Haddonfield Gains Population in the 2010 Census

Haddonfield’s population increased by 145 in the 2010 Census. Many surrounding towns saw mixed results for population in the past 10 years. Haddon Township gained 338 residents, while Haddon Heights lost 192. 

Haddonfield’s population is now 11,593. All of the Haddons remained among the least diverse in the county, all with white populations of 95 percent or more.

Camden City lost 1,442 to lead population losses in Camden County. Pennsauken gained 926 to lead population growth in the county.

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, 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.

The Census data released Thursday 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 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.

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

Patch Editor Sean McCullen contributed to this report.