East Orange, New Jersey

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The 2000 Census showed that East Orange had a population of 69,824 people^<1>. This represents 0.83% of the total population of New Jersey, making it the state's 8th 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
5	Trenton	SW	47 mi [75.6 km]	82,883	2.95% decrease
6	Camden	SW	74 mi [119.1 km]	79,383	0.65% decrease
7	Clifton	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	78,219	0.58% decrease
-8-	East Orange			65,390	6.35% decrease
9	Passaic	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	66,884	1.44% decrease
10	Union City	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	62,183	7.31% decrease
11	Bayonne	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	57,448	7.11% decrease

East Orange had 28,485 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that East Orange has an area^<4> of 3.93 square miles [10.17 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, East Orange had a 2000 population density of 17,776 people per square mile [6,863 people/km²], making it the state's 6th most densely populated area.

Essex County

The city of East Orange is located in Essex County.

The county had a population of 792,319 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 69,824 people, East Orange contained 8.81% of the Essex County total.

In addition, where the community of East Orange has a population density of 17,776 people per square mile [6,863 people/km²], Essex County averages 6,274 people per square mile [2,422 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in East Orange and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on East Orange. 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 East Orange. Not only does the QuickFact have details about East Orange, it also contains a comparison between East Orange and the state of New Jersey.

Click here for the East Orange QuickFact (QF-3419390).

The following communities are nearby East Orange and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Newark	QF-3451000	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	278,980	1.99% increase
	Kearny	QF-3436510	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	36,746	9.3% decrease
	Elizabeth	QF-3421000	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
	Clifton	QF-3413690	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	78,219	0.58% decrease
	Franklin	QF-3424830	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]
	Passaic	QF-3456550	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	66,884	1.44% decrease
	Bayonne	QF-3403580	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	57,448	7.11% decrease
	Jersey City	QF-3436000	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	241,114	0.44% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Essex County (QF-34013).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Essex County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bergen	QF-34003	NE	894,840	1.06% increase
	Hudson	QF-34017	E	595,419	2.31% decrease
	Morris	QF-34027	NW	487,548	3.44% increase
	Passaic	QF-34031	N	490,948	---
	Union	QF-34039	SW	523,249	---

Miscellaneous Information

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

East Orange 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 East Orange.

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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) East Orange. 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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