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New Jersey population 2026

Q: What is the population of New Jersey in 2026?

The latest official figure is 9,548,215, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, New Jersey would have about 9.6 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

New Jersey has 9,548,215 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 41,861 more than a year earlier (+0.44%). It is 11th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 2.8% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 9.6 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

New Jersey in numbers

Population: 9.5 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.44% +41,861 people
Change since 2020: +3.00% from 9.3 million
Share of the US: 2.8% 11th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 501per km² 19,049 km²
Births in the year: 101 thousand deaths: 75 thousand
International migration: +53 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: −37 thousand more people left than moved in

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 26,023, 53,064 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 37,428 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

That is about as many people as Hungary (9.6 million).

Population of New Jersey by year

9.5M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	8,799,451
2011	8,828,552
2012	8,845,671
2013	8,857,821
2014	8,867,277
2015	8,870,312
2016	8,873,584
2017	8,888,147
2018	8,891,730
2019	8,891,258
2020	9,270,476
2021	9,266,509
2022	9,298,402
2023	9,395,315
2024	9,506,354
2025	9,548,215

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	9,548,215	+41,861	+0.44%
2024	9,506,354	+111,039	+1.18%
2023	9,395,315	+96,913	+1.04%
2022	9,298,402	+31,893	+0.34%
2021	9,266,509	−3,967	−0.04%
2020	9,270,476	+379,218	+4.27%
2019	8,891,258	−472	−0.01%
2018	8,891,730	+3,583	+0.04%
2017	8,888,147	+14,563	+0.16%
2016	8,873,584	+3,272	+0.04%
2015	8,870,312	+3,035	+0.03%
2014	8,867,277	+9,456	+0.11%
2013	8,857,821	+12,150	+0.14%
2012	8,845,671	+17,119	+0.19%
2011	8,828,552	+29,101	+0.33%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

New Jersey among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in New Jersey

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Newark281,944
Jersey City264,290
Paterson147,754
Elizabeth129,007
Edison102,548
Trenton89,620

Questions

What is the population of New Jersey in 2026?

The latest official figure is 9,548,215, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, New Jersey would have about 9.6 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is New Jersey’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 41,861 people (+0.44%) in the latest year, and has changed +3.00% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 26,023, 53,064 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 37,428 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

How does New Jersey rank in the US?

New Jersey is 11th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 2.8% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of New Jersey?

About 501 people per km², on 19,049 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in New Jersey?

Newark, with about 282 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: New Jersey population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/new-jersey/

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