Politics & Government
West Deptford, County Population Up in 2010 Census
Gloucester County experienced rapid growth in the past decade, and West Deptford was just off the county's pace.
West Deptford added 2,300 residents over the last decade, a double-digit percentage increase, but it was only the 10th fastest-growing municipality in Gloucester County.
That’s how fast the area is growing.
The just-released 2010 Census numbers show the county’s population grew by 33,615, the third most in the state, a 13.2 percent clip, the highest rate of growth in all of New Jersey.
West Deptford was barely off that pace, growing by 11.9 percent to 21,677 residents, which is actually down slightly from the 2009 estimate of 22,054.
The township was one of only a few in the northwest end of the county to see growth; neighboring Deptford was up 14.6 percent, but Woodbury, Paulsboro, National Park and Westville all saw slight population losses, and Woodbury Heights was essentially flat, in the past 10 years.
There was explosive growth elsewhere; Woolwich Township more than doubled its 2000 population, East Greenwich grew by 76 percent and Harrison Township was up 41.3 percent.
New Jersey as a whole was home to 8,414,350 people in 2010, according 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.
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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 rankPopulation 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 City 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.
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** Toms River township (Ocean County) was Dover township in 2000.
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