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Perth Amboy, New Jersey

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The coastal city of Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County.

Perth Amboy was incorporated in 1718.

The community of Perth Amboy is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Perth Amboy lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Perth Amboy, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Perth Amboy had a population of 47,303 people<2> (or 6.28% of the total population of Middlesex County). The population of Perth Amboy represented 0.56% of the total of New Jersey, making it the state's 15th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Perth Amboy had a population of 48,742 people. This is an increase of 3.04% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Perth Amboy.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200848,742+3.04%+0.45% since 2007
200748,522+2.58%+0.85% since 2006
200648,112+1.71%-0.29% since 2005
200548,251+2% 
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200047,303The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bayonne   NE13 mi [20.92 km]57,4487.11% decrease
 East Orange   N17 mi [27.36 km]65,3906.35% decrease
 Elizabeth   N10 mi [16.09 km]124,7553.47% increase
 Hoboken   NE19 mi [30.58 km]40,5775.18% increase
 Jersey City   NE17 mi [27.36 km]241,1140.44% increase
 Kearny   NE17 mi [27.36 km]36,7469.3% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Perth Amboy.

Website for Perth Amboy

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Perth Amboy or Middlesex County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.ci.perthamboy.nj.us/
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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) Perth Amboy. 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.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Perth Amboy:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Perth Amboy? Please visit the Map Page for Perth Amboy.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Perth Amboy - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Perth Amboy.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Perth Amboy and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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