How Much Has Wayne's Population Changed Since 1980?

More than 8,500 people have moved to Wayne since 1980 and the town’s population hit 55,000 last year.

Newly-released statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Estimates, a survey that tracks basic population figures between Censuses, provides a breakdown of how every municipality’s population has changed.

The town’s population was 46,474 in 1980 and 54,717 in 2010. Last year it was estimated to be 55,049.

Jersey City, Elizabeth, Monroe (in Middlesex County), Franklin (in Somerset County), and Newark grew the fastest since 2010. All four of those municipalities population’s grew since 1980, with Monroe’s increasing by 170 percent. Newark’s population has actually decreased 15 percent since 1980.

Approximately 187 municipalities lost population from 2010 to 2014, NJ.com reported, while 387 grew.

Much of the growth has been concentrated in the communities closest to New York City in Bergen, Passaic, and Essex counties, and along the Jersey Shore in Ocean County.

Many communities in the northeastern and southeastern parts of the state in Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Salem, and Cumberland counties have seen their populations decrease.

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