Most densely populated in New Jersey

New Jersey counties and cities ranked by population density.

This page ranks the counties and cities of New Jersey by population density — which have the most people per square mile, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Hudson County leads at 15,381/sq mi.

Among cities & places, Guttenberg leads at 60,296/sq mi.

Counties

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Hudson County	15,381/sq mi
2	Essex County	6,774/sq mi
3	Union County	5,571/sq mi
4	Bergen County	4,101/sq mi
5	Middlesex County	2,786/sq mi
6	Passaic County	2,785/sq mi
7	Camden County	2,367/sq mi
8	Mercer County	1,707/sq mi
9	Monmouth County	1,375/sq mi
10	Somerset County	1,147/sq mi
11	Morris County	1,107/sq mi
12	Ocean County	1,029/sq mi
13	Gloucester County	946/sq mi
14	Burlington County	581/sq mi
15	Atlantic County	494/sq mi
16	Cape May County	379/sq mi
17	Cumberland County	316/sq mi
18	Warren County	309/sq mi
19	Hunterdon County	303/sq mi
20	Sussex County	280/sq mi
21	Salem County	196/sq mi

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Guttenberg	60,296/sq mi
2	West New York	52,037/sq mi
3	Union City	51,573/sq mi
4	Hoboken	46,664/sq mi
5	Cliffside Park	26,764/sq mi
6	East Newark	24,667/sq mi
7	Passaic	22,232/sq mi
8	Jersey City	19,643/sq mi
9	Paterson	18,740/sq mi
10	Ampere North	17,864/sq mi
11	Fairview	17,685/sq mi
12	East Orange	17,615/sq mi
13	Palisades Park	16,298/sq mi
14	Harrison	16,182/sq mi
15	Fort Lee	15,816/sq mi
16	Garfield	15,396/sq mi
17	Edgewater	14,977/sq mi
18	Prospect Park	13,511/sq mi
19	Woodlynne	13,325/sq mi
20	Victory Gardens	13,031/sq mi
21	Union	12,876/sq mi
22	Watsessing	12,840/sq mi
23	Newark	12,723/sq mi
24	Silver Lake	12,362/sq mi
25	Bayonne	12,105/sq mi
26	Bogota	12,072/sq mi
27	Wallington	11,896/sq mi
28	Perth Amboy	11,857/sq mi
29	Trenton	11,828/sq mi
30	Lodi	11,419/sq mi
31	Roselle Park	11,405/sq mi
32	Elizabeth	11,031/sq mi
33	Hackensack	10,920/sq mi
34	Asbury Park	10,658/sq mi
35	New Brunswick	10,653/sq mi
36	Vauxhall	9,979/sq mi
37	Lakewood	9,871/sq mi
38	Bergenfield	9,734/sq mi
39	The College of New Jersey	9,592/sq mi
40	East Franklin	9,441/sq mi
41	Lake Hiawatha	9,428/sq mi
42	Dumont	9,261/sq mi
43	Plainfield	9,148/sq mi
44	Keansburg	9,073/sq mi
45	Wood-Ridge	9,065/sq mi
46	Singac	8,679/sq mi
47	Roselle	8,522/sq mi
48	Highland Park	8,226/sq mi
49	Monroe Manor	8,105/sq mi
50	North Plainfield	8,074/sq mi
51	Elmwood Park	8,054/sq mi
52	Camden	8,014/sq mi
53	Menlo Park Terrace	7,943/sq mi
54	Hasbrouck Heights	7,921/sq mi
55	Clifton	7,916/sq mi
56	Ocean Grove	7,859/sq mi
57	Maywood	7,805/sq mi
58	Collingswood	7,739/sq mi
59	Ridgefield Park	7,724/sq mi
60	Rahway	7,635/sq mi
61	Caldwell	7,553/sq mi
62	South Bound Brook	7,497/sq mi
63	Little Ferry	7,408/sq mi
64	New Milford	7,395/sq mi
65	Red Bank	7,369/sq mi
66	Haledon	7,356/sq mi
67	Dunellen	7,259/sq mi
68	Bound Brook	7,237/sq mi
69	Garwood	7,208/sq mi
70	North Middletown	7,105/sq mi
71	Bradley Beach	6,985/sq mi
72	Morristown	6,963/sq mi
73	Fords	6,910/sq mi
74	Dover	6,884/sq mi
75	Fair Lawn	6,846/sq mi
76	Hopelawn	6,834/sq mi
77	Rutherford	6,741/sq mi
78	Lake Como	6,595/sq mi
79	North Arlington	6,588/sq mi
80	Twin Rivers	6,585/sq mi
81	River Edge	6,561/sq mi
82	Jamesburg	6,532/sq mi
83	Audubon Park	6,508/sq mi
84	Freehold	6,471/sq mi
85	Merchantville	6,429/sq mi
86	South Amboy	6,317/sq mi
87	Long Branch	6,281/sq mi
88	Oaklyn	6,271/sq mi
89	Oak Valley	6,271/sq mi
90	Brookdale	6,267/sq mi
91	Westmont	6,233/sq mi
92	Highlands	6,181/sq mi
93	Glen Ridge	6,140/sq mi
94	Montclair State University	6,119/sq mi
95	Leonia	6,106/sq mi
96	Iselin	6,076/sq mi
97	Princeton Meadows	6,033/sq mi
98	Englewood	5,957/sq mi
99	Robbinsville Center	5,945/sq mi
100	Audubon	5,869/sq mi

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