Trenton, New Jersey

The 2000 Census showed that Trenton had a population of 85,403 people^<1>. This represents 1.01% of the total population of New Jersey, making it the state's 5th 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
2	Jersey City	NE	49 mi [78.9 km]	241,114	0.44% increase
3	Paterson	NE	57 mi [91.7 km]	145,643	2.4% decrease
4	Elizabeth	NE	42 mi [67.6 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
-5-	Trenton			82,883	2.95% decrease
6	Camden	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]	79,383	0.65% decrease
7	Clifton	NE	54 mi [86.9 km]	78,219	0.58% decrease
8	East Orange	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease

Trenton had 33,843 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Trenton has an area^<4> of 7.66 square miles [19.83 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Trenton had a 2000 population density of 11,153 people per square mile [4,306 people/km²], making it the state's 13th most densely populated area.

Mercer County

The city of Trenton is located in Mercer County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 351,534 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 85,403 people, Trenton contained 24.29% of the Mercer County total.

In addition, where the community of Trenton has a population density of 11,153 people per square mile [4,306 people/km²], Mercer County averages 1,555 people per square mile [600 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Trenton QuickFact (QF-3474000).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Willingboro	QF-3481470	S	14 mi [22.53 km]
	Warminster (PA)	QF-4280960	W	17 mi [27.36 km]
	Hillsborough	QF-3431880	N	18 mi [28.97 km]
	Manalapan	QF-3442960	E	19 mi [30.58 km]
	Abington (PA)	QF-4200145	W	19 mi [30.58 km]
	Mount Laurel	QF-3448990	S	21 mi [33.8 km]
	East Brunswick	QF-3418970	NE	23 mi [37.01 km]
	Marlboro	QF-3443995	S	23 mi [37.01 km]

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Mercer County (QF-34021).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Mercer County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Hunterdon	QF-34019	NW	129,031	5.3% increase
	Somerset	QF-34035	N	324,563	8.59% increase
	Middlesex	QF-34023	NE	789,102	4.82% increase
	Monmouth	QF-34025	E	642,448	4.11% increase
	Burlington	QF-34005	S	445,475	4.95% increase
	Bucks (PA)	QF-42017	W	621,643	3.71% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Trenton 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 Trenton.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Trenton. 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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