Clifton, New Jersey

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The 2000 Census showed that Clifton had a population of 78,672 people^<1>. This represents 0.93% of the total population of New Jersey, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
4	Elizabeth	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
5	Trenton	SW	54 mi [86.9 km]	82,883	2.95% decrease
6	Camden	SW	81 mi [130.4 km]	79,383	0.65% decrease
-7-	Clifton			78,219	0.58% decrease
8	East Orange	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease
9	Passaic	E	Less than 2 mi	66,884	1.44% decrease
10	Union City	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	62,183	7.31% decrease

Clifton had 31,060 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Clifton has an area^<4> of 11.3 square miles [29.25 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Clifton had a 2000 population density of 6,965 people per square mile [2,689 people/km²], making it the state's 22nd most densely populated area.

Passaic County

The city of Clifton is located in Passaic County.

The county had a population of 490,824 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 78,672 people, Clifton contained 16.03% of the Passaic County total.

In addition, where the community of Clifton has a population density of 6,965 people per square mile [2,689 people/km²], Passaic County averages 2,648 people per square mile [1,022 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Passaic County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Clifton and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Clifton. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Clifton. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Clifton, it also contains a comparison between Clifton and the state of New Jersey.

Click here for the Clifton QuickFact (QF-3413690).

The following communities are nearby Clifton and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Passaic	QF-3456550	E	Less than 2 mi	66,884	1.44% decrease
	Garfield	QF-3425770	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	28,971	2.74% decrease
	Paterson	QF-3457000	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	145,643	2.4% decrease
	Hackensack	QF-3428680	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	42,804	0.3% increase
	East Orange	QF-3419390	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease
	Franklin	QF-3424830	W	7 mi [11.27 km]
	Kearny	QF-3436510	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	36,746	9.3% decrease
	North Bergen	QF-3452440	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Clifton.

A Census Quickfact is available for Passaic County (QF-34031).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Passaic County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Orange (NY)	QF-36071	N	379,647	10.65% increase
	Rockland (NY)	QF-36087	NE	298,545	3.87% increase
	Bergen	QF-34003	E	894,840	1.06% increase
	Essex	QF-34013	S	770,675	2.73% decrease
	Morris	QF-34027	W	487,548	3.44% increase
	Sussex	QF-34037	NW	150,909	4.36% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Clifton:

Clifton is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Clifton.

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Clifton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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