Slight Increase in Township's Population

The township was home to 64,634 people in 2010, up 284 from the 64,350 who lived here in 2000, according to the Census bureau.

Of the 64,634 people, 48,933, or 75 percent, are white. There were 10,464 black residents (16.2 percent) and 3,650 Hispanic residents (5.6) in the township in 2010.

Nearly 76 percent (75.7) of the township's residents as of 2010 are old enough to vote (18 years old or older). Of voting-age people, the overwhelming majority are white (38,332).

Its 64,634 residents made Gloucester Township the 19th largest municipality in New Jersey in 2010, dropping one spot from 2000.

Camden County was home to 513,657 residents in 2010, making it the eighth most populous county in New Jersey. The county's population grew by  up from 508,932 in 2000.

New Jersey was home to 8,414,350 people in 2010, accoridng to the Census Bureau, a 4.5-percent increase from the prior census count.

The state's five most populated towns in 2000 stayed in the same order in 2010, with Newark (277,140), Jersey City (247,597), Paterson (146,199), Elizabeth (124,969) and Edison Township (99,967) leading the way.

The Census data released today will help redraw federal, state and local legislative districts. New Jersey will lose one seat in the House under the counts.

Population rank
Population Change from 2000 to 2010 2010 2000 Geographic area 2000 * 2010 Number Percent

New Jersey 8 414 350 8 791 894 377 544 4.5

COUNTY



1 1 Bergen  884 118 905 116 20 998 2.4 2 3 Middlesex  750 162 809 858 59 696 8.0 3 2 Essex  793 633 783 969 - 9 664 -1.2 4 5 Hudson 608 975 634 266 25 291 4.2 5 4 Monmouth  615 301 630 380 15 079 2.5 6 7 Ocean  510 916 576 567 65 651 12.8 7 6 Union 522 541 536 499 13 958 2.7 8 8 Camden 508 932 513 657 4 725 0.9 9 9 Passaic  489 049 501 226 12 177 2.5 10 10 Morris  470 212 492 276 22 064 4.7 11 11 Burlington  423 394 448 734 25 340 6.0 12 12 Mercer  350 761 366 513 15 752 4.5 13 13 Somerset 297 490 323 444 25 954 8.7 14 14 Gloucester  254 673 288 288 33 615 13.2 15 15 Atlantic  252 552 274 549 21 997 8.7 16 16 Cumberland  146 438 156 898 10 460 7.1 17 17 Sussex  144 166 149 265 5 099 3.5 18 18 Hunterdon  121 989 128 349 6 360 5.2 19 19 Warren  102 437 108 692 6 255 6.1 20 20 Cape May 102 326 97 265 - 5 061 -4.9 21 21 Salem  64 285 66 083 1 798 2.8

CITY OR TOWNSHIP



1 1 Newark  273 546 277 140 3 594 1.3 2 2 Jersey City 240 055 247 597 7 542 3.1 3 3 Paterson 149 222 146 199 - 3 023 -2.0 4 4 Elizabeth 120 568 124 969 4 401 3.7 5 5 Edison Township (Middlesex County) 97 687 99 967 2 280 2.3 6 6 Woodbridge (Middlesex County) 97 203 99 585 2 382 2.5 7 22 Lakewood (Ocean County) 60 352 92 843 32 491 53.8 8 7 Toms River* (Ocean County) 89 706 91 239 1 533 1.7 9 8 Hamilton  87 109 88 464 1 355 1.6 10 9 Trenton 85 403 84 913 - 490 -0.6 11 11 Clifton 78 672 84 136 5 464 6.9 12 10 Camden 79 904 77 344 - 2 560 -3.2 13 12 Brick Township (Ocean County) 76 119 75 072 - 1 047 -1.4 14 13 Cherry Hill Township (Camden County) 69 965 71 045 1 080 1.5 15 15 Passaic 67 861 69 781 1 920 2.8 16 17 Middletown Township (Monmouth County) 66 327 66 522 195 0.3 17 16 Union Cit 67 088 66 455 - 633 -0.9 18 21 Old Bridge 60 456 65 375 4 919 8.1 19 18 Gloucester Township 64 350 64 634 284 0.4 20 14 East Orange 69 824 64 270 - 5 554 -8.0

* Census 2000 counts are as published in Census 2000 reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.

**  Toms River township (Ocean County) was Dover township in 2000.