New Jersey: Time Zones, Counties, Cities & Map

Metro and micro areas in New Jersey, largest first

6 metro areas have counties in New Jersey. 3 cross into another state; their populations are for the whole area. Populations are July 2025 estimates.

1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area20,112,448 people
2. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area6,329,118 people
3. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area887,615 people
4. Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area399,289 people
5. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area372,047 people
6. Vineland, NJ Metro Area157,148 people

Every metro and micro area in the US

Largest townships in New Jersey

1. Lakewood Township, Ocean County139,019 people
2. Edison Township, Middlesex County108,164 people
3. Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County104,355 people
4. Toms River Township, Ocean County98,143 people
5. Hamilton Township, Mercer County92,506 people
6. Cherry Hill Township, Camden County76,725 people
7. Brick Township, Ocean County75,482 people
8. Franklin Township, Somerset County68,907 people
9. Old Bridge Township, Middlesex County68,406 people
10. Middletown Township, Monmouth County66,883 people
11. Gloucester Township, Camden County66,282 people
12. Piscataway Township, Middlesex County61,297 people

All 241 townships in New Jersey, by county

Tribal areas in New Jersey, largest first

1. Nanticoke Lenni Lenape State Designated Tribal Statistical Area5,625 people
2. Ramapough State Designated Tribal Statistical Area816 people

American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian areas as the Census Bureau maps them, with at least 2% of their area here, water included. These lines don’t decide membership, jurisdiction or land status.

Counties and equivalents, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

1. Bergen County, New Jersey977,026 people
2. Essex County, New Jersey896,379 people
3. Middlesex County, New Jersey883,335 people
4. Hudson County, New Jersey735,033 people
5. Ocean County, New Jersey673,746 people
6. Monmouth County, New Jersey651,035 people
7. Union County, New Jersey601,863 people
8. Camden County, New Jersey535,799 people
9. Passaic County, New Jersey531,624 people
10. Morris County, New Jersey524,251 people
11. Burlington County, New Jersey481,439 people
12. Mercer County, New Jersey399,289 people

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

1. Newark, New Jersey (city)310,178 people
2. Jersey City, New Jersey (city)294,078 people
3. Paterson, New Jersey (city)158,735 people
4. Elizabeth, New Jersey (city)137,302 people
5. Toms River, New Jersey (CDP)94,956 people
6. Trenton, New Jersey (city)90,338 people
7. Clifton, New Jersey (city)89,379 people
8. Bayonne, New Jersey (city)71,553 people
9. Camden, New Jersey (city)71,496 people
10. East Orange, New Jersey (city)70,090 people
11. Passaic, New Jersey (city)70,002 people
12. Lakewood, New Jersey (CDP)69,585 people

See all 700 cities, towns and communities in New Jersey, largest first

ZIP Code areas, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

1. ZIP 08701139,149 people
2. ZIP 0730572,161 people
3. ZIP 0700271,553 people
4. ZIP 0705570,002 people
5. ZIP 0708766,463 people
6. ZIP 0875365,448 people
7. ZIP 0709363,758 people
8. ZIP 0704761,250 people
9. ZIP 0885461,088 people
10. ZIP 0711160,867 people
11. ZIP 0886159,351 people
12. ZIP 0852758,991 people

See all 598 ZIP Code areas in New Jersey, largest first

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