq mi (126.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) | 1834 |
| Medford | Township | Burlington | 24,497 | 22,999 | +6.5% | 38.799 | 100.49 | 631.4/sq mi (243.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1847 |
| South Plainfield | Borough | Middlesex | 24,338 | 23,324 | +4.3% | 8.296 | 21.49 | 2,933.7/sq mi (1,132.7/km2) | 1926 | |
| Barnegat Township | Township | Ocean | 24,296 | 20,726 | +17.2% | 34.239 | 88.68 | 709.6/sq mi (274.0/km2) | 1846[note 21] | |
| Plainsboro Township | Township | Middlesex | 24,084 | 22,866 | +5.3% | 11.738 | 30.40 | 2,051.8/sq mi (792.2/km2) | 1919 | |
| Burlington Township | Township | Burlington | 23,983 | 22,306 | +7.5% | 13.476 | 34.90 | 1,779.7/sq mi (687.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Cranford | Township | Union | 23,847 | 22,594 | +5.5% | 4.835 | 12.52 | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km2) | 1871 | |
| Montgomery Township | Township | Somerset | 23,690 | 22,185 | +6.8% | 32.300 | 83.66 | 733.4/sq mi (283.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Raritan Township | Township | Hunterdon | 23,447 | 21,936 | +6.9% | 37.482 | 97.08 | 625.6/sq mi (241.5/km2) | 1838 | |
| Glassboro | Borough | Gloucester | 23,149 | 18,533 | +24.9% | 9.320 | 24.14 | 2,483.8/sq mi (959.0/km2) | 1878 | |
| Morris Township | Township | Morris | 22,974 | 22,254 | +3.2% | 15.682 | 40.62 | 1,465.0/sq mi (565.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Roxbury | Township | Morris | 22,950 | 23,033 | −0.4% | 20.852 | 54.01 | 1,100.6/sq mi (424.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| North Plainfield | Borough | Somerset | 22,808 | 21,677 | +5.2% | 2.807 | 7.27 | 8,125.4/sq mi (3,137.2/km2) | 1885 | |
| Summit | City | Union | 22,719 | 21,404 | +6.1% | 5.994 | 15.52 | 3,790.3/sq mi (1,463.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Roselle | Borough | Union | 22,695 | 20,936 | +8.4% | 2.635 | 6.82 | 8,612.9/sq mi (3,325.5/km2) | 1894 | |
| Lyndhurst | Township | Bergen | 22,519 | 20,334 | +10.7% | 4.584 | 11.87 | 4,912.5/sq mi (1,896.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1852[note 22] |
| Hillside | Township | Union | 22,456 | 21,314 | +5.4% | 2.767 | 7.17 | 8,115.6/sq mi (3,133.5/km2) | 1913 | |
| Montville | Township | Morris | 22,450 | 21,457 | +4.6% | 18.627 | 48.24 | 1,205.2/sq mi (465.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1867 |
| Vernon Township | Township | Sussex | 22,358 | 23,867 | −6.3% | 67.595 | 175.07 | 330.8/sq mi (127.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council)[10] | 1798 |
| West Deptford Township | Township | Gloucester | 22,197 | 21,528 | +3.1% | 15.357 | 39.77 | 1,445.4/sq mi (558.1/km2) | 1871 | |
| Secaucus | Town | Hudson | 22,181 | 16,198 | +36.9% | 5.826 | 15.09 | 3,807.2/sq mi (1,470.0/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1900 |
| Lower Township | Township | Cape May | 22,057 | 22,844 | −3.4% | 27.378 | 70.91 | 805.6/sq mi (311.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Millburn | Township | Essex | 21,710 | 20,065 | +8.2% | 9.333 | 24.17 | 2,326.2/sq mi (898.1/km2) | 1857 | |
| Lindenwold | Borough | Camden | 21,641 | 17,479 | +23.8% | 3.902 | 10.11 | 5,546.1/sq mi (2,141.4/km2) | 1929 | |
| Elmwood Park | Borough | Bergen | 21,422 | 19,131 | +12.0% | 2.643 | 6.85 | 8,105.2/sq mi (3,129.4/km2) | 1916[note 23] | |
| Moorestown | Township | Burlington | 21,355 | 20,554 | +3.9% | 14.729 | 38.15 | 1,449.9/sq mi (559.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1922 |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | Township | Ocean | 20,784 | 19,722 | +5.4% | 47.346 | 122.63 | 439.0/sq mi (169.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Pleasantville | City | Atlantic | 20,629 | 20,149 | +2.4% | 5.721 | 14.82 | 3,605.8/sq mi (1,392.2/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1889 |
| Jefferson Township | Township | Morris | 20,538 | 21,085 | −2.6% | 38.903 | 100.76 | 527.9/sq mi (203.8/km2) | 1804 | |
| Middle Township | Township | Cape May | 20,380 | 18,791 | +8.5% | 70.238 | 181.92 | 290.2/sq mi (112.0/km2) | 1798 | |
| Palisades Park | Borough | Bergen | 20,292 | 19,403 | +4.6% | 1.239 | 3.21 | 16,377.7/sq mi (6,323.5/km2) | 1899 | |
| Morristown | Town | Morris | 20,180 | 18,392 | +9.7% | 2.909 | 7.53 | 6,937.1/sq mi (2,678.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Hazlet | Township | Monmouth | 20,125 | 20,249 | −0.6% | 5.569 | 14.42 | 3,613.8/sq mi (1,395.3/km2) | 1848[note 24] | |
| Maple Shade Township | Township | Burlington | 19,980 | 18,911 | +5.7% | 3.827 | 9.91 | 5,220.8/sq mi (2,015.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798[note 25] |
| Hawthorne | Borough | Passaic | 19,637 | 18,579 | +5.7% | 3.318 | 8.59 | 5,918.3/sq mi (2,285.1/km2) | 1898 | |
| Sparta | Township | Sussex | 19,600 | 19,622 | −0.1% | 36.788 | 95.28 | 532.8/sq mi (205.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1845 |
| Harrison | Town | Hudson | 19,450 | 13,574 | +43.3% | 1.211 | 3.14 | 16,061.1/sq mi (6,201.2/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1840 |
| Aberdeen Township | Township | Monmouth | 19,329 | 18,157 | +6.5% | 5.444 | 14.10 | 3,550.5/sq mi (1,370.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1857[note 26] |
| Tinton Falls | Borough | Monmouth | 19,181 | 17,613 | +8.9% | 15.475 | 40.08 | 1,239.5/sq mi (478.6/km2) | 1950[note 27] | |
| Point Pleasant | Borough | Ocean | 18,941 | 18,210 | +4.0% | 3.491 | 9.04 | 5,425.7/sq mi (2,094.9/km2) | 1920 | |
| Rutherford | Borough | Bergen | 18,834 | 17,892 | +5.3% | 2.781 | 7.20 | 6,772.4/sq mi (2,614.8/km2) | 1881 | |
| South Orange | Township | Essex | 18,484 | 16,126 | +14.6% | 2.846 | 7.37 | 6,494.7/sq mi (2,507.6/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1869 |
| Dover | Town | Morris | 18,460 | 18,061 | +2.2% | 2.676 | 6.93 | 6,898.4/sq mi (2,663.5/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1896 |
| Washington Township | Township | Morris | 18,197 | 18,411 | −1.2% | 44.582 | 115.47 | 408.2/sq mi (157.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Delran Township | Township | Burlington | 17,882 | 16,820 | +6.3% | 6.630 | 17.17 | 2,697.1/sq mi (1,041.4/km2) | 1880 | |
| Dumont | Borough | Bergen | 17,863 | 17,304 | +3.2% | 1.949 | 5.05 | 9,165.2/sq mi (3,538.7/km2) | 1894 | |
| Hopewell Township | Township | Mercer | 17,491 | 16,896 | +3.5% | 58.071 | 150.40 | 301.2/sq mi (116.3/km2) | 1798 | |
| Holmdel Township | Township | Monmouth | 17,400 | 16,696 | +4.2% | 17.847 | 46.22 | 975.0/sq mi (376.4/km2) | 1857 | |
| Weehawken | Township | Hudson | 17,197 | 12,417 | +38.5% | 0.784 | 2.03 | 21,934.9/sq mi (8,469.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1859 |
| Springfield Township | Township | Union | 17,178 | 15,569 | +10.3% | 5.157 | 13.36 | 3,331.0/sq mi (1,286.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Denville Township | Township | Morris | 17,107 | 16,341 | +4.7% | 11.992 | 31.06 | 1,426.5/sq mi (550.8/km2) | 1913 | |
| Cinnaminson Township | Township | Burlington | 17,064 | 15,540 | +9.8% | 7.424 | 19.23 | 2,298.5/sq mi (887.5/km2) | 1860 | |
| Madison | Borough | Morris | 16,937 | 15,817 | +7.1% | 4.313 | 11.17 | 3,927.0/sq mi (1,516.2/km2) | 1889 | |
| New Milford | Borough | Bergen | 16,923 | 16,264 | +4.1% | 2.283 | 5.91 | 7,412.6/sq mi (2,862.0/km2) | 1922 | |
| Wyckoff | Township | Bergen | 16,585 | 16,635 | −0.3% | 6.591 | 17.07 | 2,516.3/sq mi (971.6/km2) | 1926 | |
| North Arlington | Borough | Bergen | 16,457 | 15,311 | +7.5% | 2.484 | 6.43 | 6,625.2/sq mi (2,558.0/km2) | 1896 | |
| Franklin Township | Township | Gloucester | 16,380 | 16,773 | −2.3% | 55.830 | 144.60 | 293.4/sq mi (113.3/km2) | 1820 | |
| Readington Township | Township | Hunterdon | 16,128 | 16,116 | +0.1% | 47.558 | 123.17 | 339.1/sq mi (130.9/km2) | 1798 | |
| South River | Borough | Middlesex | 16,118 | 15,845 | +1.7% | 2.785 | 7.21 | 5,787.4/sq mi (2,234.5/km2) | 1898 | |
| Warren Township | Township | Somerset | 15,923 | 15,217 | +4.6% | 19.566 | 50.68 | 813.8/sq mi (314.2/km2) | 1806 | |
| Pequannock Township | Township | Morris | 15,571 | 15,392 | +1.2% | 6.787 | 17.58 | 2,294.2/sq mi (885.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Clark | Township | Union | 15,544 | 14,707 | +5.7% | 4.273 | 11.07 | 3,637.7/sq mi (1,404.5/km2) | 1864 | |
| Robbinsville Township | Township | Mercer | 15,476 | 13,635 | +13.5% | 20.441 | 52.94 | 757.1/sq mi (292.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1859[note 28] |
| Tenafly | Borough | Bergen | 15,409 | 14,473 | +6.5% | 4.586 | 11.88 | 3,360.0/sq mi (1,297.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1894 |
| Haddon Township | Township | Camden | 15,407 | 14,488 | +6.3% | 2.692 | 6.97 | 5,723.3/sq mi (2,209.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1865 |
| Phillipsburg | Town | Warren | 15,249 | 14,791 | +3.1% | 3.191 | 8.26 | 4,778.8/sq mi (1,845.1/km2) | 1861 | |
| Mantua Township | Township | Gloucester | 15,235 | 15,147 | +0.6% | 16.005 | 41.45 | 951.9/sq mi (367.5/km2) | 1853 | |
| Asbury Park | City | Monmouth | 15,188 | 16,008 | −5.1% | 1.429 | 3.70 | 10,628.4/sq mi (4,103.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1874 |
| Highland Park | Borough | Middlesex | 15,072 | 13,926 | +8.2% | 1.821 | 4.72 | 8,276.8/sq mi (3,195.7/km2) | 1905 | |
| Metuchen | Borough | Middlesex | 15,049 | 13,478 | +11.7% | 2.849 | 7.38 | 5,282.2/sq mi (2,039.5/km2) | 1900 | |
| Fairview | Borough | Bergen | 15,025 | 13,712 | +9.6% | 0.844 | 2.19 | 17,802.1/sq mi (6,873.4/km2) | 1894 | |
| Branchburg | Township | Somerset | 14,940 | 14,432 | +3.5% | 20.071 | 51.98 | 744.4/sq mi (287.4/km2) | 1845 | |
| Ramsey | Borough | Bergen | 14,798 | 14,459 | +2.3% | 5.503 | 14.25 | 2,689.1/sq mi (1,038.3/km2) | 1908 | |
| Hammonton | Town | Atlantic | 14,711 | 14,756 | −0.3% | 40.749 | 105.54 | 361.0/sq mi (139.4/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1866 |
| Hanover Township | Township | Morris | 14,677 | 13,659 | +7.5% | 10.513 | 27.23 | 1,396.1/sq mi (539.0/km2) | 1740 | |
| Middlesex | Borough | Middlesex | 14,636 | 13,620 | +7.5% | 3.488 | 9.03 | 4,196.1/sq mi (1,620.1/km2) | 1913 | |
| Verona | Township | Essex | 14,572 | 13,297 | +9.6% | 2.794 | 7.24 | 5,215.5/sq mi (2,013.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1907 |
| Hopatcong | Borough | Sussex | 14,362 | 14,950 | −3.9% | 10.889 | 28.20 | 1,318.9/sq mi (509.2/km2) | 1898[note 29] | |
| Edgewater | Borough | Bergen | 14,336 | 11,513 | +24.5% | 0.971 | 2.51 | 14,764.2/sq mi (5,700.5/km2) | 1894[note 30] | |
| Saddle Brook | Township | Bergen | 14,294 | 13,642 | +4.8% | 2.692 | 6.97 | 5,309.8/sq mi (2,050.1/km2) | 1716[note 31] | |
| Collingswood | Borough | Camden | 14,186 | 13,835 | +2.5% | 1.830 | 4.74 | 7,751.9/sq mi (2,993.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1888 |
| Roselle Park | Borough | Union | 13,967 | 13,183 | +5.9% | 1.225 | 3.17 | 11,401.6/sq mi (4,402.2/km2) | 1901 | |
| New Providence | Borough | Union | 13,650 | 12,171 | +12.2% | 3.688 | 9.55 | 3,701.2/sq mi (1,429.0/km2) | 1899 | |
| Harrison Township | Township | Gloucester | 13,641 | 12,411 | +9.9% | 18.932 | 49.03 | 720.5/sq mi (278.2/km2) | 1844[note 32] | |
| Eatontown | Borough | Monmouth | 13,597 | 12,559 | +8.3% | 5.841 | 15.13 | 2,327.9/sq mi (898.8/km2) | 1873 | |
| Clinton Township | Township | Hunterdon | 13,505 | 13,409 | +0.7% | 29.869 | 77.36 | 452.1/sq mi (174.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1841 |
| Woodland Park | Borough | Passaic | 13,484 | 11,819 | +14.1% | 2.939 | 7.61 | 4,588.0/sq mi (1,771.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1914[note 33] |
| Little Falls | Township | Passaic | 13,360 | 13,982 | −4.4% | 2.795 | 7.24 | 4,780.0/sq mi (1,845.6/km2) | 1868 | |
| Berkeley Heights | Township | Union | 13,285 | 12,754 | +4.2% | 6.220 | 16.11 | 2,135.9/sq mi (824.7/km2) | 1809[note 34] | |
| Ridgefield Park | Village | Bergen | 13,224 | 12,729 | +3.9% | 1.705 | 4.42 | 7,756.0/sq mi (2,994.6/km2) | 1892 | |
| Cedar Grove | Township | Essex | 12,980 | 12,373 | +4.9% | 4.237 | 10.97 | 3,063.5/sq mi (1,182.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1892[note 35] |
| Red Bank | Borough | Monmouth | 12,936 | 12,206 | +6.0% | 1.746 | 4.52 | 7,408.9/sq mi (2,860.6/km2) | 1870 | |
| Florence Township | Township | Burlington | 12,812 | 12,109 | +5.8% | 9.769 | 25.30 | 1,311.5/sq mi (506.4/km2) | 1872 | |
| Lumberton Township | Township | Burlington | 12,803 | 12,554 | +2.0% | 12.881 | 33.36 | 993.9/sq mi (383.8/km2) | 1860 | |
| Oakland | Borough | Bergen | 12,748 | 12,754 | 0.0% | 8.502 | 22.02 | 1,499.4/sq mi (578.9/km2) | 1902 | |
| Pennsville Township | Township | Salem | 12,684 | 13,332 | −4.9% | 21.266 | 55.08 | 596.4/sq mi (230.3/km2) | 1798[note 36] | |
| Florham Park | Borough | Morris | 12,585 | 11,696 | +7.6% | 7.308 | 18.93 | 1,722.1/sq mi (664.9/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Woolwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 12,577 | 10,200 | +23.3% | 21.072 | 54.58 | 596.9/sq mi (230.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Haddonfield | Borough | Camden | 12,550 | 11,593 | +8.3% | 2.796 | 7.24 | 4,488.6/sq mi (1,733.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1875 |
| Upper Township | Township | Cape May | 12,539 | 12,307 | +1.9% | 62.027 | 160.65 | 202.2/sq mi (78.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Freehold Borough | Borough | Monmouth | 12,538 | 12,052 | +4.0% | 1.932 | 5.00 | 6,489.6/sq mi (2,505.7/km2) | 1869 | |
| Somerville | Borough | Somerset | 12,346 | 12,098 | +2.0% | 2.338 | 6.06 | 5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.8/km2) | 1863 | |
| Glen Rock | Borough | Bergen | 12,133 | 11,601 | +4.6% | 2.703 | 7.00 | 4,488.7/sq mi (1,733.1/km2) | 1894 | |
| Hasbrouck Heights | Borough | Bergen | 12,125 | 11,842 | +2.4% | 1.523 | 3.94 | 7,961.3/sq mi (3,073.9/km2) | 1894 | |
| River Edge | Borough | Bergen | 12,049 | 11,340 | +6.3% | 1.833 | 4.75 | 6,573.4/sq mi (2,538.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Guttenberg | Town | Hudson | 12,017 | 11,176 | +7.5% | 0.193 | 0.50 | 62,264.2/sq mi (24,040.4/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1859 |
| Bound Brook | Borough | Somerset | 11,988 | 10,402 | +15.2% | 1.661 | 4.30 | 7,217.3/sq mi (2,786.6/km2) | 1891 | |
| Wallington | Borough | Bergen | 11,868 | 11,335 | +4.7% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 11,939.6/sq mi (4,609.9/km2) | 1894 | |
| Bordentown Township | Township | Burlington | 11,791 | 11,367 | +3.7% | 8.663 | 22.44 | 1,361.1/sq mi (525.5/km2) | 1852 | |
| Ringwood | Borough | Passaic | 11,735 | 12,228 | −4.0% | 25.588 | 66.27 | 458.6/sq mi (177.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1918 |
| Bellmawr | Borough | Camden | 11,707 | 11,583 | +1.1% | 2.984 | 7.73 | 3,923.3/sq mi (1,514.8/km2) | 1926 | |
| East Greenwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 11,706 | 9,555 | +22.5% | 14.443 | 37.41 | 810.5/sq mi (312.9/km2) | 1881 | |
| Ridgefield | Borough | Bergen | 11,501 | 11,032 | +4.3% | 2.543 | 6.59 | 4,522.6/sq mi (1,746.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1892 |
| Gloucester City | City | Camden | 11,484 | 11,456 | +0.2% | 2.315 | 6.00 | 4,960.7/sq mi (1,915.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1868 |
| Wanaque | Borough | Passaic | 11,317 | 11,116 | +1.8% | 8.066 | 20.89 | 1,403.0/sq mi (541.7/km2) | 1918 | |
| Westwood | Borough | Bergen | 11,282 | 10,908 | +3.4% | 2.259 | 5.85 | 4,994.2/sq mi (1,928.3/km2) | 1894 | |
| Ocean City | City | Cape May | 11,229 | 11,701 | −4.0% | 6.753 | 17.49 | 1,662.8/sq mi (642.0/km2) | 1884 | |
| Pompton Lakes | Borough | Passaic | 11,127 | 11,097 | +0.3% | 2.887 | 7.48 | 3,854.2/sq mi (1,488.1/km2) | 1895 | |
| East Hanover Township | Township | Morris | 11,105 | 11,157 | −0.5% | 7.875 | 20.40 | 1,410.2/sq mi (544.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1928 |
| Franklin Lakes | Borough | Bergen | 11,079 | 10,590 | +4.6% | 9.414 | 24.38 | 1,176.9/sq mi (454.4/km2) | 1922 | |
| Totowa | Borough | Passaic | 11,065 | 10,804 | +2.4% | 4.000 | 10.36 | 2,766.3/sq mi (1,068.1/km2) | 1898 | |
| West Caldwell | Township | Essex | 11,012 | 10,759 | +2.4% | 5.097 | 13.20 | 2,160.5/sq mi (834.2/km2) | 1904 | |
| Little Ferry | Borough | Bergen | 10,987 | 10,626 | +3.4% | 1.477 | 3.83 | 7,438.7/sq mi (2,872.1/km2) | 1894 | |
| Chatham Township | Township | Morris | 10,983 | 10,452 | +5.1% | 9.078 | 23.51 | 1,209.8/sq mi (467.1/km2) | 1806 | |
| Manville | Borough | Somerset | 10,953 | 10,344 | +5.9% | 2.361 | 6.11 | 4,639.1/sq mi (1,791.2/km2) | 1929 | |
| Lincoln Park | Borough | Morris | 10,915 | 10,521 | +3.7% | 6.398 | 16.57 | 1,706.0/sq mi (658.7/km2) | 1922 | |
| Beachwood | Borough | Ocean | 10,859 | 11,045 | −1.7% | 2.763 | 7.16 | 3,930.1/sq mi (1,517.4/km2) | 1917 | |
| Wantage Township | Township | Sussex | 10,811 | 11,358 | −4.8% | 66.760 | 172.91 | 161.9/sq mi (62.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Pine Hill | Borough | Camden | 10,764 | 10,245 | +5.1% | 4.866 | 12.60 | 2,212.1/sq mi (854.1/km2) | 1929[note 37] | |
| Somers Point | City | Atlantic | 10,469 | 10,795 | −3.0% | 4.010 | 10.39 | 2,610.7/sq mi (1,008.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1886 |
| Waterford Township | Township | Camden | 10,421 | 10,649 | −2.1% | 36.002 | 93.24 | 289.5/sq mi (111.8/km2) | 1798 | |
| Millstone Township | Township | Monmouth | 10,376 | 10,566 | −1.8% | 36.607 | 94.81 | 283.4/sq mi (109.4/km2) | 1844 | |
| Southampton Township | Township | Burlington | 10,317 | 10,464 | −1.4% | 43.957 | 113.85 | 234.7/sq mi (90.6/km2) | 1845 | |
| Hackettstown | Town | Warren | 10,248 | 9,724 | +5.4% | 3.612 | 9.36 | 2,837.2/sq mi (1,095.5/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1853 |
| Hillsdale | Borough | Bergen | 10,143 | 10,219 | −0.7% | 2.902 | 7.52 | 3,495.2/sq mi (1,349.5/km2) | 1898 | |
| Wood-Ridge | Borough | Bergen | 10,137 | 7,626 | +32.9% | 1.114 | 2.89 | 9,099.6/sq mi (3,513.4/km2) | 1894 | |
| Maywood | Borough | Bergen | 10,080 | 9,555 | +5.5% | 1.287 | 3.33 | 7,832.2/sq mi (3,024.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Waldwick | Borough | Bergen | 10,058 | 9,625 | +4.5% | 2.046 | 5.30 | 4,915.9/sq mi (1,898.1/km2) | 1919 | |
| East Rutherford | Borough | Bergen | 10,022 | 8,913 | +12.4% | 3.712 | 9.61 | 2,699.9/sq mi (1,042.4/km2) | 1889 | |
| Mount Holly | Township | Burlington | 9,981 | 9,536 | +4.7% | 2.824 | 7.31 | 3,534.3/sq mi (1,364.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798[note 38] |
| Kinnelon | Borough | Morris | 9,966 | 10,248 | −2.8% | 18.029 | 46.69 | 552.8/sq mi (213.4/km2) | 1922 | |
| Woodbury | City | Gloucester | 9,963 | 10,174 | −2.1% | 2.020 | 5.23 | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1854 |
| Colts Neck Township | Township | Monmouth | 9,957 | 10,142 | −1.8% | 30.715 | 79.55 | 324.2/sq mi (125.2/km2) | 1847[note 39] | |
| River Vale | Township | Bergen | 9,909 | 9,659 | +2.6% | 4.070 | 10.54 | 2,434.6/sq mi (940.0/km2) | 1906 | |
| Keansburg | Borough | Monmouth | 9,755 | 10,105 | −3.5% | 1.072 | 2.78 | 9,099.8/sq mi (3,513.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1917 |
| Burlington City | City | Burlington | 9,743 | 9,920 | −1.8% | 3.035 | 7.86 | 3,210.2/sq mi (1,239.5/km2) | 1784 | |
| Matawan | Borough | Monmouth | 9,565 | 8,810 | +8.6% | 2.266 | 5.87 | 4,221.1/sq mi (1,629.8/km2) | 1895 | |
| Chesterfield Township | Township | Burlington | 9,422 | 7,699 | +22.4% | 21.311 | 55.20 | 442.1/sq mi (170.7/km2) | 1798 | |
| South Amboy | City | Middlesex | 9,411 | 8,631 | +9.0% | 1.538 | 3.98 | 6,119.0/sq mi (2,362.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Leonia | Borough | Bergen | 9,304 | 8,937 | +4.1% | 1.523 | 3.94 | 6,109.0/sq mi (2,358.7/km2) | 1894 | |
| Washington Township | Township | Bergen | 9,285 | 9,102 | +2.0% | 2.953 | 7.65 | 3,144.3/sq mi (1,214.0/km2) | 1840 | |
| Chatham Borough | Borough | Morris | 9,212 | 8,962 | +2.8% | 2.347 | 6.08 | 3,925.0/sq mi (1,515.5/km2) | 1892 | |
| Ventnor City | City | Atlantic | 9,210 | 10,650 | −13.5% | 1.955 | 5.06 | 4,711.0/sq mi (1,818.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1903 |
| Cresskill | Borough | Bergen | 9,155 | 8,573 | +6.8% | 2.065 | 5.35 | 4,433.4/sq mi (1,711.8/km2) | 1894 | |
| Absecon | City | Atlantic | 9,137 | 8,411 | +8.6% | 5.468 | 14.16 | 1,671.0/sq mi (645.2/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1872 |
| Westampton Township | Township | Burlington | 9,121 | 8,813 | +3.5% | 10.974 | 28.42 | 831.1/sq mi (320.9/km2) | 1850 | |
| Haledon | Borough | Passaic | 9,052 | 8,318 | +8.8% | 1.215 | 3.15 | 7,450.2/sq mi (2,876.5/km2) | 1908 | |
| Caldwell | Borough | Essex | 9,027 | 7,822 | +15.4% | 1.178 | 3.05 | 7,663.0/sq mi (2,958.7/km2) | 1892 | |
| Edgewater Park | Township | Burlington | 8,930 | 8,881 | +0.6% | 2.919 | 7.56 | 3,059.3/sq mi (1,181.2/km2) | 1924 | |
| North Haledon | Borough | Passaic | 8,927 | 8,417 | +6.1% | 3.464 | 8.97 | 2,577.1/sq mi (995.0/km2) | 1901 | |
| Mansfield Township | Township | Burlington | 8,897 | 8,544 | +4.1% | 21.733 | 56.29 | 409.4/sq mi (158.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Park Ridge | Borough | Bergen | 8,883 | 8,645 | +2.8% | 2.607 | 6.75 | 3,407.4/sq mi (1,315.6/km2) | 1894 | |
| Ocean Township | Township | Ocean | 8,835 | 8,332 | +6.0% | 20.866 | 54.04 | 423.4/sq mi (163.5/km2) | 1876 | |
| Boonton Town | Town | Morris | 8,815 | 8,347 | +5.6% | 2.335 | 6.05 | 3,775.2/sq mi (1,457.6/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1866 |
| Clayton | Borough | Gloucester | 8,807 | 8,179 | +7.7% | 7.075 | 18.32 | 1,244.8/sq mi (480.6/km2) | 1858 | |
| Pitman | Borough | Gloucester | 8,780 | 9,011 | −2.6% | 2.218 | 5.74 | 3,958.5/sq mi (1,528.4/km2) | 1905 | |
| Bogota | Borough | Bergen | 8,778 | 8,187 | +7.2% | 0.755 | 1.96 | 11,626.5/sq mi (4,489.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Pittsgrove Township | Township | Salem | 8,777 | 9,393 | −6.6% | 44.899 | 116.29 | 195.5/sq mi (75.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Lopatcong Township | Township | Warren | 8,776 | 8,014 | +9.5% | 7.316 | 18.95 | 1,199.6/sq mi (463.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1851 |
| Audubon | Borough | Camden | 8,707 | 8,819 | −1.3% | 1.482 | 3.84 | 5,875.2/sq mi (2,268.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1905 |
| Carneys Point Township | Township | Salem | 8,637 | 8,049 | +7.3% | 16.912 | 43.80 | 510.7/sq mi (197.2/km2) | 1798[note 40] | |
| Long Hill Township | Township | Morris | 8,629 | 8,702 | −0.8% | 11.797 | 30.55 | 731.5/sq mi (282.4/km2) | 1866[note 41] | |
| Closter | Borough | Bergen | 8,594 | 8,373 | +2.6% | 3.160 | 8.18 | 2,719.6/sq mi (1,050.1/km2) | 1904 | |
| West Long Branch | Borough | Monmouth | 8,587 | 8,097 | +6.1% | 2.856 | 7.40 | 3,006.7/sq mi (1,160.9/km2) | 1908 | |
| Montvale | Borough | Bergen | 8,436 | 7,844 | +7.5% | 4.023 | 10.42 | 2,096.9/sq mi (809.6/km2) | 1894 | |
| Northfield | City | Atlantic | 8,434 | 8,624 | −2.2% | 3.582 | 9.28 | 2,354.6/sq mi (909.1/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1905 |
| Kenilworth | Borough | Union | 8,427 | 7,914 | +6.5% | 2.147 | 5.56 | 3,925.0/sq mi (1,515.5/km2) | 1907 | |
| Newton | Town | Sussex | 8,374 | 7,997 | +4.7% | 3.360 | 8.70 | 2,492.3/sq mi (962.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1864 |
| Upper Saddle River | Borough | Bergen | 8,353 | 8,208 | +1.8% | 5.253 | 13.61 | 1,590.1/sq mi (614.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Runnemede | Borough | Camden | 8,324 | 8,468 | −1.7% | 2.051 | 5.31 | 4,058.5/sq mi (1,567.0/km2) | 1926 | |
| Bedminster | Township | Somerset | 8,272 | 8,165 | +1.3% | 26.123 | 67.66 | 316.7/sq mi (122.3/km2) | 1798 | |
| Oradell | Borough | Bergen | 8,244 | 7,978 | +3.3% | 2.411 | 6.24 | 3,419.3/sq mi (1,320.2/km2) | 1894[note 42] | |
| Spotswood | Borough | Middlesex | 8,163 | 8,257 | −1.1% | 2.307 | 5.98 | 3,538.4/sq mi (1,366.2/km2) | 1908 | |
| Hardyston Township | Township | Sussex | 8,125 | 8,213 | −1.1% | 31.985 | 82.84 | 254.0/sq mi (98.1/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Plumsted Township | Township | Ocean | 8,072 | 8,421 | −4.1% | 39.137 | 101.36 | 206.2/sq mi (79.6/km2) | 1845 | |
| Butler | Borough | Morris | 8,047 | 7,539 | +6.7% | 2.034 | 5.27 | 3,956.2/sq mi (1,527.5/km2) | 1901 | |
| Byram Township | Township | Sussex | 8,028 | 8,350 | −3.9% | 21.531 | 55.77 | 372.9/sq mi (144.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Riverside Township | Township | Burlington | 8,003 | 8,079 | −0.9% | 1.484 | 3.84 | 5,392.9/sq mi (2,082.2/km2) | 1895 | |
| North Hanover Township | Township | Burlington | 7,963 | 7,678 | +3.7% | 17.368 | 44.98 | 458.5/sq mi (177.0/km2) | 1905 | |
| Bernardsville | Borough | Somerset | 7,893 | 7,707 | +2.4% | 12.836 | 33.25 | 614.9/sq mi (237.4/km2) | 1924 | |
| Fairfield | Township | Essex | 7,872 | 7,466 | +5.4% | 10.128 | 26.23 | 777.3/sq mi (300.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798[note 43] |
| Raritan | Borough | Somerset | 7,835 | 6,881 | +13.9% | 1.992 | 5.16 | 3,933.2/sq mi (1,518.6/km2) | 1868[note 44] | |
| Glen Ridge | Borough | Essex | 7,802 | 7,527 | +3.7% | 1.275 | 3.30 | 6,119.2/sq mi (2,362.6/km2) | 1895 | |
| Mansfield Township | Township | Warren | 7,781 | 7,725 | +0.7% | 29.586 | 76.63 | 263.0/sq mi (101.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Bloomingdale | Borough | Passaic | 7,777 | 7,656 | +1.6% | 8.801 | 22.79 | 883.6/sq mi (341.2/km2) | 1918 | |
| Fanwood | Borough | Union | 7,774 | 7,318 | +6.2% | 1.340 | 3.47 | 5,801.5/sq mi (2,240.0/km2) | 1895 | |
| Brigantine | City | Atlantic | 7,716 | 9,450 | −18.3% | 6.522 | 16.89 | 1,183.1/sq mi (456.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1890 |
| Chester Township | Township | Morris | 7,713 | 7,838 | −1.6% | 29.132 | 75.45 | 264.8/sq mi (102.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1799 |
| Upper Deerfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 7,645 | 7,660 | −0.2% | 31.241 | 80.91 | 244.7/sq mi (94.5/km2) | 1922 | |
| Dunellen | Borough | Middlesex | 7,637 | 7,227 | +5.7% | 1.062 | 2.75 | 7,191.1/sq mi (2,776.5/km2) | 1887 | |
| Haddon Heights | Borough | Camden | 7,495 | 7,473 | +0.3% | 1.566 | 4.06 | 4,786.1/sq mi (1,847.9/km2) | 1904 | |
| Berlin Borough | Borough | Camden | 7,489 | 7,588 | −1.3% | 3.594 | 9.31 | 2,083.8/sq mi (804.5/km2) | 1927 | |
| Palmyra | Borough | Burlington | 7,438 | 7,398 | +0.5% | 1.849 | 4.79 | 4,022.7/sq mi (1,553.2/km2) | 1894 | |
| Rumson | Borough | Monmouth | 7,343 | 7,122 | +3.1% | 5.067 | 13.12 | 1,449.2/sq mi (559.5/km2) | 1907 | |
| Washington Borough | Borough | Warren | 7,299 | 6,461 | +13.0% | 1.965 | 5.09 | 3,714.5/sq mi (1,434.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1868 |
| Emerson | Borough | Bergen | 7,290 | 7,401 | −1.5% | 2.231 | 5.78 | 3,267.6/sq mi (1,261.6/km2) | 1903[note 45] | |
| Green Brook Township | Township | Somerset | 7,281 | 7,203 | +1.1% | 4.407 | 11.41 | 1,652.1/sq mi (637.9/km2) | 1872[note 46] | |
| Upper Freehold Township | Township | Monmouth | 7,273 | 6,902 | +5.4% | 46.476 | 120.37 | 156.5/sq mi (60.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Wharton | Borough | Morris | 7,241 | 6,522 | +11.0% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 3,494.7/sq mi (1,349.3/km2) | 1895[note 47] | |
| Keyport | Borough | Monmouth | 7,204 | 7,240 | −0.5% | 1.381 | 3.58 | 5,216.5/sq mi (2,014.1/km2) | 1908 | |
| Barrington | Borough | Camden | 7,075 | 6,983 | +1.3% | 1.581 | 4.09 | 4,475.0/sq mi (1,727.8/km2) | 1917 | |
| Milltown | Borough | Middlesex | 7,037 | 6,893 | +2.1% | 1.554 | 4.02 | 4,528.3/sq mi (1,748.4/km2) | 1889 | |
| Buena Vista Township | Township | Atlantic | 7,033 | 7,570 | −7.1% | 41.080 | 106.40 | 171.2/sq mi (66.1/km2) | 1867 | |
| Mountainside | Borough | Union | 7,020 | 6,685 | +5.0% | 3.996 | 10.35 | 1,756.8/sq mi (678.3/km2) | 1895 | |
| Midland Park | Borough | Bergen | 7,014 | 7,128 | −1.6% | 1.571 | 4.07 | 4,464.7/sq mi (1,723.8/km2) | 1894 | |
| Stratford | Borough | Camden | 6,981 | 7,040 | −0.8% | 1.570 | 4.07 | 4,446.5/sq mi (1,716.8/km2) | 1925 | |
| Linwood | City | Atlantic | 6,971 | 7,092 | −1.7% | 3.811 | 9.87 | 1,829.2/sq mi (706.2/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1889[note 48] |
| Allendale | Borough | Bergen | 6,848 | 6,505 | +5.3% | 3.097 | 8.02 | 2,211.2/sq mi (853.7/km2) | 1894 | |
| Tabernacle Township | Township | Burlington | 6,776 | 6,949 | −2.5% | 49.202 | 127.43 | 137.7/sq mi (53.2/km2) | 1901 | |
| North Caldwell | Borough | Essex | 6,694 | 6,183 | +8.3% | 3.068 | 7.95 | 2,181.9/sq mi (842.4/km2) | 1898 | |
| Rockaway Borough | Borough | Morris | 6,598 | 6,438 | +2.5% | 2.074 | 5.37 | 3,181.3/sq mi (1,228.3/km2) | 1894 | |
| Union Township | Township | Hunterdon | 6,507 | 5,908 | +10.1% | 18.765 | 48.60 | 346.8/sq mi (133.9/km2) | 1853 | |
| Washington Township | Township | Warren | 6,492 | 6,651 | −2.4% | 17.961 | 46.52 | 361.4/sq mi (139.6/km2) | 1849 | |
| Shamong Township | Township | Burlington | 6,460 | 6,490 | −0.5% | 44.452 | 115.13 | 145.3/sq mi (56.1/km2) | 1852 | |
| Watchung | Borough | Somerset | 6,449 | 5,801 | +11.2% | 6.016 | 15.58 | 1,072.0/sq mi (413.9/km2) | 1926 | |
| Carlstadt | Borough | Bergen | 6,372 | 6,127 | +4.0% | 3.947 | 10.22 | 1,614.4/sq mi (623.3/km2) | 1894 | |
| Prospect Park | Borough | Passaic | 6,372 | 5,865 | +8.6% | 0.465 | 1.20 | 13,703.2/sq mi (5,290.8/km2) | 1901 | |
| New Hanover Township | Township | Burlington | 6,367 | 7,385 | −13.8% | 22.334 | 57.84 | 285.1/sq mi (110.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Roseland | Borough | Essex | 6,299 | 5,819 | +8.2% | 3.618 | 9.37 | 1,741.0/sq mi (672.2/km2) | 1908 | |
| Dennis Township | Township | Cape May | 6,285 | 6,467 | −2.8% | 60.421 | 156.49 | 104.0/sq mi (40.2/km2) | 1827 | |
| Fair Haven | Borough | Monmouth | 6,269 | 6,121 | +2.4% | 1.593 | 4.13 | 3,935.3/sq mi (1,519.4/km2) | 1912 | |
| Maurice River Township | Township | Cumberland | 6,218 | 7,976 | −22.0% | 93.166 | 241.30 | 66.7/sq mi (25.8/km2) | 1798 | |
| Paulsboro | Borough | Gloucester | 6,196 | 6,097 | +1.6% | 1.924 | 4.98 | 3,220.4/sq mi (1,243.4/km2) | 1904 | |
| Lebanon Township | Township | Hunterdon | 6,195 | 6,588 | −6.0% | 31.429 | 81.40 | 197.1/sq mi (76.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Eastampton Township | Township | Burlington | 6,191 | 6,069 | +2.0% | 5.730 | 14.84 | 1,080.5/sq mi (417.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1880 |
| Morris Plains | Borough | Morris | 6,153 | 5,532 | +11.2% | 2.554 | 6.61 | 2,409.2/sq mi (930.2/km2) | 1926 | |
| Oceanport | Borough | Monmouth | 6,150 | 5,832 | +5.5% | 3.172 | 8.22 | 1,938.8/sq mi (748.6/km2) | 1920 | |
| Little Silver | Borough | Monmouth | 6,131 | 5,950 | +3.0% | 2.712 | 7.02 | 2,260.7/sq mi (872.9/km2) | 1923 | |
| Woodcliff Lake | Borough | Bergen | 6,128 | 5,730 | +6.9% | 3.376 | 8.74 | 1,815.2/sq mi (700.8/km2) | 1894[note 49] | |
| Hainesport Township | Township | Burlington | 6,035 | 6,110 | −1.2% | 6.470 | 16.76 | 932.8/sq mi (360.1/km2) | 1924 | |
| Mendham Township | Township | Morris | 6,016 | 5,869 | +2.5% | 17.784 | 46.06 | 338.3/sq mi (130.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Logan Township | Township | Gloucester | 6,000 | 6,042 | −0.7% | 21.928 | 56.79 | 273.6/sq mi (105.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1877[note 50] |
| Andover Township | Township | Sussex | 5,996 | 6,319 | −5.1% | 20.044 | 51.91 | 299.1/sq mi (115.5/km2) | 1864 | |
| Manasquan | Borough | Monmouth | 5,938 | 5,897 | +0.7% | 1.380 | 3.57 | 4,302.9/sq mi (1,661.4/km2) | 1887 | |
| Mount Arlington | Borough | Morris | 5,909 | 5,050 | +17.0% | 2.140 | 5.54 | 2,761.2/sq mi (1,066.1/km2) | 1890 | |
| Belmar | Borough | Monmouth | 5,907 | 5,794 | +2.0% | 1.045 | 2.71 | 5,652.6/sq mi (2,182.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1885[note 51] |
| Hightstown | Borough | Mercer | 5,900 | 5,494 | +7.4% | 1.233 | 3.19 | 4,785.1/sq mi (1,847.5/km2) | 1853 | |
| Old Tappan | Borough | Bergen | 5,888 | 5,750 | +2.4% | 3.315 | 8.59 | 1,776.2/sq mi (685.8/km2) | 1894 | |
| Tewksbury Township | Township | Hunterdon | 5,870 | 5,993 | −2.1% | 31.645 | 81.96 | 185.5/sq mi (71.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Berlin Township | Township | Camden | 5,867 | 5,357 | +9.5% | 3.342 | 8.66 | 1,755.5/sq mi (677.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1910 |
| Mullica Township | Township | Atlantic | 5,816 | 6,147 | −5.4% | 56.375 | 146.01 | 103.2/sq mi (39.8/km2) | 1838 | |
| Rochelle Park | Township | Bergen | 5,814 | 5,530 | +5.1% | 0.991 | 2.57 | 5,866.8/sq mi (2,265.2/km2) | 1871[note 52] | |
| Jamesburg | Borough | Middlesex | 5,783 | 5,915 | −2.2% | 0.882 | 2.28 | 6,556.7/sq mi (2,531.6/km2) | 1887 | |
| Union Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 5,723 | 6,245 | −8.4% | 1.782 | 4.62 | 3,211.6/sq mi (1,240.0/km2) | 1925 | |
| Blairstown | Township | Warren | 5,704 | 5,967 | −4.4% | 29.887 | 77.41 | 190.9/sq mi (73.7/km2) | 1845 | |
| Norwood | Borough | Bergen | 5,641 | 5,711 | −1.2% | 2.785 | 7.21 | 2,025.5/sq mi (782.0/km2) | 1905 | |
| Somerdale | Borough | Camden | 5,566 | 5,151 | +8.1% | 1.392 | 3.61 | 3,998.6/sq mi (1,543.9/km2) | 1929 | |
| Fairfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 5,546 | 6,295 | −11.9% | 41.119 | 106.50 | 134.9/sq mi (52.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Warren | 5,473 | 5,712 | −4.2% | 10.581 | 27.40 | 517.2/sq mi (199.7/km2) | 1798 | |
| Independence Township | Township | Warren | 5,469 | 5,662 | −3.4% | 19.830 | 51.36 | 275.8/sq mi (106.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Englewood Cliffs | Borough | Bergen | 5,342 | 5,281 | +1.2% | 2.126 | 5.51 | 2,512.7/sq mi (970.2/km2) | 1895 | |
| Clementon | Borough | Camden | 5,338 | 5,000 | +6.8% | 1.893 | 4.90 | 2,819.9/sq mi (1,088.8/km2) | 1925 | |
| Allamuchy Township | Township | Warren | 5,335 | 4,323 | +23.4% | 19.992 | 51.78 | 266.9/sq mi (103.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1873 |
| Margate City | City | Atlantic | 5,317 | 6,354 | −16.3% | 1.416 | 3.67 | 3,754.9/sq mi (1,449.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1885[note 53] |
| Frankford Township | Township | Sussex | 5,302 | 5,565 | −4.7% | 33.876 | 87.74 | 156.5/sq mi (60.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Salem | City | Salem | 5,296 | 5,146 | +2.9% | 2.344 | 6.07 | 2,259.4/sq mi (872.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1798[note 54] |
| Holland Township | Township | Hunterdon | 5,177 | 5,291 | −2.2% | 23.469 | 60.78 | 220.6/sq mi (85.2/km2) | 1874 | |
| Wildwood | City | Cape May | 5,157 | 5,325 | −3.2% | 1.541 | 3.99 | 3,346.5/sq mi (1,292.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1895[note 55] |
| Brielle | Borough | Monmouth | 4,982 | 4,774 | +4.4% | 1.756 | 4.55 | 2,837.1/sq mi (1,095.4/km2) | 1919 | |
| Demarest | Borough | Bergen | 4,981 | 4,881 | +2.0% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 2,404.0/sq mi (928.2/km2) | 1903 | |
| Mendham Borough | Borough | Morris | 4,981 | 4,981 | 0.0% | 5.931 | 15.36 | 839.8/sq mi (324.3/km2) | 1906 | |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 4,917 | 4,899 | +0.4% | 8.982 | 23.26 | 547.4/sq mi (211.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
| Franklin Borough | Borough | Sussex | 4,912 | 5,045 | −2.6% | 4.356 | 11.28 | 1,127.6/sq mi (435.4/km2) | 1913 | |
| Hampton Township | Township | Sussex | 4,893 | 5,196 | −5.8% | 24.570 | 63.64 | 199.1/sq mi (76.9/km2) | 1864 | |
| Spring Lake Heights | Borough | Monmouth | 4,890 | 4,713 | +3.8% | 1.295 | 3.35 | 3,776.1/sq mi (1,457.9/km2) | 1927 | |
| Flemington | Borough | Hunterdon | 4,876 | 4,581 | +6.4% | 1.077 | 2.79 | 4,527.4/sq mi (1,748.0/km2) | 1910 | |
| South Bound Brook | Borough | Somerset | 4,863 | 4,563 | +6.6% | 0.645 | 1.67 | 7,539.5/sq mi (2,911.0/km2) | 1907 | |
| Penns Grove | Borough | Salem | 4,837 | 5,147 | −6.0% | 0.893 | 2.31 | 5,416.6/sq mi (2,091.4/km2) | 1894 | |
| Delanco Township | Township | Burlington | 4,824 | 4,283 | +12.6% | 2.358 | 6.11 | 2,045.8/sq mi (789.9/km2) | 1859[note 56] | |
| Alexandria Township | Township | Hunterdon | 4,809 | 4,938 | −2.6% | 27.534 | 71.31 | 174.7/sq mi (67.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Point Pleasant Beach | Borough | Ocean | 4,766 | 4,665 | +2.2% | 1.424 | 3.69 | 3,346.9/sq mi (1,292.2/km2) | 1886 | |
| Northvale | Borough | Bergen | 4,761 | 4,640 | +2.6% | 1.265 | 3.28 | 3,763.6/sq mi (1,453.1/km2) | 1916 | |
| Harrington Park | Borough | Bergen | 4,741 | 4,664 | +1.7% | 1.846 | 4.78 | 2,568.3/sq mi (991.6/km2) | 1904 | |
| Commercial Township | Township | Cumberland | 4,669 | 5,178 | −9.8% | 31.914 | 82.66 | 146.3/sq mi (56.5/km2) | 1874 | |
| Mount Ephraim | Borough | Camden | 4,651 | 4,676 | −0.5% | 0.884 | 2.29 | 5,261.3/sq mi (2,031.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1926 |
| Neptune City | Borough | Monmouth | 4,626 | 4,869 | −5.0% | 0.896 | 2.32 | 5,162.9/sq mi (1,993.4/km2) | 1881 | |
| Highlands | Borough | Monmouth | 4,621 | 5,005 | −7.7% | 0.740 | 1.92 | 6,244.6/sq mi (2,411.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1900 |
| White Township | Township | Warren | 4,606 | 4,882 | −5.7% | 27.366 | 70.88 | 168.3/sq mi (65.0/km2) | 1913 | |
| Delaware Township | Township | Hunterdon | 4,560 | 4,563 | −0.1% | 36.656 | 94.94 | 124.4/sq mi (48.0/km2) | 1838 | |
| Buena | Borough | Atlantic | 4,501 | 4,603 | −2.2% | 7.573 | 19.61 | 594.3/sq mi (229.5/km2) | 1948 | |
| Mountain Lakes | Borough | Morris | 4,472 | 4,160 | +7.5% | 2.641 | 6.84 | 1,693.3/sq mi (653.8/km2) | 1924 | |
| Garwood | Borough | Union | 4,454 | 4,226 | +5.4% | 0.650 | 1.68 | 6,852.3/sq mi (2,645.7/km2) | 1903 | |
| Elk Township | Township | Gloucester | 4,424 | 4,216 | +4.9% | 19.157 | 49.62 | 230.9/sq mi (89.2/km2) | 1891 | |
| Atlantic Highlands | Borough | Monmouth | 4,414 | 4,385 | +0.7% | 1.264 | 3.27 | 3,492.1/sq mi (1,348.3/km2) | 1887 | |
| Egg Harbor City | City | Atlantic | 4,396 | 4,243 | +3.6% | 10.851 | 28.10 | 405.1/sq mi (156.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1858 |
| Hopewell Township | Township | Cumberland | 4,391 | 4,571 | −3.9% | 29.890 | 77.41 | 146.9/sq mi (56.7/km2) | 1798 | |
| Boonton Township | Township | Morris | 4,380 | 4,263 | +2.7% | 8.131 | 21.06 | 538.7/sq mi (208.0/km2) | 1867 | |
| Magnolia | Borough | Camden | 4,352 | 4,341 | +0.3% | 0.978 | 2.53 | 4,449.9/sq mi (1,718.1/km2) | 1915 | |
| Bradley Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 4,282 | 4,298 | −0.4% | 0.610 | 1.58 | 7,019.7/sq mi (2,710.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1893 |
| Medford Lakes | Borough | Burlington | 4,264 | 4,146 | +2.8% | 1.140 | 2.95 | 3,740.4/sq mi (1,444.2/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1939 |
| Westville | Borough | Gloucester | 4,264 | 4,288 | −0.6% | 1.024 | 2.65 | 4,164.1/sq mi (1,607.8/km2) | 1914 | |
| Ho-Ho-Kus | Borough | Bergen | 4,258 | 4,078 | +4.4% | 1.739 | 4.50 | 2,448.5/sq mi (945.4/km2) | 1908 | |
| Shrewsbury Borough | Borough | Monmouth | 4,184 | 3,809 | +9.8% | 2.161 | 5.60 | 1,936.1/sq mi (747.5/km2) | 1926 | |
| Pilesgrove Township | Township | Salem | 4,183 | 4,016 | +4.2% | 34.935 | 90.48 | 119.7/sq mi (46.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Lambertville | City | Hunterdon | 4,139 | 3,906 | +6.0% | 1.084 | 2.81 | 3,818.3/sq mi (1,474.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1849 |
| Riverdale | Borough | Morris | 4,107 | 3,559 | +15.4% | 2.026 | 5.25 | 2,027.1/sq mi (782.7/km2) | 1923 | |
| Mine Hill Township | Township | Morris | 4,015 | 3,651 | +10.0% | 2.939 | 7.61 | 1,366.1/sq mi (527.5/km2) | 1923 | |
| Stillwater Township | Township | Sussex | 4,004 | 4,099 | −2.3% | 26.924 | 69.73 | 148.7/sq mi (57.4/km2) | 1824 | |
| Bordentown City | City | Burlington | 3,993 | 3,924 | +1.8% | 0.935 | 2.42 | 4,270.6/sq mi (1,648.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1825[note 57] |
| Oaklyn | Borough | Camden | 3,930 | 4,038 | −2.7% | 0.627 | 1.62 | 6,267.9/sq mi (2,420.1/km2) | 1905 | |
| East Amwell Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,917 | 4,013 | −2.4% | 28.455 | 73.70 | 137.7/sq mi (53.1/km2) | 1846 | |
| Harding Township | Township | Morris | 3,871 | 3,838 | +0.9% | 20.054 | 51.94 | 193.0/sq mi (74.5/km2) | 1922 | |
| Cranbury | Township | Middlesex | 3,842 | 3,857 | −0.4% | 13.283 | 34.40 | 289.2/sq mi (111.7/km2) | 1872 | |
| Merchantville | Borough | Camden | 3,820 | 3,821 | 0.0% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 6,441.8/sq mi (2,487.2/km2) | 1874 | |
| Kingwood Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,802 | 3,845 | −1.1% | 35.006 | 90.67 | 108.6/sq mi (41.9/km2) | 1798 | |
| Montague Township | Township | Sussex | 3,792 | 3,847 | −1.4% | 45.231 | 117.15 | 83.8/sq mi (32.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Bethlehem Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,745 | 3,979 | −5.9% | 20.683 | 53.57 | 181.1/sq mi (69.9/km2) | 1798 | |
| Woodstown | Borough | Salem | 3,678 | 3,505 | +4.9% | 1.575 | 4.08 | 2,335.2/sq mi (901.6/km2) | 1882 | |
| South Toms River | Borough | Ocean | 3,643 | 3,684 | −1.1% | 1.157 | 3.00 | 3,148.7/sq mi (1,215.7/km2) | 1927 | |
| Green Township | Township | Sussex | 3,627 | 3,601 | +0.7% | 16.034 | 41.53 | 226.2/sq mi (87.3/km2) | 1824 | |
| North Wildwood | City | Cape May | 3,621 | 4,041 | −10.4% | 1.725 | 4.47 | 2,099.1/sq mi (810.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1885[note 58] |
| Tuckerton | Borough | Ocean | 3,577 | 3,347 | +6.9% | 3.362 | 8.71 | 1,064.0/sq mi (410.8/km2) | 1901 | |
| High Bridge | Borough | Hunterdon | 3,546 | 3,648 | −2.8% | 2.391 | 6.19 | 1,483.1/sq mi (572.6/km2) | 1871[note 59] | |
| Stanhope | Borough | Sussex | 3,526 | 3,610 | −2.3% | 1.838 | 4.76 | 1,918.4/sq mi (740.7/km2) | 1904 | |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | Township | Salem | 3,432 | 3,505 | −2.1% | 40.242 | 104.23 | 85.3/sq mi (32.9/km2) | 1846 | |
| South Harrison Township | Township | Gloucester | 3,395 | 3,162 | +7.4% | 15.895 | 41.17 | 213.6/sq mi (82.5/km2) | 1883 | |
| Netcong | Borough | Morris | 3,375 | 3,232 | +4.4% | 0.833 | 2.16 | 4,051.6/sq mi (1,564.3/km2) | 1894 | |
| Saddle River | Borough | Bergen | 3,372 | 3,152 | +7.0% | 4.916 | 12.73 | 685.9/sq mi (264.8/km2) | 1894 | |
| Haworth | Borough | Bergen | 3,343 | 3,382 | −1.2% | 1.937 | 5.02 | 1,725.9/sq mi (666.4/km2) | 1904 | |
| Alloway Township | Township | Salem | 3,283 | 3,467 | −5.3% | 33.477 | 86.71 | 98.1/sq mi (37.9/km2) | 1767[note 60] | |
| Franklin Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,267 | 3,195 | +2.3% | 23.035 | 59.66 | 141.8/sq mi (54.8/km2) | 1845 | |
| Hamburg | Borough | Sussex | 3,266 | 3,277 | −0.3% | 1.145 | 2.97 | 2,852.4/sq mi (1,101.3/km2) | 1920 | |
| Springfield Township | Township | Burlington | 3,245 | 3,414 | −5.0% | 29.512 | 76.44 | 110.0/sq mi (42.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Pohatcong Township | Township | Warren | 3,241 | 3,339 | −2.9% | 13.370 | 34.63 | 242.4/sq mi (93.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1882 |
| Fredon Township | Township | Sussex | 3,235 | 3,437 | −5.9% | 17.640 | 45.69 | 183.4/sq mi (70.8/km2) | 1904 | |
| Monmouth Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 3,174 | 3,279 | −3.2% | 1.042 | 2.70 | 3,046.1/sq mi (1,176.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1906 |
| Long Beach Township | Township | Ocean | 3,153 | 3,051 | +3.3% | 5.448 | 14.11 | 578.7/sq mi (223.5/km2) | Walsh Act | 1899 |
| Deerfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 3,136 | 3,119 | +0.5% | 16.842 | 43.62 | 186.2/sq mi (71.9/km2) | 1798 | |
| Moonachie | Borough | Bergen | 3,133 | 2,708 | +15.7% | 1.730 | 4.48 | 1,811.0/sq mi (699.2/km2) | 1910 | |
| Wildwood Crest | Borough | Cape May | 3,101 | 3,270 | −5.2% | 1.298 | 3.36 | 2,389.1/sq mi (922.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1910 |
| Woodbury Heights | Borough | Gloucester | 3,098 | 3,055 | +1.4% | 1.246 | 3.23 | 2,486.4/sq mi (960.0/km2) | 1915 | |
| Lawrence Township | Township | Cumberland | 3,087 | 3,290 | −6.2% | 36.923 | 95.63 | 83.6/sq mi (32.3/km2) | 1885 | |
| National Park | Borough | Gloucester | 3,026 | 3,036 | −0.3% | 1.007 | 2.61 | 3,005.0/sq mi (1,160.2/km2) | 1902 | |
| West Amwell Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,005 | 3,840 | −21.7% | 21.647 | 56.07 | 138.8/sq mi (53.6/km2) | 1846 | |
| Franklin Township | Township | Warren | 2,968 | 3,176 | −6.5% | 23.420 | 60.66 | 126.7/sq mi (48.9/km2) | 1839 | |
| Lawnside | Borough | Camden | 2,955 | 2,945 | +0.3% | 1.430 | 3.70 | 2,066.4/sq mi (797.9/km2) | 1926 | |
| Woodlynne | Borough | Camden | 2,902 | 2,978 | −2.6% | 0.218 | 0.56 | 13,311.9/sq mi (5,139.8/km2) | 1901 | |
| Knowlton Township | Township | Warren | 2,894 | 3,055 | −5.3% | 24.724 | 64.03 | 117.1/sq mi (45.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Pennington | Borough | Mercer | 2,802 | 2,585 | +8.4% | 0.961 | 2.49 | 2,915.7/sq mi (1,125.8/km2) | 1890 | |
| Spring Lake | Borough | Monmouth | 2,789 | 2,993 | −6.8% | 1.332 | 3.45 | 2,093.8/sq mi (808.4/km2) | 1892 | |
| Clinton Town | Town | Hunterdon | 2,773 | 2,719 | +2.0% | 1.346 | 3.49 | 2,060.2/sq mi (795.4/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1865 |
| Cape May | City | Cape May | 2,768 | 3,607 | −23.3% | 2.473 | 6.41 | 1,119.3/sq mi (432.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1848[note 61] |
| Riverton | Borough | Burlington | 2,764 | 2,779 | −0.5% | 0.662 | 1.71 | 4,175.2/sq mi (1,612.1/km2) | 1893 | |
| Swedesboro | Borough | Gloucester | 2,711 | 2,584 | +4.9% | 0.731 | 1.89 | 3,708.6/sq mi (1,431.9/km2) | 1902 | |
| South Hackensack | Township | Bergen | 2,701 | 2,378 | +13.6% | 0.717 | 1.86 | 3,767.1/sq mi (1,454.5/km2) | 1935 | |
| Liberty Township | Township | Warren | 2,670 | 2,942 | −9.2% | 11.667 | 30.22 | 228.9/sq mi (88.4/km2) | 1926 | |
| Lakehurst | Borough | Ocean | 2,636 | 2,654 | −0.7% | 0.895 | 2.32 | 2,945.3/sq mi (1,137.2/km2) | 1921 | |
| Weymouth Township | Township | Atlantic | 2,614 | 2,715 | −3.7% | 11.822 | 30.62 | 221.1/sq mi (85.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| East Newark | Borough | Hudson | 2,594 | 2,406 | +7.8% | 0.103 | 0.27 | 25,184.5/sq mi (9,723.8/km2) | 1895 | |
| Quinton Township | Township | Salem | 2,580 | 2,666 | −3.2% | 23.793 | 61.62 | 108.4/sq mi (41.9/km2) | 1873 | |
| Peapack and Gladstone | Borough | Somerset | 2,558 | 2,582 | −0.9% | 5.733 | 14.85 | 446.2/sq mi (172.3/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1912 |
| Belvidere | Town | Warren | 2,520 | 2,681 | −6.0% | 1.449 | 3.75 | 1,739.1/sq mi (671.5/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1845 |
| Harmony Township | Township | Warren | 2,503 | 2,667 | −6.1% | 23.750 | 61.51 | 105.4/sq mi (40.7/km2) | 1839 | |
| Beverly | City | Burlington | 2,499 | 2,577 | −3.0% | 0.541 | 1.40 | 4,619.2/sq mi (1,783.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1850 |
| Helmetta | Borough | Middlesex | 2,455 | 2,178 | +12.7% | 0.828 | 2.14 | 2,965.0/sq mi (1,144.8/km2) | 1888 | |
| Oxford Township | Township | Warren | 2,444 | 2,514 | −2.8% | 5.959 | 15.43 | 410.1/sq mi (158.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Seaside Heights | Borough | Ocean | 2,440 | 2,887 | −15.5% | 0.617 | 1.60 | 3,954.6/sq mi (1,526.9/km2) | 1913 | |
| Lafayette Township | Township | Sussex | 2,358 | 2,538 | −7.1% | 17.883 | 46.32 | 131.9/sq mi (50.9/km2) | 1845 | |
| Englishtown | Borough | Monmouth | 2,346 | 1,847 | +27.0% | 0.570 | 1.48 | 4,115.8/sq mi (1,589.1/km2) | 1888 | |
| Alpha | Borough | Warren | 2,328 | 2,369 | −1.7% | 1.681 | 4.35 | 1,384.9/sq mi (534.7/km2) | 1911 | |
| Wenonah | Borough | Gloucester | 2,283 | 2,278 | +0.2% | 0.996 | 2.58 | 2,292.2/sq mi (885.0/km2) | 1883 | |
| Ogdensburg | Borough | Sussex | 2,258 | 2,410 | −6.3% | 2.204 | 5.71 | 1,024.5/sq mi (395.6/km2) | 1914 | |
| Essex Fells | Borough | Essex | 2,244 | 2,113 | +6.2% | 1.408 | 3.65 | 1,593.8/sq mi (615.4/km2) | 1902 | |
| Frelinghuysen Township | Township | Warren | 2,199 | 2,230 | −1.4% | 23.623 | 61.18 | 93.1/sq mi (35.9/km2) | 1848 | |
| Gibbsboro | Borough | Camden | 2,189 | 2,274 | −3.7% | 2.152 | 5.57 | 1,017.2/sq mi (392.7/km2) | 1924 | |
| Pine Beach | Borough | Ocean | 2,139 | 2,127 | +0.6% | 0.636 | 1.65 | 3,363.2/sq mi (1,298.5/km2) | 1925 | |
| Woodbine | Borough | Cape May | 2,128 | 2,472 | −13.9% | 8.019 | 20.77 | 265.4/sq mi (102.5/km2) | 1903 | |
| Sea Isle City | City | Cape May | 2,104 | 2,114 | −0.5% | 2.204 | 5.71 | 954.6/sq mi (368.6/km2) | Walsh Act | 1882 |
| Sussex | Borough | Sussex | 2,024 | 2,130 | −5.0% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 3,413.2/sq mi (1,317.8/km2) | 1891[note 62] | |
| Laurel Springs | Borough | Camden | 1,978 | 1,908 | +3.7% | 0.451 | 1.17 | 4,385.8/sq mi (1,693.4/km2) | 1913 | |
| Sandyston Township | Township | Sussex | 1,977 | 1,998 | −1.1% | 41.303 | 106.97 | 47.9/sq mi (18.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Avon-by-the-Sea | Borough | Monmouth | 1,933 | 1,901 | +1.7% | 0.426 | 1.10 | 4,537.6/sq mi (1,752.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1900 |
| Ocean Gate | Borough | Ocean | 1,932 | 2,011 | −3.9% | 0.450 | 1.17 | 4,293.3/sq mi (1,657.7/km2) | 1918 | |
| Hopewell Borough | Borough | Mercer | 1,918 | 1,922 | −0.2% | 0.724 | 1.88 | 2,649.2/sq mi (1,022.9/km2) | 1891 | |
| Oldmans Township | Township | Salem | 1,910 | 1,773 | +7.7% | 19.510 | 50.53 | 97.9/sq mi (37.8/km2) | 1881 | |
| Sea Girt | Borough | Monmouth | 1,866 | 1,828 | +2.1% | 1.060 | 2.75 | 1,760.4/sq mi (679.7/km2) | 1917 | |
| Hope Township | Township | Warren | 1,835 | 1,952 | −6.0% | 18.086 | 46.84 | 101.5/sq mi (39.2/km2) | 1839 | |
| Brooklawn | Borough | Camden | 1,815 | 1,955 | −7.2% | 0.488 | 1.26 | 3,719.3/sq mi (1,436.0/km2) | 1924 | |
| Folsom | Borough | Atlantic | 1,811 | 1,885 | −3.9% | 8.264 | 21.40 | 219.1/sq mi (84.6/km2) | 1906 | |
| Lavallette | Borough | Ocean | 1,787 | 1,875 | −4.7% | 0.816 | 2.11 | 2,190.0/sq mi (845.5/km2) | 1887 | |
| Newfield | Borough | Gloucester | 1,774 | 1,553 | +14.2% | 1.738 | 4.50 | 1,020.7/sq mi (394.1/km2) | 1924 | |
| Alpine | Borough | Bergen | 1,762 | 1,849 | −4.7% | 6.401 | 16.58 | 275.3/sq mi (106.3/km2) | 1903 | |
| Allentown | Borough | Monmouth | 1,734 | 1,828 | −5.1% | 0.596 | 1.54 | 2,909.4/sq mi (1,123.3/km2) | 1889 | |
| Eagleswood Township | Township | Ocean | 1,722 | 1,603 | +7.4% | 16.103 | 41.71 | 106.9/sq mi (41.3/km2) | 1874 | |
| Lower Alloways Creek Township | Township | Salem | 1,717 | 1,770 | −3.0% | 45.309 | 117.35 | 37.9/sq mi (14.6/km2) | 1767 | |
| Lake Como | Borough | Monmouth | 1,697 | 1,759 | −3.5% | 0.252 | 0.65 | 6,734.1/sq mi (2,600.1/km2) | 1924[note 63] | |
| Glen Gardner | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,682 | 1,704 | −1.3% | 1.548 | 4.01 | 1,086.6/sq mi (419.5/km2) | 1919 | |
| Chester Borough | Borough | Morris | 1,681 | 1,649 | +1.9% | 1.592 | 4.12 | 1,055.9/sq mi (407.7/km2) | 1930 | |
| Estell Manor | City | Atlantic | 1,668 | 1,735 | −3.9% | 53.387 | 138.27 | 31.2/sq mi (12.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1925 |
| Lebanon Borough | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,665 | 1,358 | +22.6% | 0.902 | 2.34 | 1,845.9/sq mi (712.7/km2) | 1926 | |
| Island Heights | Borough | Ocean | 1,650 | 1,673 | −1.4% | 0.609 | 1.58 | 2,709.4/sq mi (1,046.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1887 |
| Hardwick Township | Township | Warren | 1,598 | 1,696 | −5.8% | 37.525 | 97.19 | 42.6/sq mi (16.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Victory Gardens | Borough | Morris | 1,582 | 1,520 | +4.1% | 0.145 | 0.38 | 10,910.3/sq mi (4,212.5/km2) | 1951 | |
| Woodland Township | Township | Burlington | 1,544 | 1,788 | −13.6% | 92.638 | 239.93 | 16.7/sq mi (6.4/km2) | 1866 | |
| Chesilhurst | Borough | Camden | 1,536 | 1,634 | −6.0% | 1.715 | 4.44 | 895.6/sq mi (345.8/km2) | 1887 | |
| Farmingdale | Borough | Monmouth | 1,504 | 1,329 | +13.2% | 0.520 | 1.35 | 2,892.3/sq mi (1,116.7/km2) | 1903 | |
| Mannington Township | Township | Salem | 1,475 | 1,806 | −18.3% | 33.883 | 87.76 | 43.5/sq mi (16.8/km2) | 1798 | |
| Sea Bright | Borough | Monmouth | 1,449 | 1,412 | +2.6% | 0.720 | 1.86 | 2,012.5/sq mi (777.0/km2) | 1889 | |
| Hampton Borough | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,438 | 1,401 | +2.6% | 1.505 | 3.90 | 955.5/sq mi (368.9/km2) | 1895[note 64] | |
| Seaside Park | Borough | Ocean | 1,436 | 1,579 | −9.1% | 0.655 | 1.70 | 2,192.4/sq mi (846.5/km2) | 1898 | |
| Winfield Township | Township | Union | 1,423 | 1,471 | −3.3% | 0.181 | 0.47 | 7,861.9/sq mi (3,035.5/km2) | 1941 | |
| Downe Township | Township | Cumberland | 1,399 | 1,585 | −11.7% | 48.403 | 125.36 | 28.9/sq mi (11.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Pemberton Borough | Borough | Burlington | 1,371 | 1,409 | −2.7% | 0.590 | 1.53 | 2,323.7/sq mi (897.2/km2) | 1826 | |
| Frenchtown | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,370 | 1,373 | −0.2% | 1.128 | 2.92 | 1,214.5/sq mi (468.9/km2) | 1867 | |
| Bass River Township | Township | Burlington | 1,355 | 1,443 | −6.1% | 75.124 | 194.57 | 18.0/sq mi (7.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1864 |
| Elmer | Borough | Salem | 1,347 | 1,395 | −3.4% | 0.894 | 2.32 | 1,506.7/sq mi (581.7/km2) | 1893 | |
| Stow Creek Township | Township | Cumberland | 1,312 | 1,431 | −8.3% | 18.266 | 47.31 | 71.8/sq mi (27.7/km2) | 1798 | |
| Avalon | Borough | Cape May | 1,243 | 1,334 | −6.8% | 4.270 | 11.06 | 291.1/sq mi (112.4/km2) | 1892 | |
| Surf City | Borough | Ocean | 1,243 | 1,205 | +3.2% | 0.744 | 1.93 | 1,670.7/sq mi (645.1/km2) | 1894[note 65] | |
| Milford | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,232 | 1,233 | −0.1% | 1.182 | 3.06 | 1,042.3/sq mi (402.4/km2) | 1911 | |
| Port Republic | City | Atlantic | 1,101 | 1,115 | −1.3% | 7.462 | 19.33 | 147.5/sq mi (57.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1905 |
| Ship Bottom | Borough | Ocean | 1,098 | 1,156 | −5.0% | 0.712 | 1.84 | 1,542.1/sq mi (595.4/km2) | 1925[note 66] | |
| Shrewsbury Township | Township | Monmouth | 1,076 | 1,141 | −5.7% | 0.099 | 0.26 | 10,868.7/sq mi (4,196.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Beach Haven | Borough | Ocean | 1,027 | 1,170 | −12.2% | 0.979 | 2.54 | 1,049.0/sq mi (405.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1890 |
| West Cape May | Borough | Cape May | 1,010 | 1,024 | −1.4% | 1.173 | 3.04 | 861.0/sq mi (332.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1884 |
| Califon | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,005 | 1,076 | −6.6% | 0.959 | 2.48 | 1,048.0/sq mi (404.6/km2) | 1918 | |
| Elsinboro Township | Township | Salem | 1,001 | 1,036 | −3.4% | 11.931 | 30.90 | 83.9/sq mi (32.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Audubon Park | Borough | Camden | 991 | 1,023 | −3.1% | 0.150 | 0.39 | 6,606.7/sq mi (2,550.8/km2) | 1947 | |
| Bay Head | Borough | Ocean | 930 | 968 | −3.9% | 0.585 | 1.52 | 1,589.7/sq mi (613.8/km2) | 1886 | |
| Hi-Nella | Borough | Camden | 927 | 870 | +6.6% | 0.223 | 0.58 | 4,157.0/sq mi (1,605.0/km2) | 1929 | |
| Far Hills | Borough | Somerset | 924 | 919 | +0.5% | 4.847 | 12.55 | 190.6/sq mi (73.6/km2) | 1921 | |
| Deal | Borough | Monmouth | 900 | 750 | +20.0% | 1.184 | 3.07 | 760.1/sq mi (293.5/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| Longport | Borough | Atlantic | 893 | 895 | −0.2% | 0.395 | 1.02 | 2,260.8/sq mi (872.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| Interlaken | Borough | Monmouth | 828 | 820 | +1.0% | 0.331 | 0.86 | 2,501.5/sq mi (965.8/km2) | 1922 | |
| Roosevelt | Borough | Monmouth | 808 | 882 | −8.4% | 1.940 | 5.02 | 416.5/sq mi (160.8/km2) | 1937[note 67] | |
| Stone Harbor | Borough | Cape May | 796 | 866 | −8.1% | 1.420 | 3.68 | 560.6/sq mi (216.4/km2) | 1914 | |
| Bloomsbury | Borough | Hunterdon | 792 | 870 | −9.0% | 0.932 | 2.41 | 849.8/sq mi (328.1/km2) | 1905 | |
| Branchville | Borough | Sussex | 791 | 841 | −5.9% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 1,333.9/sq mi (515.0/km2) | 1898 | |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Cumberland | 771 | 804 | −4.1% | 17.772 | 46.03 | 43.4/sq mi (16.8/km2) | 1798 | |
| Rocky Hill | Borough | Somerset | 743 | 682 | +8.9% | 0.611 | 1.58 | 1,216.0/sq mi (469.5/km2) | 1889 | |
| Wrightstown | Borough | Burlington | 720 | 802 | −10.2% | 1.850 | 4.79 | 389.2/sq mi (150.3/km2) | 1918 | |
| Washington Township | Township | Burlington | 693 | 687 | +0.9% | 101.661 | 263.30 | 6.8/sq mi (2.6/km2) | 1802 | |
| Barnegat Light | Borough | Ocean | 640 | 574 | +11.5% | 0.831 | 2.15 | 770.2/sq mi (297.4/km2) | 1904[note 68] | |
| Andover Borough | Borough | Sussex | 595 | 606 | −1.8% | 1.348 | 3.49 | 441.4/sq mi (170.4/km2) | 1904 | |
| West Wildwood | Borough | Cape May | 540 | 603 | −10.4% | 0.286 | 0.74 | 1,888.1/sq mi (729.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1920 |
| Fieldsboro | Borough | Burlington | 526 | 540 | −2.6% | 0.279 | 0.72 | 1,885.3/sq mi (727.9/km2) | 1850 | |
| Stockton | Borough | Hunterdon | 495 | 538 | −8.0% | 0.546 | 1.41 | 906.6/sq mi (350.0/km2) | 1898 | |
| Allenhurst | Borough | Monmouth | 472 | 496 | −4.8% | 0.250 | 0.65 | 1,888.0/sq mi (729.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1897 |
| Corbin City | City | Atlantic | 471 | 492 | −4.3% | 7.697 | 19.94 | 61.2/sq mi (23.6/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1922 |
| Millstone Borough | Borough | Somerset | 448 | 418 | +7.2% | 0.681 | 1.76 | 657.9/sq mi (254.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Shiloh | Borough | Cumberland | 444 | 516 | −14.0% | 1.203 | 3.12 | 369.1/sq mi (142.5/km2) | 1929 | |
| Rockleigh | Borough | Bergen | 407 | 531 | −23.4% | 1.003 | 2.60 | 405.8/sq mi (156.7/km2) | 1923 | |
| Harvey Cedars | Borough | Ocean | 391 | 337 | +16.0% | 0.561 | 1.45 | 697.0/sq mi (269.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1894 |
| Mantoloking | Borough | Ocean | 331 | 296 | +11.8% | 0.386 | 1.00 | 857.5/sq mi (331.1/km2) | 1911 | |
| Cape May Point | Borough | Cape May | 305 | 291 | +4.8% | 0.295 | 0.76 | 1,033.9/sq mi (399.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1908 |
| Loch Arbour | Village | Monmouth | 224 | 194 | +15.5% | 0.087 | 0.23 | 2,574.7/sq mi (994.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1957 |
| Teterboro | Borough | Bergen | 61 | 67 | −9.0% | 1.107 | 2.87 | 55.1/sq mi (21.3/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1917 |
| Tavistock | Borough | Camden | 9 | 5 | +80.0% | 0.273 | 0.71 | 33.0/sq mi (12.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1921 |
| Walpack Township | Township | Sussex | 7 | 16 | −56.2% | 24.171 | 62.60 | 0.3/sq mi (0.1/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
Former municipalities
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "New Jersey Profile". 2020 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "Newark city, New Jersey". 2020 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "Walpack township, Sussex County, New Jersey". 2020 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "County Subdivisions: New Jersey". 2020 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "Places: New Jersey". 2020 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ Snyder, John P. "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Knapp, Krystal (October 1, 2012). "Merged Municipality Will Be Called Princeton, New Jersey". Planet Princeton. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ^ "Vernon Township Mayor's Office website".
- ^ Symons, Michael (December 30, 2021). "NJ about to subtract one of its tiniest towns in rare merger". New Jersey 101.5. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
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